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15 October: The K&P Trail: Latest
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| The K&P Trail: a magnificent trail now completed |
The story of the Kingston and Pembroke
Railway was one of Perseverance. It was
built in stages over several years. But
it had its loyal supporters and backers, and the line was eventually completed
in the late 1800’s, at least as far as Renfrew.
People seemed to love the K&P, despite its shortcomings – it being affectionately
known as the “Kick and Push”.
A similar spirit of perseverance has
been evident in recent years as the folks tasked with creating the K&P Trail
have been working to complete the job, especially in the section from Tichborne
to Sharbot Lake. Two years ago, in August
2017, this author attended the official opening ceremonies for the trail, which
was far from complete at that time. See
this blog entry:
Just a year ago, the section between
Bradshaw Road and Vinkle Road - the dreaded “K&P canal” - was filled in by a busy contractor. See:
And now the final challenging
section north from Vinkle Road to Shibley Road (at the top end of St. George Lake),
is being finished off. Buildings have
been removed, the route cleared, two significant by-passes created, and a hard packed surface installed. Now the K&P can truly be said to have been
completed.
There may be just as many - or more
- loyal fans of today’s K&P Trail as there were of the original
railway. We owe the creators of this
trail a big vote of thanks. They must have felt the need to “Kick and Push” on
many occasions in recent years. But they
got the job done. Now let’s enjoy the
results of their labour.
Enjoy these photos taken in the past
week (with some earlier photos added for comparison). They are in a north to south
sequence between Shibley Road and Tichborne.
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| 2018: Shibley Rd at St. George Lake |
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| Oct. 2019: same view - trail completed |
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| 2018: Crow Lake Rd. looking north |
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| Oct. 2019: same view |
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| 2018: 12854 Hwy 38 looking north |
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| Oct. 2019: same view |
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| Vinkle Rd. looking north |
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| Vinkle Rd. |
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| At Vinkle Rd. heading south |
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| Stunning fall colors |
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| Lake south of Vinkle Rd. |
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| Same location view north and east |
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| Oct. 2018 and ...... |
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| Oct. 2019 - job done |
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| The K&P Canal: 2017 |
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| The same location today... |
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| ...with a superb biking surface |
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| The open section south of the "canal": 2017 |
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| Same view Oct. 2018 |
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| And today's view with a completed trail |
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| Fellow traveller heading north |
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| Fanfare |
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| Looking northwards from just north of Tichborne |
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| The old bus is still there |
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| Coming into Tichborne this section is eroding a bit |
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Tichborne - view east along the CP mainline.
The K&P railway used to cross here, from left to right |
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| Perfect lunch spot in Tichborne |
2 comments:
Hello Passionate Hiker,
We've been reviewing trails between Toronto and Belleville for a number of years now. Having exhausted our options here, we're looking to reach further. Hence, I hit your "follow" button yesterday as were interested in your reviews of the Rideau, and the kick and push(thank you for those). Should you be interested in venturing further West, perhaps we can return the favour at "2oldguyswalking.wordpress.com".
Bye for now,
Bushwhacker
Many thanks for your comment. I would be happy to provide further info. on the Rideau Trail and other trails in this area as you may require. I assume you saw this blog: https://thepassionatehiker.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-rideau-trail-reflections.html PH
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