Monthly Archives: June 2016
The Morel Trail (4th Line Port Hope) Review
***Please click on this link Map Locations of ALL Trails on this Site to view a map with the location of every trail “2oldguyswalking” has written a review on.*** The Morel Trail (4th Line Port Hope) Review UPDATE December 22, 2022 – I’ve been told there’s a new bridge over the stream at the “end” […]
The Other Mill in Bowmanville, Ontario
The Village of Darlington Mills Ontario started around 1794 just south of where the Vanstone Mill is located today at 116 King Street, Bowmanville. The first Loyalist families to settle here were the Burks, Trulls and Roger Conant. John Burk erected a saw mill and then a grist mill on the west bank of Barber’s […]
Peter’s Woods (Roseneath/Centreton) Trail Review
***Please click on this link Map Locations of ALL Trails on this Site to view a map with the location of every trail “2oldguyswalking” has written a review on.*** Peter’s Woods Trail Review OK … Peter’s Woods is one of the oldest and earliest in my adult naturalist experience, and is amongst the best of […]
The Cereal Mill of Bowmanville Ontario
This old mill started its life around 1806 on land purchased from Augusta Barber and was built on Barber’s Creek, later called Bowmanville Creek. The mill started out as a saw mill and was later converted to a grist mill built and operated by Leonard Soper and his son Timothy for many years. In later […]
Strange Things I Have Seen – A Ringed Tree
The wife and I have been taking a new friend of ours on tours of all the near-by trails in the area. She moved into town last Spring and we met her just a few months ago while hand-feeding chickades on the AKS Marsh trail. The best part of showing someone else an old trail, is […]
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