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DISTANCE: 4 km return trip TRAIL TYPE: Paved except for unpaved "Four Seasons" section DIFFICULTY: Easy, except for moderately uneven "Four Seasons"section

Ottawa River & Deep River Marina Information This 4 km walk is in the heart of Deep River, starting at the sandy Lamure Beach, then enters cedar bush. It follows the bank of the Ottawa River to Centennial Rock with great views of the uninhabited and hilly Quebec side of the river. The walk goes to the Deep River Marina before retracing its way back to Lamure Beach. How to get there Drive along Hwy 17 into Deep River and at the traffic lights turn downtown onto the Deep River Rd. Continue straight on through a pedestrian crossing and down the hill towards the river. Take a right at the T-intersection onto Beach Rd. Drive two hundred metres and turn left onto Cedar Rd. Follow the road to the left and park in the car parking lot at Lamure Beach. Directions From the Lamure Beach parking lot, (with a great view, and lifeguards in the summer months) walk down the track beside the fence toward the river. Turn right and fol- low the paved trail. A good place to see water fowl is at the end of the paved section looking across to Tack Point. Turn right along the unpaved Four Seasons Trail through mainly cedar bush. Keep to the paths on your right, walking over smooth boulders past the back yards of houses on your left, until you come out at Cedar Road. Turn left onto Cedar Road and almost immediately turn right onto Beach Road. Continue straight along the water-front to Centennial Rock. Just past Centennial Rock, take the steps down to river- side trail and walk along to the Deep River Marina. Take in the view at the end of the pier before retracing your steps back to the car. Map -- Deep River   Points of Interest

Early Loghouse The construction of the town of Deep River began in 1944. Deep River, for a century before this date, was a clearing and a stopover for traffic along the Ottawa River and the old Pembroke-Mattawa Road. The log house that is located near the marina in the grounds of the Deep River Yacht and Tennis Club (100 m from the trail) is the only one preserved of the eight log houses that belonged to Indian families living on the prospective Deep River townsite. This one was the home of Dave Adams, a native Algonquin, and his wife who had ten children. It was built in 1931, with squared logs and dovetailed corners and originally had a chimney and scoop roof made of split and hollowed-out logs.

Reference: The Way It Was In The Ottawa Valley. Author: Brenda Lee-Whiting

ZEEP (Zero Energy Experimental Pile) The town of the Deep River was constructed to house the scientists and technologists who worked at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories 11 kilometres down river. The world's first reactor outside the United States began operation on September 5, 1945. Canada's atomic energy program in peacetime built two major research reactors, NRX then NRU. This lead to the development of the CANDU and MAPLE reactors, which respectively provide a significant part of Canada's electricity and the world's medical isotopes. AECL arranges tours of its site so that the public can see for themselves the historical and current developments at AECL's Chalk River Laboratories.

Links of interest
		• Town of Deep River web site • Visit the Canadian Clock Museum   in Deep River

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First Posted: July 20th, 2001

Authors: Richard Richardson & Gregory Richardson