It was 10 degrees, sunny and very little wind so perfect weather for a kayak. I was supposed to go climbing that day but the wall we were going to was just to wet. I borrowed my friend Rob's kayak strapped, it on my car and drove about 10 minutes to Mill Lake. The water …
Parry Sound: Rose Point Trail with the Lab
About once a month the lab gets together and does some kind of activity. More often than not we play board games. However, this time we decided to go on a hike. I parked at Crofters on Oastler Lake Road. Rob drove us to the start of the trail. There we hung out with Stella …
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Big Sound Shoreline off Nobel Beach
Josee and I's friend Emma came up for the weekend. We had promised her a snowshoe trip. It was a beautiful sunny day not a cloud in the sky. The trail itself wasn't so much as a trail than a path along the shoreline. We could have walked along the ice judging by the recent …
Parry Sound: Ice Caves on Boy Lake
The Cliff from Boy Lake This was a super short little hike I did over on Boy lake. Parking is located at 45.433176, -79.998894 just off of Butter Cup road. This is a public boat launch and parking is permitted. The caves are located at 45.430876, -79.994106. You can see them from the parking lot. …
Parry Sound: Old Baldy
This is not a public access trail. The easiest way to reach Old Baldy using crown land would be to park on Farley's road and follow the snowmobile trail which would be a 10 km round trip. If you bushwack and cross Grassy Bay you could do this trip in 7.5 km. I had measured …
Parry Sound: Fitness Trail and Rugged Trail
Rotary & the Algonquin Regiment Fitness Trail:Â The Fitness Trail is a flat 3.2 km trail that starts at the new salt docks and ends at Champagne St. The Fitness trail runs through the town of Parry Sound. It is very popular for all ages for all activities. In the winter you can cross country ski, …
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Parry Sound: Abandoned Steam Boiler
The Seguin trail used to be part of the old Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway which ran from Depot Harbour to Ottawa. There are tons of hiking trails that are still maintained that use the old route today. So it is no wonder that an old steam boiler was left behind just off the …
