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		<title>Sustainable Tourism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The LPWBRF is committed to promoting the concept of Sustainable Tourism. On January 12, 2010 we held our second Sustainable Tourism Stakeholders Workshop in Pt. Rowan. Here is the agenda and presentations from the workshop. Minutes for Sustainable Tourism Workshop, Jan 12, 2010.pdf Norfolk Tourism Initiatives Norfolk Trails Presentation Ontario Outdoor Adventure Calendar Strategic Planning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids for Turtles 2010 events</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For more information on any of the events listed below, contact our Coordinator, Colleen Dale, at kidsforturtles@lpwbrf.ca or 519-410-8878. WILDLIFE IN WINTER Saturday January 30, 2pm Join us for a &#8216;Wildlife in Winter&#8217; walk as we spend the afternoon in the forest looking for signs of animals who keep active all winter long. The hike [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resources and Publications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[World Biosphere Reserves Your Biosphere Reserve &#8212; Creating a Sustainable Future (Canadian Biosphere Reserves Association) Biosphere Reserves in Canada: Exploring ideals and experience (Environments: a Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies) Long Point Biosphere Reserve Long Point Biosphere Reserve Periodic Review Report, 2001 Long Point Environmental Folio Monitoring and Surveys in Norfolk County Waterfowl and Wetlands of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long Point World Biosphere Reserve brochure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Long Point area, comprising 26,250 hectares, was designated as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in April, 1986, the third in Canada. Today it is one of 15 biosphere reserves in Canada. It provides an example of the Great Lakes coastal ecosystem and a unique blend of habitats – long uninterrupted beaches, undisturbed sand dunes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Board of Directors, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our Board of Directors consists of volunteers that share the vision and objectives of the Foundation. Our directors represent a broad spectrum of professions, including local business people, farmers, foresters, biologists, engineers, nurses, teachers, writers, civil servants, retirees and others. Peter Black (President) Scott Peck (Vice President) Paul Givens (Treasurer) Colleen Dale (Secretary) Paula Jongerden [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Memberships and donations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Organizations as well as individuals are invited to join the Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation which is incorporated as a charitable organization. The support, both moral and financial, of all those in harmony with the Biosphere concept is essential to its future and effectiveness. If you would like to join our organization or contribute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our biosphere reserve</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Long Point area, comprising 26,250 hectares, was designated as a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in April, 1986, the third to be named in Canada and one of 15 biosphere reserves found in this country today. It provides an example of the Great Lakes coastal ecosystem and a unique blend of habitats – long uninterrupted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long Point lighthouses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Old Cut Lighthouse built in 1879 and still standing just outside the boundary of the Provincial Park. Photo courtesy of Flora Aker. Photo courtesy of Flora Aker Photo courtesy of W.A. Gordon. The above two photos show the second Long Point lighthouse, built on a site chosen by Captain Alexander McNeilledge in May of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aerial views of Long Point</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo courtesy of Haldimand/Norfolk Development Photo courtesy of Jack Lang Photo of Pottohawk Point courtesy of George Pond Photo of Pottohawk Point West to Causeway courtesy of Wyatt Goodlet Photo courtesy of George Pond Photos of Long Point courtesy of Harry B. Barrett]]></description>
		<link>http://longpointbiosphere.com/archives/50</link>
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		<title>History of Long Point</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Source: Long Point Environmental Folio 1996) Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the Long Point area was inhabited by the Neutral Indian Nation or the Attiwanderons, as the Hurons to the north named them, meaning ‘people whose speech is different’. They traded with the Hurons and the Iroquis peoples, as they were skilled at working [...]]]></description>
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