The Ministry of Natural Resources says two northern Ontario outfitters and a Cochrane man have been fined $2,000 for public land violations. Double R Outfitters and Paradise Lake Outfitters of Cochrane each pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the conditions of its land use permit and were fined $750. Double R Outfitters built multiple additions to a commercial outpost cabin on North Burntbush Lake and Paradise Lake Outfitters built a new cabin and storage shed at its commercial outpost cabin on Monday Lake, the MNR said in a news release Oct. 30. Rodney Charpentier of Cochrane was fined $500 after pleading guilty to constructing a building on public lands without the required work permit. Charpentier built a shed on his trapline near the Mikwam River, the MNR said. He was ordered to apply for the required work permit in addition to the fine. “The Ontario Court of Justice heard that ministry staff were conducting routine compliance inspections of commercial outpost cabins and registered traplines located north of Cochrane,” the MNR said. “During the inspection, ministry staff determined that each of the three parties had completed construction work on public lands without obtaining the required ministry authorization.” The case was heard in Cochrane on Sept.1.
