So, what's the consensus on the new relaxed alcohol rules in the parks? Its only June and so far I've seen alcohol cans in the shower, broken, discarded wine bottles left around garbage cans, drunks on the path carrying drinks (saying inappropriate things to the women), louder than normal campsites, the list goes on...
Keywords: Bonnechere Airfield, research robotics and drones, updates, news
Willful blindness on expanding facility fails to raise eyebrows from neighbors hungry for economic stimulators in a mill town facing an uncertain future.
Survey cews were busy surveying and mapping the Bonnechere Airfield yesterday, June 25, 2026 which has recently been converted to a top secret research facility. This story was covered following the completion of a massive aviation hanger earlier this spring.
Public information remains scant and security tight at the publicly funded facility which some skeptics believe masks military intelligence and surveillance undertones.
"Mission impossible" appears to be rapidly evolving into "mission possible" while the naive public remains willfully ignorant. The location is situated ideally because of its feasible travel distance from Ottawa, proximity to military intelligence at CFB ( Garrison) Petawawa, and an unquestioning and indifferent rural population.
Photos : GPS surveying adjacent to Turner's Road June 25 2026.
Keywords: blandings turtles, Round Lake Road, Highway 62, endangered species
The first photograph shows the remains of a Blandings Turtle that was killed on Highway 62 near Round Lake Center and Bonnechere last week. The second image shows an individual I rescued from the same highway last year.
The blandings turtle is the poster child of endangered species; especially for reptiles and amphibians. They are protected by law ; but not by ignorance.
They have a large raised carapice making them different to miss which begs the question why do many motorists hit them.
Negligence, indifference, or inattentive driving are some possible reasons why the death toll persists. Laws are only as effective as the conscience of those willing to respect them.
If you encounter a turtle crossing the road or any other animal for that matter slow down and proceed with caution.
IT IS THE LAW!
Photos: by the author ; Blandings Turtles, Highway 62 Round Lake KHR TOWNSHIP
Bonnechere Provincial Park Winter of 2026 harvesting to enhance biodiversity, by Ontario parks.
The word " Bonnechere" means beautiful in French. After viewing the above photograph, can you argue otherwise?
Each one of us believes our perspective is the only reality. I attempted to convince you otherwise.
It seems I failed.
Signed,
The moderator of Ottawa Valley Forests and Ottawa Valley Nature
Quote by existential philosopher:
F. Nietzsche
Keywords: Pine River Watershed, Rock and bass pop culture, Raves,
CONTRARY TO THIS SERENE IMAGE ON THE PINE RIVER ; THIS SITE IS EXPOSED TO MORE NOISE THAN THE LOUDEST CONSTRUCTION SITE IN ANY CANADIAN INNER CITY.
Lower Pine Lake has become a summer staging ground by the Rave "wellness" festival "Summerdaze".
For generations this seldom used canoe route exiting Algonquin Park into Bonnechere River Provincial Park was a hidden gem for paddlers.
About four years ago an elderly Pembroke resident, Joe Vandusen sold a 100 acre hunt camp off Gunns/Pine River Rd Road to a commercial Rave company, "Summerdaze", from Toronto. The property backs onto Algonquin Park.
Each summer thousands of young people arrive dressed in outlandish and bizarre urban pop apparel with a healthy assortment of tattoos and body piercings.
Similar to the "Nowhere" festival at Raven's Knoll in NAW township which sent subsonic sound waves audible 12 kilometers away, the electronic bass at Lower Pine Lake affects wildlife kilometers distant.
The spectacle is somewhat unsettling to local hunters, fisherpersons, and paddlers. It's a cultural jar which borders on psychologically disturbing and leaves many feelings uncomfortable.
Popular culture has adversely influenced young people for generations with sex, drugs, rock and roll. This sub- culture continues to masquerade as anti- establishment and gender empowering by our increasingly secular society. Hedonism is its hidden objective sanctioned and normalized simply by the vast numbers of enthusiasts and participants. Huge profits are channelled out of the region into the pockets of Toronto investors.
Collateral damage to peoples health and mental well-being by these permissive events has sewn the seeds of numerous social ills from drug addiction, promiscuity, to personality disorders.
Freedom of expression, like all Charter rights, is a double edged sword which without inhibition can spell ill for the uninitiated, emotionally vulnerable and naive.
Unlike the safeguards of police presence and paramedics at the Nowhere festival : the Summerdaze festival buried from sight bordering Algonquin Park is an arena waiting for tragedy to happen to intoxicated and drug induced individuals.
How much difference is a Rave Event than a Cult Gathering?
Only after tragedy strikes, people die, or forests burn will an inquiry into events like these be investigated. In the meantime for the digital world to see this is my premonition.
Photo by the author: Pine River entering Algonquin Park 2025