The Kipawa Power Station on the East bank of the Ottawa River in Temiscaming was supplied by a pipe of the diameter you see in the photograph. The pipe collected water at the Lumsden Dam on Gordon Creek above the town, ran through the centre of town and delivered the water to the turbines in the power house. The electricity was used to power the pulp mill and light the town.
The town has created a linear Park with historical information stops to tell the story of the development of Temiscaming.
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This powerhouse supplied Temiscaming, Quebec with electrical power from around 1923.
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The last of the leaves have hung on until the first light overnight snow dusts them as a reminder of the inevitability of the coming of Winter.
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Since 1904 these eyes have observed the life of the city of North Bay from high atop the steeple of St. Andrew’s United Church.
The inevitable deterioration wrought by the elements has weakened the top portion of the structure and it will disappear within the week
These elegant shapes will be gone forever.
Only their memory will exist.
They served their purpose well.
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The old CNR railway roadbed ran beside Sweetman’s Garden and was the reason that the garden came into existence. The right-of-way was much wider than required for the tracks and Murray Sweetman began to use the vacant land beside the tracks as a garden. Over the years the garden became quite extensive and was a place to marvel at and escape from the neighbourhood for a bit of “quiet time”. An oasis of calm.
The rails were removed years ago and despite unsuccessful attempts on the part of the City’s Mayor and Council to sell the land for development, it is still there today. Perhaps not as glorious as it once was, but still an oasis of calm nonetheless.
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There is a small cemetery in Feronia which provides a quiet, tranquil resting place for many who pioneered the area.
It is situated on a small knoll surrounded by bush. Much like what the first people to move into the area found when they arrived.
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Duchesnay Creek drops over the escarpment north of our town on its way to Lake Nipissing.
Over many years and many visits, it has provided multiple opportunities to preserve in photographs and memory the uniqueness that is our part of the world.
No two encounters are ever the same.
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By late summer there isn’t much water flowing over Duchesnay Falls.
What roars in Spring has become gentle as the Season ages.
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The weather has turned away from Summer.
Cooler these days, and more comfortable.
The strong greens of August are replaced with wilder colours of Autumn.
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Subtle signs of Autumn appear near the end of August.
The inevitable march of Nature cannot be slowed or prevented.
Just give in and accept it.
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Looking to the South at Eagle Lake Narrows.
A pre-Fall day.
Warm sun, cooler air.
The illusion of continuing Summer.
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