Owen Sound has a delightful city park and campground. We spent a quiet night in a pull through spot beside this stone laundry building. Two streams run through the campground. The site with electric and water was 37.29. We highly recommend it as a central spot from which you can explore the area without needing to drive.
The day dawned with a bright sky and no sign or rain. Starting out at 58° we donned fleece to find the boardwalk to Weaver’s Creek Falls rumored to be right here in Harrison Park.
Sure enough, the falls were here as advertised.
On the way back down, we spotted a mother duck who had all of her ducklings drying out on a rock.
Returned and decided to renew our site for another night.
With our spot secured, we hiked 3 km to Inglis Falls, through an arboretum then back up and down the Niagara Escarpment. Warming to the low seventies, the weather was perfect for being outside.
Here’s the view from the top…
…and after hiking around to a viewpoint of the main falls.
The trail is actually a part of the longer, Bruce Trail stretching from Niagara Falls to Tobermory.
The river looks completely different downstream.
And a dairy farm is on the route.
Fixed lunch then rode our bikes into town.
Visitor’s Center is in an old RR station with displays on local history, the RR’s that no longer comes to town, and the ships that still do.
This is the winter home of the Chi-Cheemaun that we saw servicing Manitoulin Island. Learned that it translates to “Big Canoe” in Ojibway. At 364 feet long with a capacity of 600 passengers and 150 vehicles it is probably bigger than the Ojibway pictured a canoe could ever be.
Couldn’t resist looking at the old Canadian National observation car
and caboose.
Rode a riverfront bike path down to a marina park then walked through downtown and visited some galleries.
An artists co-op was in an old clothing store and had a rope system that delivered payment and change to a balcony office. I asked about it and was told it was originally water powered, then switched to electric motors. We splurged on some new wooden toaster tongs.
Beth was disappointed that the yarn shop wasn’t open.
The town is very active and people were happy to tell us where to go and what to do. Definitely worth a return trip!
Back at our campground we found a section of the park with a collection of peafowl. You can also rent canoes and paddleboat in the park. This town is full of surprises.
We’ll close today with a few more photos of colorful park residents.
