Yarker abandoned railroad bridge
View of the dam in Colebrook. The Napanee River is almost dried out. This water is from draining Third and Fourth Depot Lakes 23 km. due north, upstream, otherwise there would be no flow.
Welcome to Moscow Ontario.
Camden SS No. 9, an old one room school. S.S. stands for School Sections which generally served a 2 mile radius. Each had it's own school board consisting of 3 local citizens.
Remnants of old mill at Camden East. Many burned down, some had their mortar turn to sand. There was a carriage shop (manufacturer) on this side of the river where I am standing, and a woolen mill beside the dam on the far side and a flour mill to the right of it in 1878.
Camden Lake, just a bit too deep to be a marsh.
There are few of these old little latticed sheds left. Farmers used to place their large cans of milk in them for pick up. They provided shade and a breeze at the same time.
Camden East Centenial Park. It has a sandy beach, boat launch, acres of shaded lawns, change houses, wash rooms, a pavilion and picnic tables.
Creek.
Cataraqui Trail looking west near Camden East. This was originally the Napanee Tamworth and Quebec Railway (NT&Q) built in 1879, leased to the Bay of Quinte Railway (BQ), ran to Harrowsmith in 1889 to link to the K&P railway and on to Sydenham in 1893 to access the mica mines. It was taken over by the former Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) in 1910 and run to Ottawa in 1912 - 1914. The tracks were removed in the early 1990's. .
Farmer's bridge across the Napanee River. This is called a pony truss bridge because it is held up only by the railings.
Water falls in Violet. There was a saw mill on each side of the river here in 1878. There is little evidence of them now.
On the way to Niagara Falls
Settlement House
Rain Patterns in the Snow
On route on Hwy 401 near Odessa at dusk
Camden Lake.
A house with a view over the Napanee River in January.
Old railway bridge pier, Bay of Quinte Railway, BQR heads north to Camden Lake and on to Enterprise, Tamworth, and Tweed. Built in 1880's in stages, with one branch going east from here to Harrowsmith to connect with the K&P railway and later to Sydenham to pick up mica from the east end of Sydenham Lake. Became part of Canadian Northern Railway CNoR in 1914. Dismantled from Tweed to Yarker in 1941 by CNR who owned it then.
Cataraqui Trail intersection looking east. Originally a Bay of Quinte Railway, (BQ) (east to Yarker only) then Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR). This is part of the 34,262 km. of trails in Ontario under the OFSC.
Wesleyan Methodist Church, built in 1865, now a private home. The American Civil War was raging at this time. Canada was working towards Confederation.
St. Luke's Anglican Church and cemetary.
Former 2 room school (white stucco) and Orange Hall, ( wood). Predating 1878. Other Orange Halls in Sulphide, and Flinton are in similar condition. Many are now demolished.
Split Personality
Napanee River
Winter Creek
Petworth Church
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