OVRT/Algonquin Trail Photo Album
As noted in my previous Blog entry, here are a few selections from my larger photo album of the Ottawa Valley Recreational Trail (OVRT)/Algonquin Trail. Pictures are in sequence from south to north. Please let me know if you would like to have the full album.
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| The OVRT/Algonquin Trail Map |
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| Distance chart |
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| Start of trail at Sturgess Rd - view south |
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| Sturgess Rd - view N |
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| Collecting spikes |
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| Carleton Place - Mississippi River |
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| Almonte - Mississippi River |
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| Almonte today |
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| North of Almonte - grandly named Mt. Pakenham on skyline |
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| Pakenham - Mississippi River |
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| Fall colours north of Pakenham |
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| Approaching Arnprior - Hwy 17 bridges |
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| Arnprior - Madawaska River |
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| Site of Arnprior Station |
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| Arnprior Station |
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| Ottawa River at Sand Point |
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| Ottawa River |
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| 78 km from Sturgess Road |
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| Farm road crossing |
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| Good trail markers |
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| Sunrise approaching Renfrew |
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| Hwy 17 bridge east of Renfrew |
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| Renfrew Station |
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| Bonnechere River bridge, Renfrew |
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| Farmland north of Renfrew |
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| On the trail |
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| You can see where the rail lines crossed the road |
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| Open country north of Renfrew |
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| 100 km from start of trail |
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| Typical scenery |
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| Crossing Hwy 60 |
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| Beautiful biking trail |
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| Dangerous crossing of Hwy 17 |
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| Approaching Cobden |
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| Champlain lost his astrolabe somewhere near here |
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| Ever-changing skies |
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| Bridge at Muskrat River boat-launch |
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| The CN line crossed over the CP line here |
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| Approaching Pembroke at Greenwood Rd. |
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| The exact same location a year previously |
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| Pembroke - Muskrat River bridge |
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| Muskrat River leading to the Ottawa River |
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| Beautiful Pembroke park beside Ottawa River |
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| Pembroke was once a busy railway town - all these lines have closed |
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| Pembroke - Algonquin College |
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| CN line curves off to the SE |
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| Heron |
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| Perfect biking weather |
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| Quebec hills in view, north of Pembroke |
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| Reminder of the logging days |
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| Arriving in Petawawa |
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| Petawawa |
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| Beside Petawawa Boulevard |
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| Petawawa River bridge |
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| View of Petawawa rail bridge from footbridge |
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| New section of trail inside the Garrison |
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| Trail becomes a roller-coaster |
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| Back on the old CP route, south of Chalk River |
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| Chalk River - site of station and railyards |
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| Chalk River railyards |
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| Bridge west of Chalk River |
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| Sidetrack Lake |
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| Speeding motorbike (only one - everyone else very polite) |
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| Near James Lake trail access |
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| Greeting other trail users |
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| Once an important railhead for the building of the Des Joachim Dam |
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| Same location in late 1940s |
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| Young bear |
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| Roney Lake |
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| High embankment near Pathfinder Trail (old rail route) |
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| Mackey Creek |
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| Trail crosses over busy Hwy 17 west of Mackey Creek |
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| 2012 Google Maps view west from Boat Launch Road |
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| Ottawa River at Boat Launch |
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| The trail follows the Ottawa River west of Boat Launch Road |
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| This section was built in 1948 due to dam causing higher water levels |
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| Rare telegraph pole |
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| Unusual marker |
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| A welcome open swampy area in the forest |
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| End of the trail at Crossing Road |
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| Rusty spike |
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| Bissett Creek bridge over Hwy 17 - The End of the Line |
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| The Passionate Hiker (or Biker) |
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