South 1/2 of Timiskaming Abitbi Snowmobiling Trail's

Snowmobile Advisory: Due to the lack of snow in our area (roughly 10 to 20cm ((6" to 8")) on the ground as of February 19th, 2007) I do not recommend that you snowmobile in this area this season. According to the weather network we are below the normal temperatures and no sufficient snow is expected in our area for at least another week.

At this time I would also like to voice my concerns with the Ontario Provincial Police and the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (O.F.S.C.) TV Advertizement for snowmobiling in Ontario.

I am getting older and perhaps my hearing is going bad as well as my eyes but to date and as far as I can remember, I have never seen or heard on the TV Ad, that there are exceptions to snowmobiling in Ontario, by not paying for a trail permit.

If you visit the OFSC site, you should check out their Snowmobiling in Ontario and the Law page. You should notice that they put in big bold letters that Permits Are Mandatory In Ontario and that An Ontario Trail Permit is required to travel on Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) Prescribed Trails. But look at the STOP graphic and notice the asterisk at the end of the sentence: It is the Law in Ontario for recreational sleds*. Then check out the fine print at the bottom of the graphic. *Exceptions or partial exceptions for specific user groups.

Please Note: I am not a lawyer so "Please" read the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act, ONTARIO REGULATION 185/01 Trail Permits as the listed Exemptions of this act, may apply to you. You should also read the Road Access Act R.S.O. 1990, Chapter R.34 as this may also apply to you. However, if it is your intent to actually use the OFSC trails for snowmobiling purposes, I would "STRONGLY" suggest that you purchase a permit.

This map represents my version of the southern half of the Timiskaming Abitbi Snowmobiling Trails. The Timiskaming Abitbi Trail Association (also known as T.A.T.A.) Which is part of the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (O.F.S.C.) area. It shows the relative locations of the towns and trails in the area, which includes in the T.A.T.A. (Timiskaming Abitibi Trail Association) area, the communities of: Kirkland Lake, New Liskeard, Haileybury, Cobalt, Latchford, Dymond, Temagami, Elk Lake, Earlton, Larder Lake, Matachewan, Englehart, Gogama, Mattagami, Shining Tree, Charlton, Gowganda, Kearns and Virginiatown. The Red Text on the Map are links to other area maps such as the, Kirkland Lake, Larder Lake and Virginiatown / Kearns links.

• Normally every couple of years the township declares Lake Front, waterfront and Wilderness properties up for owed back taxes. These properties provide excellent fishing opportunities and you can fish for walleye, bass, lake trout, perch, brook trout and northern pike. One of these properties on Larder Lake has ~1/2 mile of excellent shore line with large flat areas for at least five or six good sized cottage lots. Normally they only post these properties in the local newspaper for 30 days or so and in the past very few people knew that they were for sale/bid. We are unsure when the next properties will be up for sale/bid as they like to keep it quite. When more are available we will post them on the Real Estate site.
• The Wilderness properties comprise of a few acres to possibly 100's of acres by combining several adjoining properties. The area is an excellent area for partridge, rabbit, moose and black bear. Non-residents should note that the current hunting regulations for non-resident property owners allows you to hunt black bear on your property without having to use a guide or outfitter.

For more information view the Northeastern Ontario Real Estate site

Trail Map (56kb) / Larder Lake Map (30kb) / Virginiatown / Kearns / Snowmobile Ramp / Kirkland Lake map (35kb) / / Ontario Road Map (12kb) / Trail Conditions in Quebec

This, Timiskaming Abitbi Snowmobiling Trails Map, shows the relative locations for the South 1/2 of the Timiskaming Abitbi Trail Association, snowmobiling trails. Which is also known as T.A.T.A., this map is unoffical and was created for those that do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader. For those that wish to see the official map go to their page but you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it and it is over 340kb and hard to web navigate but is printable. Please note that as of Dec. 10th 2000 they no longer have the pdf. map online (there is a God but their current map in my opinion, is still no good)

On Sept. 09/10, 1999 I received an what appears to be an threatening e-mail from Mike Farr, President of T.A.T.A. ((Timiskaming Abitbi Trail Association) which is commonly called and referred to in short form text as (T.A.T.A.))

This page and map is *NOT* the official T.A.T.A. map nor was it created to subvert the official T.A.T.A. map or web page but was created for free, zero dollars ($0.00) in response to e-mail and to promote northern Ontario Snowmobiling and for those that could not find their site and for those that were dissatisfied with their map size at 341kb and in the .pdf format.

All trails/roads/lakes/etc. on this map only show their relative locations and may/may not be correct. Due to the fact that the local clubs may change the location of their trails, etc., it is suggested/advised that Snowmobiliers check with the local area clubs in which they are to snowmobile to insure these trails are still maintained and in the same approx. location.

I sincerely apologize for any confusion this may/may not have caused

Dated: September 10, 1999

Signed: Bill Theriault