Talk:Rondeau Provincial Park

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Undue weight on cottages issue[edit]

The article appears to devote quite a lot of space (half the text approximately) to the issue of the cottages rather than providing information about the park itself. The cottages issue also appears to be a bit of a soapbox. -- Whpq (talk) 18:39, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The park information has been expanded considerably to address this comment but the discussion on cottage issues reflects local concerns and existing news coverage. The soapbox remark is perhaps a bit harsh.Barkentine (talk) 03:46, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There is no sourcing for any of the information about the cottage dispute which is written up with a definite point of view that the cottagers are in the right, so the comment that this is a soapbox isn't out of line in my opinion, but of course, I'm the one who made that remark. -- -Whpq (talk) 13:26, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Technically they are because of the park charter. This park is a great example of how Canadians have no property rights; if the government decides they don't want you there, they can take your place and charge you the cost of taking it corruption at its best in my eyes. I digress, the article places far too much weight on the cottage issue and makes little point of addressing the issue from the provinces view. ʄɭoʏɗiaɲ ^τ _¢ 13:54, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

First provincial park[edit]

I don't edit many articles so if I'm doing this wrong I apologize, but I think it's important to recognize that Rondeau was actually Ontario's *FIRST* and *ONLY* provincial park in 1894. Algonquin was chartered as a National Park in 1893 but didn't become a provincial park until 1913, 19 years after Rondeau. In 1894 there was only one provincial park in Ontario -- and Rondeau was it.

Algonquin was a national park in name only - it has always been run by the Ontario government.Somatochlora (talk) 08:43, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]