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I've lived in the middle of a logging concession and the degree of forest management going on today compared to even the recent past is impressive, given a few hundred years of this Canada will once again have some extremely impressive forests. Right now it is already getting there but nothing at this scale can be fixed rapidly if only because it takes a long time for a forest to really reach maturity.

Have you been near the Timmins area? (North of Sudbury)



I've been within 15 km of Timmins. Straight up, while flying to Ottawa. ;-)

Aside from that, I don't think I've ever been within 500 km.


Haha, that's the kind of literal answer only a programmer would give :)

Ok, so there is an area inscribed by Timmins on the North-East side, Wawa in the North-West, Sault-Ste Marie in the South-West and Sudbury in the South-East. Inside that square is a very nice sample of what Canada must have looked like in the past. The only 'real' (blacktop) road crossing the area is the 129, you can simply ignore that. If you ever feel really adventurous hiking in that area is an experience that I won't be able to put into words.

Let me give you just one picture to give you an idea of what it looks like (from the Western most boundary):

http://pics.camarades.com/v/jacques/trips/jansvisit/dscn4071...

Human added for scale, those falls must be absolutely amazing during the first melt in April/May.




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