Chaffeys Locks: we've been here before: Chaffeys Lock Cemetery and Clear Lake Cemetery
Opinicon Rd., where the culverts were blocked with debris. The road was covered earlier in the morning, thankfully crews opened the culvert.
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We must remember to go back to this spot. There are several birding spots, as well as the Queens U. Biological Station (QUBS). this location. You must stand on the side of the road, manage the bugs, and listen, as they are on private property.We must attend:
2017 QUBS Opinicon Open House
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"Since the early 1970’s QUBS has been a one of the most important sites of ornithological research in Canada. Hundreds of peer-reviewed papers about the ecology, behaviour and evolution of birds have been published over the decades, and important conservation work on Cerulean Warblers, Golden-winged Warblers and Eastern Whip-Poor-Wills has been done here."
The Opinicon had a private event. It's been renovated after being closed for a time. It's been bought and is running again. It is 80 years old, and has gone through a variety of iterations. Chaffey's residence in the early days, then a boarding house in the 1890s, men's fishing club in 1900s. A family bought it in 1921 to run as a resort.
The culverts are simply mad rapids.
My drive-by shootings of the trout lily and trillium are just about ready to bloom.
There are tons and tons of farm lands, now giant ponds, where ducks and geese float.
For some reason, I asked if we could go to Lyndhurst. I'd forgotten, but there are some fun stores. The Green Gecko, for one, where I bought a new umbrella.
Big Rideau docks are flooded.
