Each day, Gord Boulton traverses the forests, lakes and clearings that house his hunting and fishing outfitting business.
A handful of camps dot the vast property, inhabited by deer, wild turkeys, beavers and bass. But Boulton can already picture that pristine scene punctured by a train barrelling down a track that could run through his property, severing it.
“It’s just going to roar right through the countryside and destroy it and bisect communities,” said Boulton, whose business revolves around the 1,000-hectare plot — about 1,400 soccer fields — in Battersea, Ont., northeast of Kingston.