Hay Bay Church
Approaching Skyway Bridge
Bay of Quinte
Shanonville race track From 401
Roblin Family Farm
The old mill at Lonsdale is now a beautiful home.
Spring time water fall
Huff's Road boat launching ramp and park on Hayward Long Reach. The red barn on the far shore was the site of one of the greatest power boat races in the world in the late 1960's between the Canadian Supertest II with a Spitfire engine, and 3 American boats with Allison engines. The Supertest always won without ever using full throttle, and it is on display at the Ontario Science Centre.
Tyendinega (Deseronto) airport. One of the oldest airports in the world, founded in 1916. One of two hangers.
Kaiser Lake Farms, one of the largest operations around.
Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church, founded 1837. This is an impressive building considering that it is in a rural area with little population adjacent to it.
Former railway bed built by the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) in 1912 and closed in 1931. Now a private driveway. Looking south east. Follow this line and you can see it curve to the left and run along the bay again. The line ran from Toronto to Napanee along the lake shore, then north to Ottawa. The Napanee Ottawa stretch to Smith Falls is now the Cataraqui Trail.
This bridge was built as the Grand Trunk Railway from Montreal to Toronto, passing through Kingston in 1856, reaching here a year later. It was double tracked in 1890, went bankrupt in 1923 and became part of Canadian National Railway. It is one of the heaviest traveled lines in Canada. The Grand Trunk headquarters were in London England, it was managed from Montreal. It used Canada as a short cut from Portland Maine to Chicago.
All Saints Anglican Church, built in 1858.
Swans near Ram Island
Tenh Sta Ne in Tyendinaga
2011-09-22 Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
Great Stone House and Garden
Site of Sir John A. Macdonald parents' home, Hay Bay
A Methodist Episcopal Church 1861. Now a private residence. Note the sattelite dish, just behind the hand operated water pump. Such contrasts are common in this area.
The Weeping Wall will have 20 or 30 small water falls along it in a wet spring.
A Wesleyan Methodist church 1868, now closed. This was the second church for Lonsdale which has only a dozen houses.
Tyendinaga (Deseronto ) airport. One of the oldest airports in the world. Founded in 1916 to train pilots for WW I and WW II. It still is used for flight training.
Cows gathered on the former railway bed, built by the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) in 1912, and closed in 1931. looking east. The CNR and CPR also ran east-west near here. They could not all stay open. This line ran from Toronto to Napanee along the lake, then north to Ottawa through Smith Falls.
Marie Sarah Osborne nee Trumpour (1780-1835)
BackTrek
Summer Day
Broken house
Tiny abandoned shack
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