Northern Ontario Tourist Outfitters Association

Ontario's Diverse Travel Regions

In an effort to be able to provide visitors to our web with the best information possible about tourism in Ontario, we are pleased to exchange links with the organizations listed below. No one association can represent all the experiences that Ontario has to offer. We would encourage your travel association to make an exchange.

• Sunset Country Travel Association.
• North of Superior Travel Association.
• Partners in Eco-Adventure Tourism is a Northeastern Ontario-based network.
• Attractions Ontario is your gateway to the very best there is to see and do in the heart of Canada.

Government of Ontario

• Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Up to date information from the Ontario government; lots of links.
• MNR's Living With Black Bears in Ontario. A Guide to Co-existing with Black Bears.
• MNR's Land Information Ontario Managed, Accessible, "Integrateable", and Affordable.
• Ontario's Environmental Bill of Rights Participate in environmental decisions through the Environmental Commission of Ontario.
• Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines Information, links, and a place to give feedback.
• Ontario's Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity, and Innovation Information and links to tourism, business, investment, and export.
• Premier Dalton McGuinty Information for Ontario residents, links; email the premier.
• Ministry of the Environment on the new Drinking Water System Regulations
• Ministry of Finance for tax information for businesses including GST, RST, Gasoline Tax etc.
• Ministry of Tourism and Recreation for updates on tourism statistics and trends, new Government programs and issues affecting tourism in Ontario.

Government of Canada

• Christine Stewart, Minister of the Environment for Canada Information on Environment Canada's "Green Lane".
• Canadian Firearms Centre Consortium of Federal, Provincial and Territorial partners established to coordinate the implementation of the Firearms Act accross Canada.
• Government of Canada Obtain information about Canada, its govenment and services. Direct links to government departments and agencies.
• Parliamentary Internet Links to Canadian Members of Parliament and Senators.
• The Prime Minister's Website
• Canadian Department of Justice

Earth Resources

• Andy's Northern Ontario Wildflowers.
• Federation of Ontario Naturalists.
• Ontario Environmental Network.
• Bird Studies Canada Ontario Program.
• Ontario Field Ornitologists.
• Explore Ontario's Biodiversity with the The Royal Ontario Museum.
• Ecological Monitoring Network and Frogwatch Ontario
• GreenONTARIO is a clearinghouse of information on environmental issues and activities.
• The Living Earth View from 986 km above 47°N 79°38'W.
• NALGES North American Linkages to Environmental Strategies.
• Canadian Biodiversity Network search area.
• BIONET Biodiversity Campaign and Information Clearinghouse Web Site.
• The Wetlands Network.
• Canadian Nature Federation
• Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention: C2P2.
• The Eco-Source Information and Services Regarding Ecotourism and Sustainable Development.

Other Resources

• Canadian Firearms as an outreach program that delivers qualified examiners to United States firearms users bringing firearms into Canada.
• Ontario Weather Environment Canada; Canadian Meteorological Centre forecasts.
• Visit Delorme's CyberRouter for directions to most towns in Ontario.
• TripQuest will get you here and back too! Just enter an Ontario town or city and then ON for state.
• Postal Code Lookup from Canada Post.
• Mike's Radio World's Canadian Radio Stations
• Xenon Laboratories' Universal Currency Converter.
• Zip Code Lookup and Address Information from the US Postal Service.
• OntarioGenWeb Devoted to Genealogy Information & Resources for Ontario.
• Anti-Spam Organization Fighting Unwanted Commercial Email.
• Figuring out fake E-mail & Posts.
• CAUSE: Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email.
• SpamCop helps you punish spammers for sending you their junk mail. You too can become a seasoned spam fighter ;-)
• McAfee.com's Anti-Virus Center and Symantec's Anti-Virus Research Center. Check here first for information about viruses and hoaxes.

Newsgroups

Search Engines

• AOL.COM Search Easy and Comprehensive.
• AltaVista and AltaVista Canada
• Excite Netsearch is an intelligent way to navigate the net.
• Try Canada.com the Canadian Search Engine.
• MSN Search works.
• HotBot says Search Smarter.
• Canada.com The largest Canadian Internet Search Engine.

Parallel Search Engines

• Inference Find! The intelligent and fast parallel web search.
• Metacrawler Top searches from the top engines.
• Savvy Search is the premiere parallel internet search engine.
• Google! Stanford University's relevant web searching.
• Search.com is a specialized collection of tools to help you find information fast.
• Dogpile The Friendly MultiSearch Search Engine.

Directories

• Angling UK . . The Best of British Fishing
• Yahoo! and Yahoo Canada
• Ontario Online Make Your Connection With Ontario Today!
• WebCity Canada Directory.
• Maple Square Canada's Internet Directory in co-operation with Excite and AOL Canada.
• Aqueous The only search engine and directory dedicated to water related sites.
• PlanetSearch A family of web site communities focused on specific interest areas.
• LookSmart The Next-Generation Internet Directory; organizes the web for you.

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