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The Canadian Government has committed an additional $26.8 million for the Rouge after announcing the transfer of an additional 5200 acres from the former Pickering airport lands. This is added to the already committed to $142 million federal government funds for the development of the new Rouge National Urban Park over the next 10 years.

All that is left to complete the planned park is for the Ontario Government to live up to their signed commitment to transfer those adjacent provincial lands to Parks Canada so that the entire new park system can be managed to the highest park and environmental standards that Parks Canada is famous world-wide for…

Protected, too, are those Class 1 agricultural lands found within the Park boundaries, these to be operated to the highest possible and practical standards.

Baltimore Checkerspot

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Posted in conservation, environment, Farmland, Hiking, Markham Greenspace, Nature Walks, Pickering Greenspace, Rouge National Urban Park, Toronto greenspace, Wild in the City, Wildflowers

Tagged birds, fish, Turtles

New Map Showing Increase in Rouge National Park Boundary

Posted on July 30, 2015 | Leave a comment

Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, announced recently the addition of 5200 additional acres to be added on to the current park boundary outline.

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for a larger map view click http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/progs/np-pn/cnpn/rouge/new-neue-aspx

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Early Peoples’ Activity in The Rouge Valley

Posted on July 20, 2015 | Leave a comment

There has been longstanding human activity in the Rouge Valley with 31 Archaic sites identified, 8 Initial Woodland Period burial sites and two National Historic Sites- ‘TORONTO CARRYING PLACE, connecting Lake Ontario with Lake Simcoe and Georgian Bay; BEAD HILL, a historic Seneca village.

The area was early visited by Champlain, Pere Marquette and Joliet (who prepared a map in 1680 where the name Toronto first appeared) : around 1669 a Catholic mission was established at the mouth of the Rouge.

Many of the historic sites in the designated Rouge National Urban Park are now off limits as considerable protection is required against theft of artifacts and vandalism.

But great improvement and management of these assets will surely follow as the Rouge Park system gets into its stride.

Rouge National Urban Park is a great place to visit, to hike, to sightsee, to experience a significant degree of ‘wilderness’…

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Tagged Archaic activity in Rouge Park, Initial Woodland Era peoples, Rouge Park Burial sites, Toronto Carrying Place

Canada’s PM announces huge expansion to Rouge National Urban Park

Posted on July 15, 2015 | Leave a comment

http://globalnews.ca/2015407/prime-minister–harper-announces-expansion-of-rouge-national-urban-park/

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Posted in conservation, environment, Farmland, Hiking, Markham Greenspace, Nature Walks, Toronto greenspace, Wild in the City, Wildflowers

Tagged Toronto Urban National Park

July 8th Hike in the Rouge

Posted on July 14, 2015 | Leave a comment

Read this for flower references

Noonan 8 zSpring flowering plants 11 Beare Wetlands July 8

More photos to follow these, all by Larry Noonan

Northern Bedstraw

Brown Eyed Susan

Butter & Eggs

Pink Deptford

Dogbane

Yelllow Goatsbeard

Golden Rod

Heleborne

Turks Cap Lily

Water Lily

Fringed Loosestrife

Meadowsweet

Mullein

St Johns Wort

Crown Vetch

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Tagged Rouge Wildflowers

ROUGE NATIONAL URBAN PARK TO EXPAND-PM

Posted on July 13, 2015 | Leave a comment

Rouge National Urban Park to expand, as announced by Prime Minister Harper on Saturday…read all about it in the attached Toronto Sun story…

http://torontosun.com/2015/07/11/rouge-national-urban-park-to-expand-harper

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Tagged Prime Minister announces re Rouge Park

Noonan’s Hike in Woodland Park in the Rouge June 1st

Posted on July 7, 2015 | Leave a comment

Comfrey

St John’s Wort

Staghorn Sumac Flowers

Milkweed

Oxeye

Night Shade Bittersweet

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Tagged Wldflowers i Rouge Nation Park

Parks Canada Change at the Top

Posted on July 6, 2015 | Leave a comment

Parks Canada and Rouge National Urban Park is losing its dedicated CEO with the retirement of Alan Latourelle, and great friend of the Rouge.

Daniel Watson is taking on the job of CEO, PARKS CANADA AGENCY, and we look forward to working with him as we move ROUGE NATIONAL URBAN PARK to its more complete configuration.

Good luck in your retirement after 32 years of distinguished service and commitment, Alan, and thanks for being a great friend of Rouge Park.