Talk:Rondeau Provincial Park

Undue weight on cottages issue

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)

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)

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)

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)

First provincial park

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)