Back on the Bonnechere
Often, when DW and I search for places to take our kayaks, we try to go to places where we've never been. There are some places we've visited several times: the Jock River, between Terry Carisse Park and Twin Elm; the Rideau River, downstream from Black Rapids; Morris Island; and Petrie Island. But those places are close to home and easy to access when we don't want to venture far. When we want to do a day paddle, we look for new places—places we've never been. And sometimes, that can mean just paddling on a river at a different stretch. We've been on the Ottawa River in several places. It's so vast that we'll never cover it all in our lifetime. We've been on the South Nation River three times. The first time, we paddled from Jessups Falls to Plantagenet ; another time, we put in at Jessups Falls again but paddled in the opposite direction, to the Ottawa River. On a third paddle, we put in at Spencerville and paddled upstream for a few kilometres. W...
