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MARIJUANA FOUND IN GATINEAU PARK by Dave Rogers, The Ottawa Citizen 12 Aug 2004 Montreal Gazette The National Capital Commission is "defiling the memory of the father of Gatineau Park" by failing to stop marijuana cultivation in the heart of the region near a road the prime minister takes to his Harrington Lake residence, a park advocate says.  Chelsea resident Jean-Paul Murray, a Senate speech-writer, said he stumbled on about 60 marijuana plants last week during a walk near Chelsea Creek off the north loop of the Gatineau Parkway.  The plants are near a parking lot up the creek from the Gatineau Park Visitor Centre and close to Meech Lake Road, used by Prime Minister Paul Martin and thousands of others.  Mr.  Murray said the plants are in a valley once owned by Roderick Percy Sparks, a man he said played a far more influential role in founding Gatineau Park than prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, who is still more widely regarded as the park's founder.  [Remainder snipped]

Pubdate: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU) Copyright: 2004 The Gazette, a division of Southam Inc. Contact: letters@thegazette.canwest.com Website: http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/274 Author: Dave Rogers, The Ottawa Citizen

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