About 60 km east of Ottawa is the most striking waterfall in our region. Plaisance Falls are popular with locals and visitors, and we love going there at different times of year. On the Petite-Nation River, the falls are approximately sixty-three metres high. In comparison, Niagara Falls are but fifty-seven metres high. Plaisance Falls are impressive in the summer and spectacular in the winter.
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At one with nature
Ontario Parks, the body that manages our provincial parks, posted a clever tweet on December 31st. It invited followers to share a “favourite park” memory. The excuse given was that New Year’s Eve is a time for reflection. It may be so, but it is also in the depth of winter and most parks will not reopen before late May. We saw the tweet as a gentle marketing prompt. Nevertheless, this simple request triggered a pleasurable process of reminiscing and dreaming for us.
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The video clips used to complement the reading of this beautiful poem contained in the post here were shot in the following locations in Canada: Lac Taylor in Gatineau Park in Quebec, The Ottawa River just east of Ottawa in Ontario, the Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Ontario, and The City of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. The background music is “Quiet Time” by David Fesliyan (fesliyan.com).
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