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| Mount Martin |
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This 5 km hiking trail
up and down Mount Martin in Quebec, across from Deep River, offers fabulous
birds-eye views over the Laurentian Hills, the Ottawa River and Valley.
A canoe can be launched from Deep River to cross the Ottawa River to
reach a beautiful sandy shore, in an uninhabited area, where the trail
head is located. The steep rocky trail winds its way through the canopy
of a mixed forest with large white pines to the top of Mount Martin,
which is about 300 metres high.
How
to get there
Drive along Hwy 17
into Deep River and at the traffic lights turn downtown onto the Deep
River Rd. Pass through a pedestrian crossing and straight on down a
hill towards the Ottawa River. Take a left at the T-intersection onto
Brockhouse Way. Drive two hundred metres and park on paved area provided
on the right side of the road. Your canoe can be launched further down
the road from the boat launch or public marina.
Directions
- Canoe across the Ottawa River to Indian
Point, on the Quebec side. It takes about 30 minutes to paddle the
2 km wide river. Canoe 500 metres alongside the sandy beach at Indian
Point, and into the bay (see map).
- At the blue marker ribbon on the beach,
follow a short footpath, then turn left onto the unpaved logging road.
- Walk approximately 600m up the road
until you see blue markers on the left wrapped around a dead tree.
- Turn left onto
the footpath and follow it to the top of the hill. The trail starts
on a gentle incline, then gradually gets steeper. Walk around any
large logs that lay across the trail.
- A rocky outcrop
awaits you at the top, where you can rest and admire the exceptional
views.
- Return the way
you came.
Map
-- Mount Martin
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