Post Office Early Morning
Newboro Boat Houses
Harbour at Westport, Ontario
Westport, Church St (north)
Morning mist at Bedford Mills.
Railway bridge built for the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) in 1912 from Toronto to Ottawa now serves the Cataraqui hiking and recreation trail. Tracks were removed in the early 1990's.
Rugged shore line.
Early morning, approaching Newboro Locks in September.
Evening light on the north shore.
Sunset at the boat launching ramp.
This channel on the Rideau Canal contains the some of the hardest rock in the country, hundreds of immigrant men died here trying to blast a way through here in 1832-1834. Work fell years behind schedule, eventually they raised Upper Rideau Lake a metre at the Rideau Narrows 7 km. north of here, rather than lower this channel. That is the abandoned Brockville-Westport railway (B&W) bridge built in 1886.
The Rathkopf fen. A fen is like a bog, except that it has alkaline water from the local marble. The park boundary runs north-south on this side of the fen. Fens and bogs are noted for their absence of mineral neutrition for plants.
Former Chaffey's Locks train tool shed on the Cataraqui Trail. This Canadian Northern Railway bed was built in 1914. Check the picture 1 km west of here where it says road [9] for a major rail causeway and some history. You may need to zoom in a bit more to see it.
The old railway bed for the Brockville - Westport Railway (B&W) cross highway # 42 here ( almost parallel, on the right). Looking south east. Built in 1886.
Small cave in dirty grey crystaline marble rocks which is found around this area.
North end of Hardwood Bay on Devil Lake.
A 5/8 inch diameter steel cable grown around by a 16 inch diameter tree. It was used as a guard rail by loggers at least 100 years ago.
Cataraqui Trail, former Canadian Northern Railway bed. This causway is about 45 m. wide at the base and 20 m. high. Built in 1912 using only muscle power to drill, blast, haul and dump the rock. No steam power was used. A huge wooden trestle was first built, to help move the rock to be dumped. The trestle was left burried. The tracks down the face of the bed are from beaver cutting saplings at the top of the ridge.
A typical section of trail.
Small mining pit, 200 m. west of Indian lake Road on the west side.
A small cottage with a view. looking south.
Big boulder.
Crossing a creek at an un-named pond along the Gibson Lake Loop.
St. Edwards Catholic Church, probably the tallest steeple in the area. Built in 1860.
Historic Stone Road. Built as a toll road in 1857. Perth Road and Highway # 2 from Kingston to Napanee were also built as toll roads. All were later assumed by the counties.
Old hay elevator, once used to rake hay and load it onto a hay wagon.
West end of Gibson Lake, known by name by hikers in the park, seldom seen off the trail.
Flooded land, wet even after a dry spell. Beavers must be at work around here. In 10 years the trees will all be dead, it will become a heron rookery, and maybe even a small lake.
Many tall hills are seen on the Gibson Lake Loop, and you will have to climb many of them. There is 549 m. (1,810 ft.) of vertical climb and descent along the Tetsmine & Gibson Lake loop which have a combined length of 25 km..
Some farming is occuring in this rugged area.
Stirling Lodge - Manor House from the Dock
Rideau Lake
Black Lake
Abandoned Iron Ore Mines
.Rideau sunset
Old, Abandoned Cabin
Sunrise at "The Cliff"
Foggy Rideau lake Sunrise
Newboro Main Drag
Upper Rideau Lake
Swans on Opinicon Lake
Sunset at Newboro
Snow Day
Sunset on Newboro
Westport
marker 397s
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