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  • Talk – AGM & Members Slide Night

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    Lunan Hall - St. Paul's United Church 349 Waverley Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

    Following the Annual General Meeting, members are invited to participate in the ever-popular Membership Slide Night. Members are invited to share their favourite photographs of a trip or nature-related favourites!

    If interested, please contact and send photos to John Barro (john@sibley.mine.nu) by January 15, 2024.  If you are familiar with Microsoft PowerPoint (or equivalent), this is the preferred method of submission. You can submit a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation and label the file with your name. If you are not familiar with Microsoft PowerPoint, please submit your photos to John with the order you would like them shown. If you need some assistance sending photos into a suitable presentation format, please contact John at the email address given above.

    The submitted presentations will be shared from the computer at Lunan Hall (at St. Paul’s United Church) and you will be able to share your photos with everyone in attendance. You will be notified in advance on how many participants there are and in what order you will present.

    Free

  • Talk – Forests and Climate Change (Dave Morris & Doug Reid)

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    Lunan Hall - St. Paul's United Church 349 Waverley Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

    This presentation provides some insights on the likely impacts of climate change on forests and forestry in Ontario as well as a number of “forestry related concerns” that have been expressed by various groups, some of which are climate related.

    The intent is to provide a venue for dialogue on these issues in the hopes that there can be shared learning. 

    Free

  • Talk – Paleo Site near Whitefish Lake (Marg Schweitzer)

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    Lunan Hall - St. Paul's United Church 349 Waverley Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

    Marg Schweitzer will detail how she and her husband found an archaeological site that was new to the provincial database. Explore landscape use by the first peoples into the local region 9,000 years ago. 

    *TBFN Eastern Bluebird Project – Sandy Barro will present a short summary of the TBFN Eastern Bluebird Project. Be prepared to volunteer!

    Free

  • Field Trip – Pearson Wetlands *** Outing is Full ***

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    Meet at the Movati Athletic Club Parking Lot 1185 Arthur Street W, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

    *** Note: This outing is now full ***

    The hike itself is from 11:00 AM to 3:30 PM.

    Explore the Nature Conservancy of Canada trail in the beautiful municipality of Neebing. This large mesa overlooks the Pearson Wetlands and is a designated conservation reserve. The trail starts with a difficult 210 m (0.21 kilometres) climb up a rocky cliff to the top of the mesa that has a 5 km moderate loop trail. Bring a lunch.

    Meet at 10:15 AM at the Movati Athletic Club on Arthur Street for a 35 minute travel to the parking lot at the trail head. The hike begins from the trailhead at 11:00 AM. Travel south on Highway 61 to Highway 608, turning onto Highway 597 with the trail head just past Moore's Creek.

    Pre-register with Pam at (807) 625-5495 or email pcainP7L0G7@gmail.com.

  • Field Trip – Ward Lake *** Outing is Full ***

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    Meet at the Movati Athletic Club Parking Lot 1185 Arthur Street W, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

    *** Note: This outing is now full. ***
    Visit the southern portion of the Ward Lake Nature Reserve with Gerry Racey and Cameron Curran Saturday September 30.  We will be walking into Ward Lake following the southern trail (an old logging road) off Sturgeon Bay Road, enjoying the fall colours. Once within the nature reserve we will visit some accessible and interesting ecosystems as well as enjoy a great view. We will also be discussing some of the stewardship challenges.

    This is a day-long hike. It is a 2 km walk into the reserve along the south trail and the total amount of walking for the day will be about 7 km with some steep slopes and difficult terrain encountered.  A high level of physical exertion can be expected in some segments of the hike. Sturdy hiking footwear is strongly recommended. Access to the nature reserve is along an old logging road with a packed surface and some wet patches. Other portions of the hike are in areas without a trail and participants will encounter shrub thickets and woody debris. Dress appropriate for weather conditions and terrain. Meet at the Movati Centre Parking lot on Arthur Street for a departure at 9:00 am. Parking on site is very limited and car pooling is strongly recommended.  Please register with Gerry Racey 807-939-1620 (gdracey@tbaytel.net).  Registrations will be limited to 16 participants due to limited parking.

  • Talk – Argentina (Al Harris & Cathy Paroschy-Harris)

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    Lunan Hall - St. Paul's United Church 349 Waverley Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

    In February of 2023, Cathy Paroschy-Harris and Allan Harris toured Argentina including the east slope of the Andes and northern Patagonia in search of birds, mammals, plants and human culture. We will hear of their trip, with travel tips, and see photos of their adventures. Tango lessons not included!

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  • Field Trip – Chippewa Ridge

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    Arthur Street Mall (Marketplace) 1195 Arthur St W, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

    Join Marian Childs for an outing to Chippewa Ridge, which overlooks the city and Lake Superior. We will walk along […]

  • Field Trip – Bay’s End

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    Landmark Inn 1010 Dawson Road, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

    This is the first "official" field trip to this new reserve acquired in August, 2022. The reserve is located at the far eastern end of Thunder Bay. The reserve has no road access. The total lake frontage is about 3,200 feet, with area around 80 acres.

    Preliminary visits have established how to get to the reserve and what to expect there. More visits before the field trip will add to this.

    While shallow, sand bottom water access to the shore of the reserve is available, doing so with a group would require extensive preparation and logistics and the dangers of wind and waves before and after make this unfeasible as there is no launch point within a reasonable distance of the reserve.

    Our field trip will therefore access the reserve by land. A dead end road terminates about 400 yards from the nearest corner of the reserve. We will walk from there along an old survey line which runs along the souther boundary of the reserve. It's another 400 years or so from this corner to the waterfront.

  • Field Trip – Mushrooms *** Outing is now full. ***

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    George Burke Park 1Z7 Montgomery Street, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

    Note: This outing is now full.

    Join Len Hutchison as we walk within George Burke Park and area looking for mushrooms. This will be a 2 to 3 hour outing. Registration will be on a first come, first served basis with a participation limit of 30 individuals. Please register directly with Len Hutchison by contacting him via email at leonard.hutchison@lakeheadu.ca. We will meet at George Burke Park prior to the outing.

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  • Field Trip – Glacial and Archaeological Features of the Whitefish and Arrow Lakes Area

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    Arthur Street Mall (Marketplace) 1195 Arthur St W, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

    Join Brian Philips and Fred Dean on this outing. The excursion will assemble at 9:00 am at the Arthur Street Mall for departure in convoy at 9:30 am. Car pooling is encouraged. The excursion will end at the Arrow Lake Narrows, mid afternoon. A route map, with stops marked, will be provided.

    Most stops will be roadside stops, with the occasional short walks to others.

    Bring a lunch and suitable clothing and footwear for the weather on the day.

    Note: The area has nothing in the way of gas stations, public toilets, etc. Please ensure that vehicles have sufficient gas to make the 200 km round trip. Bush rule is men on the left, women on the right (because they are always right!)