Which way openness?

On Friday last, representatives of Danny Williams-Government and Canada's Not-So-New Government assembled in Happy Valley-Goose Bay to announce —

No, not a new national park for Labrador. And no, not even a new national park reserve for Labrador. They announced that they would continue to talk, between themselves, and with Aboriginal and other interested parties, about the possible future creation of a new national park reserve in the Mealy Mountains region, and, in a portion of land clawed back from the original proposal by DW-G, something called a "Waterway Provincial Park" in the Eagle River watershed.

Now, a curious and enterprising body might well wonder, hey, what are the boundaries of these proposed protected areas, especially given that the national park would be the largest in Canada contained wholly within a province (as opposed to a territory)? which lands are included and which are excluded? how do the proposed protected areas relate to the newly-opened highway or to lands subject to Aboriginal land rights?

Apparently, however, there aren't that many curious and enterprising bodies.

Which is a good thing, because good luck finding such information from either the official provincial or federal eBumpf.

However, if you are really keen to see the long-awaited map, it is available.

On the website of National Geographic, a private organization located in another country.









Almost-instant update: A week after the original announcement, Parks Canada finally saw fit to publish the map to its website.