hiking – NEWSMAGRENFREW

It gets its start in Hurd’s Lake, and from there it winds and m wanders its way through McNab-Braeside and Horton Townships, before entering the jurisdiction of the Town of Renfrew and eventually emptying into the Bonnechere River across and just downstream from Air Force Memorial Park.

Smiths Creek — aka Smith’s Creek — is one of those things that you see just about every day, but the familiarity of it allows you to just walk on by, or drive on by, without giving it a thought, much less a second one.

My doctor told me to start walking routes that are different from my go-to route, something to do with mixing things up being good for me, especially if, while mixing things up, I incorporate some hills and terrain into my walk.

Never one to dismiss the advice of my doctor, I did just that, mixed it up a bit.

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To me, it seems that this is the first, or opening phase of a really good idea that provides a ton of value without needing a ton of cash.

The Bonnechere Trail will be an addition to the trail network here in Renfrew, but with significant differences that separate it from the existing Millennium and Algonquin Trails.

First, it’s not going to be a ready-made former railway bed leftover from the halcyon days of rail here in this part of the County. Second, it will be a more winding trail, less an affair of straight lines that trains love, but more in the way of bends and curves and elevation changes.

And third, it will be people-only. Not to people on snow machines, or people on four wheelers, or people on bicycles or dirt bikes. It will people-only in the sense that it will accommodate foot traffic only.

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SMITHS CREEK

BONNECHERE TRAIL PROPOSAL MAY BE READY BY CANADA DAY