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Bill Steer

Bill Steer

Back Roads Bill Steer is the founder and remains the GM of the Canadian Ecology Centre. He teaches part-time at Nipissing University (Schulich School of Education) and Canadore College. His features can be found across Village Media's Northern Ontario sites

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Recent Work by Bill

BACK ROADS BILL: On Slate Islands rocks, fish and caribou

BACK ROADS BILL: On Slate Islands rocks, fish and caribou

This week Bill takes us to see some caribou and tells us to take a fishing rod. He has been to the Slate Islands four times, and it remains a favourite destination
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BACK ROADS BILL: Owling under the aurora borealis

BACK ROADS BILL: Owling under the aurora borealis

This week Bill goes owling at night in the boreal forest and learns much about bird banding
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BACK ROADS BILL: Creation and homecoming of Sasquatch Sam

BACK ROADS BILL: Creation and homecoming of Sasquatch Sam

This week, Bill takes us through the creation and bringing home of a wooden sculpture that stands over eight feet tall and is a symbol of the untamed wilderness alive in the world
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BACK ROADS BILL: Beavers and turtles on the coming winter

BACK ROADS BILL: Beavers and turtles on the coming winter

This week Bill tells us about what winter will be like in northern Ontario from the natural signs
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BACKROADS BILL: Budd Car run through Northern Ontario

BACKROADS BILL: Budd Car run through Northern Ontario

This week, Bill does something he has not done before and takes a pleasurable train ride across a part of northeastern Ontario
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BACK ROADS BILL: Visiting a unique museum on the back waters

BACK ROADS BILL: Visiting a unique museum on the back waters

This week, Bill tells us of a community story that is about our mining heritage, not on the back roads, but on the water
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BACK ROADS BILL: Mitigating a catastrophe at a legacy mine

BACK ROADS BILL: Mitigating a catastrophe at a legacy mine

Bill tells us about a not-so-well-known, long-term environmental solution in the making
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BACK ROADS BILL: Roadside labour monument remembers tragedy

BACK ROADS BILL: Roadside labour monument remembers tragedy

This week Bill finally stops at a roadside monument he should have long ago
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BACK ROADS BILL: Two stories, one place

BACK ROADS BILL: Two stories, one place

This week Bill journeys to Ontario’s most northern camping park and tries to verify a Sasquatch story
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BACK ROADS BILL: Nickels on the railway tracks

BACK ROADS BILL: Nickels on the railway tracks

This week, Bill tells us about runaway nickels on the railway tracks
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