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by OntPhoto on Thu Oct 08, 2015 7:55 pm

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This has been going on for years and islanders are still fighting to stop the proposal to put up 36 massively tall wind turbines including 4 near the famous Owl Woods. Good excerpt of an article about the history of the "Owl Woods". I have heard the story before but a bit more detail than what I already know.

http://www.protectamherstisland.ca/owl-woods/

I know a birder in Montreal who reminisces sadly but with fond memories about the once rural Nun's Island where a variety of owls could be found with frequency before the island was built up. When I heard his stories about Nun's Island in its hey day, it reminded me of an Amherst Island.

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by Mike in O on Fri Oct 09, 2015 8:56 am

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These wind turbines are an abomination for rural areas, essentially industrializing all our open spaces.

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by OntPhoto on Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:42 pm

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Mike in O wrote:These wind turbines are an abomination for rural areas, essentially industrializing all our open spaces.

Not to mention all the other bad things associated with them. From Amherst Island you can look over to Wolfe Island where the massive wind turbines dot the landscape. I started to count them but lost track; there are that many.

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