The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy, walk and be healthy.
The best way to lengthen our days is to walk steady and with a purpose. Charles Dickens

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photo of oxbow in bonnechere river spacer McNaughton's Walk
- oxbows and meandering shorelines
- surveying the Bonnechere River
- beaver pond
Rating: easy
Length: less than 2 km
Start/Finish: River Loop campground in Bonnechere Park
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photo of omaniques mill site   Omanique's Mill
- site of former lumbering mill
- the unsung hemlock
Rating: easy
Length: 30 min
Start/Finish: From Turners Rd follow White Mountain Chute Trail to Omanique Mill Road sign.
     
photo of lafleur homestead   Lafleur Homestead
- historic stopping place
- log home and various outbuildings surrounded by recovering forest
Rating: easy
Length: 30 min
Start/Finish: off Turners Rd, 10.9km from Cty Rd 58
Sneak Peak: 360 degree view
     
photo from egg rock   Egg Rock - Whispering Pines Lookout
- a view of two parallel faultlines (cracks in the bedrock)
- panoramic vista of the Little Bonnechere RIver
Rating: challenging
Length: 30 min
Start/Finish: off Turners Rd, 14.7km from Cty Rd 58
     
photo of payne's pine   Payne's Pine Trail
- jack and red pine plantation on an abandoned homestead
- spruce bog
- bayou-like silver maple swamp
Rating: easy
Length: 60 min
Start/Finish: off Basin Rd, 15.6km from Cty Rd 58
     
photo of mcdonald grave marker   Sligo
- abandoned settlement homestead
- just above Head of Canoe Navigation on the Bonnechere
- grave marker of infant Alexander McDonald
Rating: very easy
Length: 10 min
Start/Finish: off Basin Rd, 18.2km from Cty Rd 58
View the an historic photo of the McDonald Homestead at Sligo
     
photo of basin depot cabin   Basin Depot
- site of an 1850s abandoned logging depot and 1950s lumbering camp
- oldest building in Algonquin Park, two fenced graveyards
Rating: easy
Length: 45 min
Start/Finish: off Basin Rd, 21.3km from Cty Rd 58
Learn more about Basin Depot
     
photo of high falls on the bonnechere   High Falls on the Little Bonnechere
- site of former timber slide (chute) bypassing the rock-walled falls
- spawning bed for brook trout
Rating: challending
Length: 2 hours
Start/Finish: off Basin Rd, 21.3km from Cty Rd 58
View an historic photo of High Falls, circa 1910
     
photo of mcguey homestead   McGuey Farm
- site of abondoned settlement homestead
Rating: easy
Length: 3 hours
Start/Finish: off Basin Rd, 31.3km from Cty Rd 58, just beyond Foy Lake
View a recent aerial view of the McGuey Farm
     
photo of mcintyre's clearing   McIntyre's Clearing
- site of abondoned settlement homestead
- several lumber companies operations here in the 1870s
Rating: easy
Length: 1 hour
Start/Finish: 44.5km from Cty Rd 58 at western terminus of Basin Rd
View an 1889 survey map of the McIntyre Homestead
     

 

 

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