Sunset over the Laurentians with the old pont de l'Ile d'Orléans in the background. The Montmorency waterfalls are also making somewhat of an appearance.
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"The destructive effects of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building" - Jane Jacobs 1961ish
Blew my mind how serious the snowmobiling community is in Ontario. My wife and father in law told me the trails there are extensive and well maintained.
Blew my mind how serious the snowmobiling community is in Ontario. My wife and father in law told me the trails there are extensive and well maintained.
yup - especially between Barrie and Sudbury type area there. Cottage Country becomes snowmobile country for 3 months a year.
There is a dedicated snowmobile bridge over Highway 11 outside of Gravenhurst as well:
The Credit River Bridge has now had traffic shift on to the new bridge while the 1930's bridge is rehabilitated. A year or so from now, the eastbound lanes will shift back to the original bridge with modern shoulders, a new auxiliary lane, and space to eventually add HOV lanes on the stretch at some point in the future.
Two bridge openings today in Ottawa. The Woodroffe High School Ped Bridge, which replaces an older one demolished about a year ago, crossing over the O-Train west extension (Transitway before that). Hyper local, so I'm not expecting any hoopla over that one.
The other is the Chief William Commanda Bridge, formerly the Prince of Wales Bridge, a former railway bridge built in 1880 converted to active use. This is the first public crossing over the Ottawa River in the NCR since the Portage Bridge opened in 1973.
"Blew my mind how serious the snowmobiling community is in Ontario. My wife and father in law told me the trails there are extensive and well maintained."
Quebec also has a great trail network, both networks have over 30,000km of groomed trails. I used to own a sled and the trails between Parrysound and Sudbury (The Seguin Trail system) are the best in the network IMO. The trails in Haliburton are fun as well, not as busy and they offer some of the widest smoothest trails I've been on. Kind of like a bendy hwy through the forest just for snowmobiles. One time we drove all the way to Rouyn-Noranda (Quebec) one winter we had no snow south of North Bay. Very disappointing, mostly farm fields and sub arctic forests all in the shadow of an giant Industrial town. The longest Snowmobile Bridge in the world connects the Ontario Trails to the Quebec trails over the Ottawa River. I've gone sledding in BC, it's fun but more rugged and stop and go.
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"The destructive effects of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building" - Jane Jacobs 1961ish
New pedestrian and cycling bridge over St. Patrick Street (Alexandra Bridge) connecting Kìwekì Point (formerly Nepean Point) and Major's Hill Park in Ottawa.
As of today, the American side finished their final segments and have caught up to the Canadian side in that regard. There is an 11m(36ft) gap for the final segment. Locally, they're saying end of June to install that final piece. Something to do with allowing the steel to settle and climatize and expand with the summer temps before placing the final section.
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