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 Lake Couchiching - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lake Couchiching, an Amerindian name meaning "Lake of Many Winds" is a small lake in southern Ontario separated from Lake Simcoe by a narrow channel.
The lake is 16 km long, slightly less than 5 km wide and fairly shallow with an average depth of 6 metres.
Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching are popular spots for fishing in summer and ice fishing in winter.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Couchiching   (164 words)

  
 BCSCC Website
Lake Simcoe is a mere hour's drive north of the thriving metropolis of Toronto, Ontario, Canada which boasts a population of three million people.
Having circled the entire periphery of the lake as well as the fringes of adjacent Lake Couchiching, Kirk found no trace of any unusual activity at the lake and was of the opinion that whatever once dwelt in Lake Simcoe had died or had migrated elsewhere.
Few reports had emanted from the lake since the 1970s so it was not unreasonable that Igopogo was no longer resident in the lake.
www.bcscc.ca /igopogo.htm   (1195 words)

  
 Lake Couchiching Cottage
The lake is situated between Lake Ontario to the south and Georgian Bay in Lake Huron to the west.
The lake is 35 feet at it's deepest point and is over limestone bedrock so it shimmers like the Caribbean Ocean and has that distinct aquamarine colour.
Lake Couchiching is over 11 miles long and connects directly into lake Simcoe which is over 33 Miles long.
www.cottageforrent.com /couch.htm   (594 words)

  
 2004 Couchiching Summer Conference: Rinku Lamba
LAKE COUCHICHING, Ont. –.”Self-righteous rage” born of fear, despair and humiliation that many Islamic religious nationalists feel from the modern world is at the root of terrorism against the western world, a religious scholar told a conference yesterday.
LAKE COUCHICHING, Ont. – “Self-righteous rage” born of fear, despair and humiliation that many Islamic religious nationalists feel from the modern world is at the root of terrorism against the western world, a religious scholar told a conference Thursday.
COUCHICHING LAKE, Ont. – In one of the “great ironies” of the modern world, U.S. President George W. Bush is calling for a “radically secular” reconstituted Iraq, while he has aligned himself with his country’s most radical religious group – the Christian right, a divinity professor says.
www.couch.ca /history/2004/Media.html   (5976 words)

  
 TRENT SEVERN WATERWAY - ON LINE CRUISING GUIDE by CRUISING CANADA
WEATHER WARNING: Lake Couchiching, is a good sized lake roughly 10 miles long and 3 miles wide laying in a generally north-south orientation.
Lake Couchiching is fairly shallow with many hazard's not far off the marked channels.
Up bound on Lake Couchiching to the east of your course is Nadie Island which is marked by a intermittently flashing light (FI) and buoys G S303 close off the island marking a n other 2' shoal.
www.cruising.ca /trent/docs/L-couch42.html   (793 words)

  
 Lake Simcoe - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Simcoe, Lake 539 sq mi (1,396 sq km), S Ont., Canada, between Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario.
Cook Bay, Kempenfelt Bay, and Lake Couchiching are arms of the lake.
Lake Simcoe drains N through the Severn River to Georgian Bay and forms part of the Trent Canal system.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-simcoe-l1.html   (180 words)

  
 Couchiching Conservancy - Lands Under Protection
This South Sparrow Lake property was donated to The Couchiching Conservancy in 1999 by Amy and Dave Darker.
The family was contacted and made aware of the significance of the area by The Couchiching Conservancy during its Carden Alvar Habitat Project in the mid-1990's.
Waterthrush Woods, which is located immediately north of Young Lake, protects the outlet tributary from that lake, as well as the lower section of the Cranberry River which joins the Head River within the reserve.
www.couchconservancy.ca /landsunderprotection.htm   (2775 words)

  
 Rice Lake Info - The Trent Waterway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The 240 mile (387 km) route of the Trent-Severn Waterway winds north past the pastoral farmlands north of the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario, through the granite outcroppings and pine-clad islands of the Kawartha Lakes to the pre-Cambrian rock of its upper reaches along the Severn River to Georgian Bay.
The chain of interconnected lakes and rivers, controlled by 125 dams, drains a watershed of 7,031 square miles (18,600 km) providing water, hydro-electric power and flood control along with opportunities for summertime recreation which attract tens of thousands of boaters and tourists each year.
Not until 1869 were the locks begun at Young's Point (Clear Lake) and Rosedale (Balsam Lake, the highest point on the waterway) and at the same time the Lindsay lock was rebuilt.
www.ricelakeinfo.com /trentww.htm   (1592 words)

  
 Lake Simcoe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Couchiching was at one time thought of as a third bay of Simcoe, known as the Bristol Channel, however, the narrows between the two bodies of water separate them enough to consider this to be another lake.
From the east, the Talbot River, part of the Trent-Severn Waterway is the most important river draining into Lake Simcoe, connecting the lake with the Kawartha Lakes system and Lake Ontario.
From its connection to Lake Couchiching, the Severn River is the only drainage from the lake to Georgian Bay, part of Lake Huron (Simcoe itself is not a Great Lake), the canal locks of the Trent Severn Waterway, make this connection navigable.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lake_Simcoe   (734 words)

  
 Lake Simcoe - Ontario - Canada Fishing Swimming Camping   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Lake is approx 48 km (30 Miles) Easterly/Westerly and 29 km (18 Miles) North/South.
Situated between Lake Ontario and the arm of Lake Huron (Georgian Bay), with the waterflowing into the lake to the east via the Trent Canal and flowing out to Lake Couchiching and the Severn River to Georgian Bay.
On the Southern Arm (Cooks Bay) of the lake, lies the town of Keswick and the Maskinonge River as well as the Holland River (to Bradford).
www3.sympatico.ca /gbx/index1.html   (141 words)

  
 Lake Simcoe - Trent Severn Waterway - On Line Cruising Guide by www.cruising.ca
The lake is fed from 35 streams or rivers which drain over 1,200 square miles of watershed with control dams at Couchiching Lock and Washago.
When approaching from the lake at night be aware that the swing bridge located at the east end of the breakwater basin, at the canal entrance shows both red and green lights from its middle.
The shore of the lake tends to be fairly flat and wooded with cottages lining the shore.
www.cruising.ca /trent/j_docs/Llagoon.html   (1412 words)

  
 Fishing and Hunting Outdoor News Magazine for the Mid Atlantic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The lake is located to the southeast of the town of Indiana and can be reached by taking Route 422 east out of that town.
Keep in mind that being a state park lake, the ice is monitored for thickness as a safety precaution.
The lake also serves as an attraction for ice skaters, with a designated ice skating area that is off limits to anglers.
www.fishingandhuntingnews.com /midatlantic/2004/02_10.htm   (466 words)

  
 Lake Simcoe - Trent Severn Waterway - On Line Cruising Guide by www.cruising.ca
Lake Simcoe pages will be devided into 5 sections at this stage of development starting with the templates below.
Lake Simcoe is 19 miles long, 16 miles wide making a total area on the order of 325 sq.
Lake Simcoe is the largest lake on the Trent Severn Waterway and the fourth largest lake in Ontario.
www.cruising.ca /trent/j_docs/L-simcoe.html   (397 words)

  
 Orillia
Orillia is situated 100 km north of Toronto, on the juncture of Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe, with a population of 30,000.
Ramara township, (where the Casino is) to the east of Lakes Couchiching and Simcoe, is comparatively flat while the land to the west is made up of rolling hills.
An area of small villages, mostly along the lake shores and main highways, mostly rural and happy to be that way.
www.bconnex.net /~dhogg/orillia.htm   (459 words)

  
 CottageRental.com - Cottage 618, Lake Couchiching, Orillia/Washago
11 at Washago, north of Orillia on Lake Couchiching.
This older, updated cottage is neat and comfortable and is a good choice for those who wish to relax and enjoy the waterfront setting or visit the many local attractions in the Orillia to Gravenhurst area.
The cottage is bright with a large picture window facing the lake from the liviing room, hardwood floors, modern appliances and lovely decor.
www.cottagerental.com /cottages/618   (264 words)

  
 Orillia travel guide
The City of Orillia is located on the shores of two lakes; Lake Simcoe (named after the British soldier and first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE, (1752-1806),) and Lake Couchiching (an Indian name which means Lake of Many Winds).
From Lake Couchiching we connect with the Trent-Severn Waterway, through three locks and the only marine railway in North America, which takes us to Georgian Bay on Lake Huron and if we travel the other way across Lake Simcoe we end up in Lake Ontario.
At the “Narrows”, a small waterway that connects Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe there is evidence of ancient “fish weirs” that Huron and Iroquois people used to trap fish over 4000 years ago.
www.world66.com /northamerica/canada/ontario/orillia   (384 words)

  
 Strawberry Island in Lake Simcoe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Having crossed this lake [Sturgeon or Balsam] we passed a rapid and followed the course of the said river, downstream continually, some sixty-four leagues, to what is the entrance of the said lake of the Onondagas, and on our way we portaged around five rapids, some from four to five leagues in length.
In the middle of March 1649, when the lake (Simcoe) was still covered with ice, the rampaging Iroquois arrived at the gates of the St. Louis Mission and proceeded to lay waste all the Huron villages.
Afterwards, the wreck was towed to the bay off Couchiching Point, where the remains of the excursion steamer were allowed to rest on the bottom of her native lake.
www.basilian.org /Publica/island/islahist.htm   (16857 words)

  
 Orillia, Ontario, Canada  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
He would later accompany a large group of Huron Indians as they traveled from Lake Simcoe, through the Kawartha Lakes and rivers to the territory south of Lake Ontario to fight the Iroquois.
He was the first white man to travel this water route from Georgian Bay to Lake Ontario.
It was more than 200 years later that the shores of Lake Couchiching were finally opened for settlement.
www.galenfrysinger.com /orillia_ontario.htm   (469 words)

  
 WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: CanadaChanging: Couchiching and Sustainable ...
The Couchiching summer conference is now in its 75th annual iteration, and takes place from Aug 10-13, 2006.
It's a remarkable Canadian institution where interested citizens from all walks of life gather for 3 1/2 days of intense conversation, in the relaxing surroundings of Lake Couchiching in Ontario - see past conferences for a flavor of what to expect.
In the 1930s, when Couchiching began, many Canadians would have considered progress to consist of economic security — in large part because there wasn’t much of it at the time.
www.worldchanging.com /archives/004710.html   (779 words)

  
 Cottage Rentals Ontario, Cottages For Rent Canada USA - Private Vacation Cottage Rentals, Directory of Cottages For ...
Available all year this charming, 2-storey getaway with comforts of home is located on the lake, with on-site docking facilities.
Warm and inviting, this cozy cottage has a large balcony overlooking the lake where you can sit and enjoy the view or have your meals.
Located on the second floor are two good sized rooms - the first bedroom overlooks the lake and has it's own small balcony, double bed and lots of closet/dresser space, while the second bedroom has a queen size bed.
www.cottageportal.com /Detail.cfm?recordID=482   (537 words)

  
 Cottages for rent Orillia Lake Couchiching & close to Simcoe Georgian Bay / Muskoka Ontario Ojibway Cottage - ...
Cottages for rent Orillia Lake Couchiching and close to Simcoe Georgian Bay / Muskoka Ontario Ojibway Cottage - Canada cottage rentals
Lake Couchiching and Simcoe, Lake Couchiching and close to Simcoe
Located on beautiful Lake Couchiching directly across from the City of Orillia.
www.cottagesincanada.com /lakecouchiching   (252 words)

  
 Lake Couchiching Cottage - Cottage
Gorgeous, winterized, family cottage on Lake Couchiching finished in glowing pine and gleaming wood floors.
This beautiful cottage has fire pit for bonfires **wood supplied**, unique Muskoka Cedar outdoor shower, paddle boat, 4 piece washroom, well equipped kitchen, boathouse and docks for your boat, BBQ and unique patio furniture for outdoor entertaining.
The sandy lake bottom is shallow for a considerable distance providing safe wading for the little ones and deeper water further out for the more experienced swimmers.
www.vrbo.com /63689   (468 words)

  
 The Segwun
With Lake Couchiching and the trans-Canada Recreation Trail right on your doorstep, staying at The Segwun means walking and cycling along the waterfront to historic and picturesque downtown Orillia, the library, opera house, farmer’s market, antique shops, movies and restaurants.
There are lots of beautifully designed, large windows; granite countertops; six quality, burnished steel appliances, nine-foot ceilings and foot high base boards; wood floors; ceramic tiles and a gas fireplace.
The Segwun is on the ground floor and has a private terrace with lovely views of the lake and park.
www.avrpartnership.com /avrsescapes/segwun.htm   (359 words)

  
 B&B On The Lake bed and breakfast inn - Orillia, Ontario   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
B&B On The Lake bed and breakfast inn - Orillia, Ontario
Experience unsurpassed sunsets and views of Lake Couchiching and the islands.
Enjoy private lake frontage with your own sandy beach and dock.
www.lanierbb.com /inns/bb8945.html   (202 words)

  
 Hotels in Orillia
Orillia, ON Located 1 mile from Lake Couchiching, this Ontario hotel is also 1.25 miles from Orillia Opera House and Hawk Ridge Golf Club.
Orillia, ON The Travelodge Hotel Orillia is nestled on nine acres overlooking beautiful Lake Couchiching.
We are located right in the heart of Ontario's Lake Country.
www.expedia.co.uk /daily/hotels/Ontario/Orillia.asp   (320 words)

  
 Weekly Fishing News
Paleczny said the two were ice fishing on Lake Couchiching when conservation officers, utilizing the ministry's canine unit, discovered the men had caught and kept 13 Lake Whitefish.
The judge also ordered a one year suspension of the men's fishing licenses and the forfeiting of the 13 fish, an ice hut, a fish finder and various gear.
Control on this system is expected to reduce lamprey populations in Lake Huron and northern Lake Michigan by 85 percent.
www.great-lakes.org /5-17-98.html   (842 words)

  
 Cottage Rentals Lake Couchiching Ontario - Cottage #510
This cottage is located on Lake Couchiching approx.
The interior is open and the lot is generally flat and grassy.
There is a small deck at the lake and approx.
www.northerncomfort.com /510.htm   (194 words)

  
 AIR VISION ADVENTURES BULLETIN BOARD :: View topic - January 9 Sunday on lake Couchiching
The ice on Couchiching is at least 8-10 inches deep so enough to support your beer belly Frederic.
It's a huge lake with very little traffic and being so up north it always has enough snow.
Couple of guys from Toronto came up today and supposedly the 1.5hour ride is as smooth and easy as the sailing on the lake.
www.airvisionadventures.com /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=159   (821 words)

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