We did a little exploring the 1st weekend before Jeremy started work 
once we got the house 
functionable. We first found the Millennium Trail on one of our first walks with Hayde. This trail starts a few blocks away and is about a mile long and ends just blocks away in the other direction. It runs along the rocky Petawawa River and goes thru Centennial Park/Beach. It's quite beautiful with trees lining the asphalt path. I run this trail each morning with Hayde now.
once we got the house 
functionable. We first found the Millennium Trail on one of our first walks with Hayde. This trail starts a few blocks away and is about a mile long and ends just blocks away in the other direction. It runs along the rocky Petawawa River and goes thru Centennial Park/Beach. It's quite beautiful with trees lining the asphalt path. I run this trail each morning with Hayde now.The next place we explored and took Hayde was the Petawawa Terrace
Provincial Park located about a 10-15 min drive away along the Ottawa River. This is a large piece of land set aside with trails running thru the trees on top of the bluff and closer to the river, trails going thru the marsh. We saw 
people with dogs off leash, but decided it best to keep Hayde leashed as we didn't want any trouble. (We had stopped at a pet store in town in July and asked if there were any dog parks or places to let dogs off leash and this was a suggestion, however, people were starting to have trouble with dogs running around jumping on people.)
Provincial Park located about a 10-15 min drive away along the Ottawa River. This is a large piece of land set aside with trails running thru the trees on top of the bluff and closer to the river, trails going thru the marsh. We saw 
people with dogs off leash, but decided it best to keep Hayde leashed as we didn't want any trouble. (We had stopped at a pet store in town in July and asked if there were any dog parks or places to let dogs off leash and this was a suggestion, however, people were starting to have trouble with dogs running around jumping on people.)We also found the Trillium Trail two blocks away following the railroad tracks
thru town. (It's amazing how many trains use this on a daily basis and I don't think there's anywhere in town that you won't hear it, but I'm getting used to it already) This trail confused us, as there are two maps of this town with different paths this trail takes. Also, after a ways, we came to a sign saying no trespassing and snowmobiles with permits only. Also, this trail is listed in all the recreational guides we found, yet no trespassing??? The next week, when my parents were here, we went a little further and came upon a lake not too far from the path and went to see it. I let Hayde run around in the water which she loved. In the meantime, we'll have to inquire about this trail some more.
thru town. (It's amazing how many trains use this on a daily basis and I don't think there's anywhere in town that you won't hear it, but I'm getting used to it already) This trail confused us, as there are two maps of this town with different paths this trail takes. Also, after a ways, we came to a sign saying no trespassing and snowmobiles with permits only. Also, this trail is listed in all the recreational guides we found, yet no trespassing??? The next week, when my parents were here, we went a little further and came upon a lake not too far from the path and went to see it. I let Hayde run around in the water which she loved. In the meantime, we'll have to inquire about this trail some more. Jeremy and I took Hayde to explore the Round Lake area, located about 45 min away southwest of Pembroke. This is probably the largest lake in the area and being that we went on Labour Day, there weren't many people out. We realized, there's so much land around and so fewer people than 
in the Madison area, that's why these parks don't seem busy. We first stopped at Bonnechere Provincial Park on the west side of Round Lake, but discovered we'd have to pay $11 to get in for the day. (Since we had no Canadian cash, we were trying to keep our expenses down.) We decided to go around to the other side to Foy Property Provincial Park. They said we could park along the road, we just had to be out of there by 8pm. There were some nice trails thru the trees and a small secluded beach. We passed a sign on the way in with the rules: No camping, No nudity. Ummmm.... Once we got passed the beach, we let Hayde off leash to run and swim in the water for a little bit. She loved it! It's amazing how clear all these lakes and rivers are.
in the Madison area, that's why these parks don't seem busy. We first stopped at Bonnechere Provincial Park on the west side of Round Lake, but discovered we'd have to pay $11 to get in for the day. (Since we had no Canadian cash, we were trying to keep our expenses down.) We decided to go around to the other side to Foy Property Provincial Park. They said we could park along the road, we just had to be out of there by 8pm. There were some nice trails thru the trees and a small secluded beach. We passed a sign on the way in with the rules: No camping, No nudity. Ummmm.... Once we got passed the beach, we let Hayde off leash to run and swim in the water for a little bit. She loved it! It's amazing how clear all these lakes and rivers are.While my parents were visiting, we went and explored the Petawawa Reserach 
Forest/Forest Reserve which is a huge area of land for research between Petawawa and Chalk River. Again, all the recreational guides mentioned this place with lots of trails, but when we got there, we could not find any of these trails mentioned or shown on our area map so we parked somewhere and walked along an old overgrown logging road. We did find one trail along the Chalk River and found a beaver dam. I think this area closes after Aug as all the roads in this area were gated off already and when Jeremy and I were here in July, we drove in this area and I don't recall roads being gated. Oh, once out of town off the major roads, it's not suprising to find dirt roads.
Forest/Forest Reserve which is a huge area of land for research between Petawawa and Chalk River. Again, all the recreational guides mentioned this place with lots of trails, but when we got there, we could not find any of these trails mentioned or shown on our area map so we parked somewhere and walked along an old overgrown logging road. We did find one trail along the Chalk River and found a beaver dam. I think this area closes after Aug as all the roads in this area were gated off already and when Jeremy and I were here in July, we drove in this area and I don't recall roads being gated. Oh, once out of town off the major roads, it's not suprising to find dirt roads.
Later that day we went southwest of Pembroke to the Forest Lea Trails. Looks like the Pembroke ski club has a club house here. This area has ski and mountain bike paths. We found a kiosk with a map, but no maps we could take, so I took a picture so we could hopefully figure out where we were going. Again, we had trouble figuring out what path we were on and what paths we met up with. I wonder if people just have to try each trail to see where it goes and keep a mental picture of it in their heads.Pembroke, Petawawa and Deep River have some nice parks and beaches they've built along the rivers and people seem to enjoy them. It's nice to see so many people out and about. I see lots of people running, biking and walking in Petawawa. I'll also let you know Petawawa is a military town. It's the home of the Canadian Forces Base so the majority of people are in the military, minus those that work with Jeremy at the lab in Chalk River. There's no real downtown, just the commercial part around the corner from us. I think people go into Pembroke to do any major shopping. I'll get into more next time as I see this is getting long again. There's so many differences I'm going to have to keep a list going as I think of things.
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