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WCPP STAKEHOLDERS AND WCPP ENTHUSIAST
All routes and lakes have been opened for paddlers. Fire behaviour has diminished to allow for ALL canoe routes to be opened.
Thank you for your continued patience and acceptance during this summer. The decision to monitor these fires and allow the fires to naturally run its course is not an easily acceptable verdict. Fires have impacts; financial impacts, vacation impacts, canoe route impacts etc. Allowing these fires to burn as they have for millennia is one unique management feature at Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. A management feature in hopes for creating a healthier ecosystem where fire is allowed to manage the landscape as it once did.
A genuine thank you for your co-operation throughout this summer as these impacts played themselves out in our lives which allowed WCPP forest to do as it wills and renew itself.
Continuing, thank you to the Aviation Forest Fire and Emergency Services for their dedication to providing their services. Their devotion to providing updates on the fire situation within WCPP allowed for informed decisions. As well for their professional services and value protection on structures located within the park. This season would have presented many challenges. Also, thank you to those who have proactively established value protection sprinklers on your facility (FireSmart); these efforts allow for quicker deployment of protection and efficiencies on Ontario’s AFFES resources.
Fires have and will continue to play its role in rejuvenating the forest within WCPP.
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Please remember if you are planning a trip into the park which travels near a fire.
1. Fires have NOT been called OUT and are active.
a. Fires will continue to smoke and grow pending weather
2. SPOT – SOS is not an exit strategy, that is a last resort.
3. Know where you are on a map so you understand your relationship towards the fires
4. Communication is highly recommended to ensure contact if required (InReach device, satellite phone, SPOT unit etc)
5. Situational awareness – watch the weather/winds/clouds/smoke direction
6. Do not explore towards an active fire to “get a closer look”
7. Ensure someone knows your route – WCPP office can be your contact if required.
8. Fires have the potential to move very fast pending weather
9. Select a safe campsite – use the lake as a natural boundary between you and the fire.
10. If camping in the burn – check trees as the roots maybe compromised posing a safety hazardThanks and if you have question please do not hesitate to contact the park office at (807) 727-1329.
Unable to update for a few days due to a work trip in the park for the next few days, returning Thursday August 30.
For fire updates and route closure updates, please contact:
Kent Fraser, A/Park Superintendent
(807) 727-2835
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