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Harkness Laboratory of Fisheries Research. An Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources field station on Lake Opeongo, Algonquin Park. Beginning in May 1936.
Posting: Mark Ridgway

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LMB
July 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We're not attending ICFT. Bigger issues at hand. We've put a lot of effort over the years in fine-scale positioning arrays, so we were looking forward to attending.
Oh well....
April 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Later in the 1930s, Elton visited the station on Lk Opeongo.
It likely reflected correspondence over the years between him and Dymond.
March 29, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Later in the 1930s, Charles Elton visited the park & Harkness... greeted by folks from Harkness at the train station in Pembroke, Ontario.
Elton & Harkness Lab...now that's something.
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March 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Elton's book, Dymond & MacDougall were pivotal in bringing a modern ecosystem view to Algonquin Park.
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March 29, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Frank MacDougall, superintendent of Algonquin Park at the time, worked closely with Dymond to bring a science element to new park directions. Elton's concepts of food chains, pyramids, and productivity were promoted by Dymond.

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March 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
First review of Elton's Animal Ecology (I believe) was by JR Dymond in Canadian Field Naturalist. A glowing review by Dymond. Dymond was curator of ichthyology at Royal Ontario Museum, U of Toronto. He was also working closely with new leadership managing Algonquin Park...
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March 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM