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  Kakwa Provincial Park
Kakwa, Cecelia and Babette lakes were stocked with Rainbow Trout at one point, but BC Parks requests that fishers only take a few fish since there are no studies available on fish populations.
Kakwa Park, with its folded and layered sedimentary mountains, lakes, and alpine wildflower meadows, is home to a wide variety of species.
Ecologically, Kakwa is distinctive since it is the only park in the BC Parks system that preserves examples of the North Continental Ranges Landscape.
www.spacesfornature.org /greatspaces/kakwa.html   (930 words)

  
 Kakwa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kakwa are a tribe situated in northwestern Uganda, southern Sudan, and northeastern Zaire, from Nilotic origin.
Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, from 1971 to 1979, was born into the tribe and his father was raised Kakwa.
Many Kakwa people are Christians, which puts them at risk in Sudan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kakwa   (216 words)

  
 Ministry of Environment - Kakwa
Kakwa Provincial Park showcases iceclad mountains, extensive alpine meadows and a section of the Continental Divide.
Cabins at the south end of Kakwa Lake are summer Park Headquarters and are only available for public use during winter months.
Kakwa and Cecilia Lakes are closed to angling November 1st to April 30th.
www.env.gov.bc.ca /bcparks/explore/parkpgs/kakwa.html   (787 words)

  
 CPAWS-BC | Take Action | Kakwa Provincial Park - mountain caribou habitat threatened by motorized recreation
Critical mountain caribou habitat in Kakwa Provincial Park is threatened by motorized recreation.
Kakwa Provincial Park in northern BC provides critical habitat to the endangered mountain caribou.
Kakwa was set aside to protect critical habitat for the endangered mountain caribou who are sensitive to noise generated from snowmobiling.
www.cpawsbc.org /action/kakwa   (292 words)

  
 KAKWA - Authentic re-creations of traditional and historical Aboriginal artifacts
Kakwa’s chokers are strung with bone, fl bison horn, or white shell hairpipes, glass and solid brass beads, and are accented with either an abalone or mother-of-pearl concho.
Kakwa has two varieties of the classic strike-a-light: one has a belt loop sewn onto the back; the other features a neck strap.
Kakwa blends the paints by hand, using natural earth pigments and traditional protein binders.
kathcole.sasktelwebsite.net /jewellery.htm   (1791 words)

  
 :: Gurtong Peace Project - South Sudanese Communities ::
This has influenced the lifestyle of the Kakwa, who are now predominantly agrarian; engaging in subsistence as well as commercial farming of maize, cassava, simsim, telebon, coffee and teak plantations.
Linguistically, the Kakwa language, as the Kakwa themselves insist on calling their language — is practically a dialect of the Bari language and could have originated from a common ancestor as the Bari, Kuku, Mundari, Nyangwara, and Pöjulu.
Among the Kakwa, traditional chieftainship is confined to the rainmaking clans and the chief would simultaneously assume two titles as ‘chief of the land’ and ‘chief of the rain’ as well.
www.gurtong.org /resourcecenter/people/profile_tribe.asp?TribeID=105   (860 words)

  
 Uganda Kakwa - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, ...
Kakwa society occupies the region bordering northwestern Uganda, southern Sudan, and northeastern Zaire.
Those living in Uganda constitute less than 1 percent of the population, but Kakwa society has achieved widespread notoriety because the father of Idi Amin Dada, president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979, was Kakwa.
(Amin's mother was from a neighboring society, the Lugbara.) The Kakwa are believed to have migrated to the region from the northeast.
www.photius.com /countries/uganda/society/uganda_society_kakwa.html   (226 words)

  
 Kakwa Community - Egypt
Already in Cairo, those Kakwa students who came for studies to Egypt before the 1990s established a small association, mainly limited to students in the Universities.
Kakwa formed a Kakwa community branch called the "Kakwa Community Association (KACA), which came to its existence in the beginning of 2000.
As a result of the continuous temptations of the unhealthy cultures and imperfect life fashion adopted by some Kakwa refugee, the Kakwa refugee people in Egypt realized that in long run the beautiful heritage (original culture) of the Kakwa people would be forgotten.
www.xmission.com /~yeda/kaca.html   (257 words)

  
 The Kakwa Provincial Park Grizzly Habitat and Movement Study
The Park itself is too small to support a population of grizzly bears for the long term (1000+ years) so it is vital to maintain movement habitat that will enable bears to travel to other areas in the region at different times of the year.
All human facilities within the Kakwa corridor area were surveyed and mapped for the human development layer.
In order to use the Kakwa results to assess connectivity values for grizzly bears and other wildlife in other areas of Y2Y, it was recommended that a least-cost-path model be developed.
www.grizzlybear.org /Kakwa.htm   (1005 words)

  
 Y2Y Conservation Science Grants
Kakwa Provincial Park is a large (170,732 ha) recently protected class A Provincial Park in the Central Canadian Rockies.
The Kakwa Lake Wildlife Corridor is considered almost unique in North America in that it is one of the few major mountain passes that transects the Great Divide of the Rocky Mountains that has not been historically developed for public transportation, pipelines and power lines.
The information was used to recommend low limits to park visitor use in the Kakwa protected corridor to minimize disturbances to animals that depend on the corridor for travel, feeding and other life requisites.
www.y2y.net /science/grants/grizz1.asp   (1815 words)

  
 News: Great Lakes, Feature: Hunger in Paradise - 100,000 refugees in Eastern Congo
The province's lush green hilly countryside is bursting with fertility but the militias prevent the farmers from tending their fields and steal their livestock.
Refugees in Kakwa survive mainly on the roots of the cassava plant.
Aid is transported to Kakwa by boat across Lake Albert because the land routes are too dangerous.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/MHII-6CK5P3?OpenDocument   (595 words)

  
 Welcome to KAKWA
The Kakwa web is designed to protect, promote and cherish Kakwa cultural and natural heritage: the wells, mountains, hills, rivers, valleys, forests, or foods which are our legacy from the past, our beacons of today, and which we pass on to future generations.
Our intention of placing Kakwa cultural and natural heritage on the Internet is to heed to the cries of our elders who have unselfishly expressed their willingness to inform us of our traditional cultural practices of the past, to document them and, most importantly, to pass them on to our future generations.
The Kakwa web has identified existing cultural and natural heritage resources that can provide documentary base on which to build comprehensive framework for the integration of our traditional knowledge in the wider educational programs.
www.kakwa.org   (357 words)

  
 Office of the Conflict of Interest Commisioner - Opinion
Kakwa, a 1710 sq km area, previously a provincial recreation area, was designated a Provincial Park in 2000.
Bell “intervened in the Kakwa planning process and met with BC Parks officials on the behalf of the Association, to influence the direction of the Kakwa plan in favour of the Association’s interests”.
I find that the fact that the Member had on one occasion snowmobiled in the Kakwa area and that he went snowmobiling elsewhere approximately four times a year was not sufficient to constitute a “private interest” within the meaning of the Members’ Conflict of Interest Act.
www.gov.bc.ca /oci/shane_simpson_mla_vancouver_hastings.htm   (2503 words)

  
 Biking Kakwa Provincial Park - The adventure turns from dreams to reality   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Access to the park from Prince George is an approximately 150 km drive east on Yellowhead 16 towards Mcbride to the Walker Forest Road.
The 30km hike includes a steady 15km uphill section rising from Buchanan Creek at 3500 ft. to the McGregor Pass at 5100 ft., a 1600 ft. rise.
I am already excited by the prospect of adventuring in the Kakwa, and doubly excited by the means of access - mountain bikes.
giroday.thewebworks.bc.ca /kakwa/dreams.html   (754 words)

  
 Kakwa Community - Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In Sudan Kakwa are maily located in Yei, Juba and Khartoum, we the Kakwa youth in Khartoum formed a Kakwa community branch called the "Kakwa Community in Khartoum (KCK).
KCK came to its existance since May 2000 When the Kakwa youth realized that in long run the Kakwa culture will be forgotton especially in ways how funerals and marriage ceremonies are conducted.
To enhance and facilitate some relationship and cooperation with all the Kakwa within and in diaspora and in the government through visits, communication and other means of correspondance.
www.xmission.com /~yeda/sudan.html   (224 words)

  
 Biking Kakwa Provincial Park - General Preparation and Survival Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Kakwa is prime grizzly and fl bear habitat.
As snow storms have been known to occur in the Kakwa in July and August, it is of upmost importance that you are prepared for a variety of weather conditions and cognizant of the long term weather forecasts for the area and changing weather conditions when in higher elevations.
The camp at Kakwa Lake has a pit toilet and very good bear cache (ropes and pulley system).
giroday.thewebworks.bc.ca /kakwa/bugsbears.html   (563 words)

  
 Cholera kills six, 60 infected in IDP camp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
"The outbreak began on 27 March, with two cases of infected people in Kakwa, but the very first death was recorded on Wednesday," said Modibo Traore, the OCHA humanitarian affairs officer in Bunia, the main town in the northeastern district of Ituri.
The five dead and the infected are all from the Kakwa camp for IDPs, 70 km northeast of Bunia, Traore told IRIN.
The security situation in Kakwa has deteriorated since MONUC troops handed over responsibility for the protection of the camp to the Congolese army on Monday.
www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=46420   (631 words)

  
 Opinion 250 - Snowmobiling in Kakwa Subject of Special Meeting
The park is not readily accessible from the BC side in the summer time anymore as the road is washing out in many sections and Forestry and Parks both aren't interested in seeing it kept up.
Posted by: nitro140 on June 23 2005 09:02 PM Kakwa is a beautiful place to play in and should be enjoyed by all.
Posted by: Chadermando on June 23 2005 11:19 PM Kakwa is one of Prince George's finest Jewels and should be accessable and enjoyed by all.
www.opinion250.com /blog/view/262/1   (1315 words)

  
 globeandmail.com : globeinvestor.com : Cinch Energy Corp. releases 2005 results
The year was not without its challenges, as access to services in the drilling industry continued to be severely constrained, costs generally continued to escalate, and wet conditions in the field during the summer and warm weather in the winter delayed operations.
Prospects have been mapped on the CHIME EAST and KAKWA EAST acreage and were scheduled to be drilled in 2005, however a combination of unfavorable weather conditions and an inability to obtain drilling rigs prevented them from being drilled in 2005.
A multi-well compressor was installed in December 2004 in the north Kakwa field to assist in maintaining production rates from the 04-07-62-04 W6M and 02-18-62-04 W6M wells and to minimize downtime due to fluctuations in line pressure and start-up of new wells into the main gathering system.
www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/WireFeedRedirect?cf=GlobeInvestor/config&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20060316&archive=cnw&slug=C2623   (9024 words)

  
 Drilling Slated For Kakwa's Pristine Woodland Caribou Range | Alberta Environmental Network
The Narraway herd resides in the northern foothills in the Kakwa region, which includes the 650 km2 Kakwa Wildland Park, northwest of Grande Cache and adjacent to the B.C border.
Kakwa's complex array of natural features includes mountains, foothills, meadows, streams and rivers.
In addition to elk, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, moose, mule and white-tailed deer, grizzly and fl bear, wolf, and lynx, the Kakwa is home to two separate woodland caribou herds.
www.aenweb.ca /node/814   (492 words)

  
 Alberta Heritage Alphabet
Kakwa falls is the main attraction of the Kakwa Wildland Provincial Park which is in the Foothills, 150 kilometres southwest of Grande Prairie.
The Kakwa River, fed by Lake Kakwa, is a tributary of the Smoky River.
Around the Kakwa River area, the Cadomin Formation is nearly 26 metres thick, and farther west it reaches thicknesses of 200 metres!
www.albertasource.ca /alphabet/article.php?article_id=199   (439 words)

  
 Alberta Canada Trophy Moose Hunt Wild Kakwa Outfitters Hunting Stories
We stumbled across Wild Kakwa Outfitters and the success ratio seemed almost to good to be true.
I stayed behind at the cook house and Rick and Mel decided to do some Elk scouting before the afternoon hunt and I was lucky enough to go along in case they came across a moose.
We didn't see any moose, but this is the type of people at Wild Kakwa outfitters, they are always trying there best for the hunters and fulfilling your expectations.
www.wildkakwaoutfit.com /huntingstories/Gregg_Schetter.html   (719 words)

  
 Canada guided whitewater rafting expedition Smoky River Kakwa River Alberta Canadian Rocky Mountains Wildlife viewing ...
The Smoky River (this trip is class II-III+, depending on water levels) is a large volume braided river and is one of the main tributaries in the Arctic watershed.
The Kakwa River (class III-IV+) is a medium volume, lake fed river that is only run during high water in June and July.
Comments: For the Kakwa river trip: Guests should be in good physical shape, have good swimming skills, and a have some previous whitewater rafting experience.
www.adventures.ca /gasnet/1340-2.htm   (654 words)

  
 Uganda - Eastern Nilotic Language Groups
In northwestern Uganda, the Kakwa are also classified as Eastern Nilotic, based on linguistic similarities to the Karamojong, despite the fact that Kakwa society is surrounded by Western Nilotic and Central Sudanic language speakers.
The relatively sparse rainfall in northeastern Uganda supports a pastoralist economy, and most people also raise crops to supplement their diet that centers around meat, milk, and blood from cattle.
The Kumam economy is based on mixed farming and cotton, but little other information was available regarding their culture in the 1980s.
countrystudies.us /uganda/24.htm   (2169 words)

  
 Situation in Ituri IDP camps "alarming" - MSF, OCHA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In Kakwa Camp, northeast of Bunia, near Lake Albert, another MSF team observed yet another serious deterioration of the health situation.
MSF said it was setting up a nutritional facility in Kakwa Camp to attend to the moderate and severe malnutrition cases.
It added no wounded were found in the village, but residents reported that several wounded people were hiding in the bush and were too scared to come out.
www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=45942   (713 words)

  
 Chapter 1 - Patterns of Flight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Their acceptance by the local Kakwa community is demonstrated by the fact that only 1.9 per cent of the settlement population is Kakwa, compared with 28 per cent of the self-settled households interviewed.
The Kakwa resistance against moving to settlements is demonstrated by the fact that among the people interviewed, only 6 had registered in a settlement in 1980, 3 in 1981, 73 in 1982 and 119 in 1983.
But certainly, as the Kakwa example demonstrates, a shared language and ethnic background was important, and in the case of many Lugbara from Aringa County, occupation was also a major cause of their victimisation by locals.
www.sussex.ac.uk /Units/SCMR/publications/final/1.html   (12926 words)

  
 ITURI’S DISPLACED NOW FACING CHOLERA EPIDEMIC
Humanitarians confirmed 54 cases of cholera in Kakwa camp on Wednesday, with the number significantly increasing as each day passes.  Other cases are now being reported in Tché and Tchomia, most likely spread by those fleeing the growing insecurity in the Kakwa area.  One death has been recorded.
“The restoration of security in Kakwa camp should now be an urgent priority, as should the continued security of humanitarian workers travelling to and from the area”, said Mr.
The security situation in Kakwa camp has deteriorated since MONUC troops handed over responsibility for the protection of the camp to the Congolese army, FARDC, on Monday.  The MONUC withdrew from Tché camp yesterday, handing over the security of Tché camp to the FARDC.
www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2005/afr1134.doc.htm   (413 words)

  
 Questions and Answers
The southern terminus of the GDT is generally accepted to be at the US-Canadian border in Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
Kakwa Lakes requires a helicopter to come and get you, or a long, long ATV track walk out to a highway where a car can get you.
If you are determined to go to Kakwa Lakes, you'll probably want to start in the north, if you have some cash.
www.pierce.ctc.edu /faculty/cwillett/gdt/questions.html   (3676 words)

  
 CNW Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
At Kakwa, Cinch drilled a 100% well at Kakwa 12-18-61-4W6 which was cased as a Dunvegan gas well.
Two additional 100% locations have been identified in the Kakwa H pool which will be drilled when surface conditions make it feasible.
This well will spud after completion of the drilling operations at the Kakwa 13-7 well, and will test a new prospect, which is on trend with the Cardium production in the Smoky area located 11 kilometers to the southeast.
www.newswire.ca /en/releases/archive/June2005/03/c7229.html   (685 words)

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