Wednesday Afternoon and Evening, August 21, 2002
All Teachers' Tour participants stayed at the Canadian Ecology Centre campground. The Centre is located in Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park, in the middle of 2,500 hectares of Northeastern Ontario. Samuel de Champlain Park -- named for the 17th-century explorer -- is on the Mattawa River, approximately 60 kilometers east of North Bay. It is full of the legends of the Nipissing and Algonquin people who have inhabited the area for thousands of years, and of the voyageurs who opened the forests to new possibilities.
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The Canadian Ecology Centre is a center for ecological learning and eco-tourism, and offers everything from highly specialized courses in Global Positioning Systems to a wide range of outdoor activities.
Teachers registered throughout the day Wednesday and were given a name badge, a Temperate Forest Foundation hat, a canoe paddle, and a bag of goodies. Orientation began in the evening where teachers were welcomed by Bob Legg, president of the Temperate Forest Foundation as well as George Bruemmer, General Manager of Forest Research Partnership.
After orientation, teachers were treated to dinner and a job fair, where teachers got an opportunity to talk about forestry with foresters, planners, biologists, technicians, field contractors, and others from government, industry, and the private sector. One of the activities involved guessing the weight of a self-loading log truck carrying a load of Norway (Red Pine) on front and Eastern White Pine on back.
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