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| Lochwinnoch |
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This pleasant and easy
walk is a 4 km, or alternatively 8 km, loop along tranquil country roads,
in part skirted by hardwood trees, that takes the hiker past a rare
example of a round barn.
How
to get there
Driving down Hwy
17, about 2 km from Renfrew, going towards Ottawa, turn left along Lochwinnoch
Rd (Cty Rd 6). Follow the winding Lochwinnoch Rd, until Lochwinnoch
Presbyterian Church is on your left, where there is a parking lot. Alternatively,
the start of the walk can be reached by taking the Miller Rd (Cty Rd
63) turnoff on Hwy 17, then turning right onto Lochwinnoch Rd.
Directions
- From the Lochwinnoch Presbyterian Church,
turn right. Note the quartz crystals in the rock outcrop on the other
side of the road.
- (For a shorter
walk of 4 km, turn left along the unpaved Milton Stewart Ave.) For
the longer route, continue straight along Lochwinnoch Rd to Miller
Rd, which forms part of the Voyageur Route.
- Turn left onto
Miller Rd, and left again onto Clifford Side Rd, which is initially
bordered by boggy land, well populated with wildflowers, birds and
butterflies. Later, the dirt road runs through hardwood forest, with
a magnificent example of an American Elm on your right (opposite the
911-system number 348). Carry on through the intersection. Here, there
are Sugar Maples and sugar shacks.
- Turn left onto
Lochwinnoch Rd, then take the next left, where you will see the round
barn. Continue along the road, to the Lochwinnoch Presbyterian Church.
Map
-- Lochwinnoch
Points
of Interest
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The
spring is heralded by the red buds, red flowers of the Red Maple and
those of the Sugar Maple, which are pale greenish-yellow. Mature Red
Maple leaves are dark green above and a greyish-green (some say silvery)
below. The Sugar Maple leaf colour has less contrast being a fresh green
above, pale green beneath. The centre part of the Canadian flag is,
of course, a stylized Sugar Maple leaf. And like the flag's design,
the Sugar Maple's leaf has three main lobes that are broadly rectangular
and separated by deep notches. The Red Maple lobes are more triangular.
