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Rabbit Lake (known as "Waw-bos Nah-mat-ta-bee" in Ojibway) is located in [[Temagami]], [[Ontario]], and lies within the townships of Askin, Riddell, and Eldridge. The lake is the largest and southern most of a chain of lakes including Cassels, Snake Island, and Obashkong. Rabbit was an important trade route to the Natives, and even saw a fight or two. There is a story about a short fight involving Temagami natives and Iroquois. The story goes that there were some Iroquois camping on an island on the lake, and at night some "Temagami's" went ashore and slit the bottoms of the [[Iroquois]] canoes. The next morning the Iroquois were picked off one by one as their canoes sank in the water. The forest surrounding the lake has been actively logged since the early 20th century, and is most noticeable north of Rabbit Point where the forest still has not fully grown back after nearly a century. On the western shore just north of Rabbit Point, lies a 491 hectare area that has never been touched by logging, and has become the Rabbit Lake West Conservation Reserve. The reserve is the least known and the most untouched of its kind in Ontario. This old growth stand is even closer to the original Temagami Boreal forest than even the White Bear forest to the north. Like the other lakes in the region, Rabbit is an oligotrophic ecosystem. While the fish population has steadily declined over the years, the lake is still home to pike, pickerel, trout, whitefish, perch, bass, etc. Hollywood has also visited the lake, when the James Cagney movie "[[Captains of the Clouds]]" was filmed at Matabitchuan Lodge, a hunting camp, on the north-east end where the sand dam separates Rabbit and Ross lakes. Props from the movie can be seen on display in the lodge. This movie was also the first Hollywood movie to be filmed entirely on location in [[Canada]]. While Rabbit Lake is a fairly quiet lake dotted with cottages, the forest is continually logged, and the threat of mining is looming ever closer with the discovery of kimberlite, a diamond indicator. |
Rabbit Lake (known as "Waw-bos Nah-mat-ta-bee" in Ojibway) is located in [[Temagami]], [[Ontario]], and lies within the townships of Askin, Riddell, and Eldridge. The lake is the largest and southern most of a chain of lakes including Cassels, Snake Island, and Obashkong. Rabbit was an important trade route to the Natives, and even saw a fight or two. There is a story about a short fight involving Temagami natives and Iroquois. The story goes that there were some Iroquois camping on an island on the lake, and at night some "Temagami's" went ashore and slit the bottoms of the [[Iroquois]] canoes. The next morning the Iroquois were picked off one by one as their canoes sank in the water. |
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[[Image: Rabbitspring.jpg |thumb|Hub of Rabbit Lake in the spring.]] |
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The forest surrounding the lake has been actively logged since the early 20th century, and is most noticeable north of Rabbit Point where the forest still has not fully grown back after nearly a century. On the western shore just north of Rabbit Point, lies a 491 hectare area that has never been touched by logging, and has become the Rabbit Lake West Conservation Reserve. The reserve is the least known and the most untouched of its kind in Ontario. This old growth stand is even closer to the original Temagami Boreal forest than even the White Bear forest to the north. Like the other lakes in the region, Rabbit is an oligotrophic ecosystem. While the fish population has steadily declined over the years, the lake is still home to pike, pickerel, trout, whitefish, perch, bass, etc. Hollywood has also visited the lake, when the James Cagney movie "[[Captains of the Clouds]]" was filmed at Matabitchuan Lodge, a hunting camp, on the north-east end where the sand dam separates Rabbit and Ross lakes. Props from the movie can be seen on display in the lodge. This movie was also the first Hollywood movie to be filmed entirely on location in [[Canada]]. While Rabbit Lake is a fairly quiet lake dotted with cottages, the forest is continually logged, and the threat of mining is looming ever closer with the discovery of kimberlite, a diamond indicator. |
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Revision as of 18:06, 4 March 2008
Rabbit Lake (known as "Waw-bos Nah-mat-ta-bee" in Ojibway) is located in Temagami, Ontario, and lies within the townships of Askin, Riddell, and Eldridge. The lake is the largest and southern most of a chain of lakes including Cassels, Snake Island, and Obashkong. Rabbit was an important trade route to the Natives, and even saw a fight or two. There is a story about a short fight involving Temagami natives and Iroquois. The story goes that there were some Iroquois camping on an island on the lake, and at night some "Temagami's" went ashore and slit the bottoms of the Iroquois canoes. The next morning the Iroquois were picked off one by one as their canoes sank in the water.
The forest surrounding the lake has been actively logged since the early 20th century, and is most noticeable north of Rabbit Point where the forest still has not fully grown back after nearly a century. On the western shore just north of Rabbit Point, lies a 491 hectare area that has never been touched by logging, and has become the Rabbit Lake West Conservation Reserve. The reserve is the least known and the most untouched of its kind in Ontario. This old growth stand is even closer to the original Temagami Boreal forest than even the White Bear forest to the north. Like the other lakes in the region, Rabbit is an oligotrophic ecosystem. While the fish population has steadily declined over the years, the lake is still home to pike, pickerel, trout, whitefish, perch, bass, etc. Hollywood has also visited the lake, when the James Cagney movie "Captains of the Clouds" was filmed at Matabitchuan Lodge, a hunting camp, on the north-east end where the sand dam separates Rabbit and Ross lakes. Props from the movie can be seen on display in the lodge. This movie was also the first Hollywood movie to be filmed entirely on location in Canada. While Rabbit Lake is a fairly quiet lake dotted with cottages, the forest is continually logged, and the threat of mining is looming ever closer with the discovery of kimberlite, a diamond indicator.