Look what happens when a community pulls together

Photos by Gaye Smith

Temagami Stewardship Council
News Release

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Communities with small populations like Temagami can accomplish much when the community pulls together.

The construction of a new walleye spawning site on Aston Creek on Tuesday, August 14th by the Temagami Stewardship Council is a fantastic example of community involvement in enhancing local natural resources.

The historic spawning site for walleye, coming out of Lake Temagami into Aston Creek, was made inaccessible to walleye by the placement of perched culverts during construction on the Red Squirrel Road in 1988. The spring water flow and the culvert height restricted the lazy swimming walleye from traveling up stream to their traditional spawning areas. With the help of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Temagami Stewardship Council created a new spawning area below the culverts for the walleye to use in the future. The Stewardship will be monitoring the area in the spring to determine if the area is used by walleye or if hatchery fish need to be placed to recreate the spawning run.

Caldwell Sand and Gravel of New Liskeard transported the boulder material to km 35 on the Red Squirrel Road and a contingent of community volunteers moved the rock by hand and by wheelbarrow to create the new spawning area. Community representatives from the town of Temagami, the MNR, North Bay, the Temagami Hatchery, OFAH Zone C, Temagami Permanent Residents and the Temagami Lodges, took part in the construction effort.

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