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Hi Guys Does anyone know a good marina or were boat slips are available on the southern end of Pigeon Lake for a decent price? I moved into the area a month ago and was hoping i can find a inexpensive spot for my small boat instead of always towing it to the public boat launches. Sorry if this is a somewhat silly question - Dont really know the area yet but will shortly since the weather is getting nice! Cheers

I never said teachers were morons. I am saying that they are overpaid for the work they perform because of their unions stanglehold on our citizens and government. You keep on mentioning averages. The fact is that with any unionized government job you will be making the MAXIMUM allowable after working for awhile. If you screw up in your job, dont matter. Increase is coming. The issue with paying teachers so much is that it comes out of our paycheck in the form of taxes. Something is wrong when the average home in TO is paying over $4000 a year in taxes. Not everyone is "entitled" to the yearly increases and feels the affects of a high tax burden. Yes my kids education is important but they can recieve the quality instruction they need if teachers were paid less. To be honest, I dont recall being impressed by many teachers from primary school to university. They regurgitate material from a book and right it on the board. Great way to stimulate young minds. Yes there are some good teachers but many bad ones as well who go into it for the summer vacation,big bucks, and lack of accountability.

Of course I do. I believe that a teacher who is payed a maximum of $55,000 a year can provide the same proper education to my children that a $80,000 (sorry, $90,000 in 4 years) teacher has the ability too.

Actually two young boys that take a lot of my time and money but their great.

"Those who can do, and those who cannot teach" very truthfull saying in my book. Unfortunately the Ontario taxpayer is being held hostage by one of the strongest unions in the country who manage to get a 10% raise when others are just fighting for there jobs being there the next day. I was dating a teacher in Toronto earlier this year and she would work a six hour day (when she didnt call in sick) and get the usual 2.5 months holidays and yet still recieve $82,000 a year. If she worked during the summer you can image what here final income would be for the year. Her idea of stress was 7 year olds not listening in class. Thats terrible, what about the real world where you have to PERFORM and answer to your boss on a daily basis or you will be fired. Whats troublesome is that this group seem to think they are entitled to yearly increases just because their union has the public by the balls. Reality check: Teachers are like a jack of all trades, if they didnt teach they certainly WOULD NOT earn $100,000 a year in another career field. 100K is a lot of money that should be a result of HARD WORK or a skill set in high demand. I think many would agree with me that most teachers do not possess or demonstrate either of these traits. Didnt Reagan fire all of the striking air traffic controllers in the 80's?

Beans: On the south east end of the lake on a peninsula named birch point. I am looking forward to exploring the lake this summer.

That would be great if they opened up Ice Fishing on the Tri-Lakes for Pan fish. Have you guys heard this rumour before or is there a good chance this will materialize? I am looking for the closest brook trout or lake trout lake that is open for ice fishing. I am moving into a place on the south east side of Pigeon lake this weekend and anxious to explore the area. Hopefully this warm rainy streak ends soon so we can get back to winter! Thank guys

It depends on how much traction you want. Chains on the rear gives you that extra bite when plowing or towing but chains on all 4's gives you a lot more traction. Lets face it, ATV's are not made for 2 feet of snow so use chains on all 4 if you can put up with the added vibration and or noise they tend to give off. 9 times out of 10 you will see an atv with plow using chains on all 4's. Tis a good idea.

Hi Everyone I am moving to the Peterborough area (Pigeon Lake) in a few weeks and was wondering if there are any decent walleye or trout lakes OPEN in the winter. From what i have read on this board Pigeon and all the other lakes surrounding PTBO are closed for the season. If thats the case can anyone suggest a decent spot within 50+ KM to try ice fishing on? I apologize for being a newbie in this area, I usually fish for lakers in the Bancroft area and was hoping that there would be something similar north of Peterborough in the winter. Thanks