I was up in the Owen Sound area on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The forecast earlier in the week didn’t look promising, but I managed to miss the rain on Tuesday morning and was back home before the rain started on Wednesday. Our site is located at the Kinghurst Forest Nature Reserve located near Chatsworth, Ontario.

Almost every step you take results in a frog jumping out of the way. The operator was telling me that in the spring, there were snapping turtles all over the place laying their eggs, only to have the raccoons come and dig them up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the end of the day I was able to take a walk around some of the property.

The Kinghurst Reserve has been designated as a provincially signific Life Science Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI).

There is a section of forest where many of the trees are 250-300 years old, and tower over 100 feet in height.

There are many woodland ponds, open bogs and swamp forests.

Some early fall colours.

Some hard work by an overly ambitious beaver.

Some of the swamp forest.

An old well that still works.

Moss on rock.

There are still many apple trees from the time it was an active farm.

Harrison Lake is located across from the reserve.