When DW and I first acquired our kayaks, one of our first day trips was a 13-kilometre journey along the South Nation River, from Jessups Falls to Plantagenet. When we returned to where our car was waiting for us, we wondered how far it was to the Ottawa River, and what we would see when we reached this mighty waterway.
Last weekend, DW and I were back at Jessups Falls (I'm always tempted to add an apostrophe to Jessups, but that would be wrong) and we made the nearly four-kilometre trek northward, past trailer parks, large homes, and farms, to where the South Nation River meets the Ottawa River at Wendover.
Shortly after you pass under the Highway 17 overpass, the South Nation River opens to a bit of a basin, before narrowing again and winding westward. As you paddle around that bend, the remains of what I think was a train bridge still exists. The towering concrete piers—six of them rising out of the river and another two on land—now only support the seagulls that perch high above.
The piers just called out to be photographed.
As usual, I mounted a video camera to the deck of my kayak, and I'll have a video of our paddle on The Brown Knowser YouTube channel soon.
Happy Friday!
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