Km 0 - le p'tit train du sud Traditional Cache
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Km 0 - le p'tit train du sud
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CONGRATS TO POKAROO for the FTF. And thanks to Hopper12 for the proof reading.
A 2.84L retired Ketchup container finding home low to the ground. At time of placement, the cache contained a few kids items and travel bugs. The walk to gz should be easy enough.
With such amazing Memories of caching on the world famous p'tit train du nord trail, I thought we might make a pale comparison here in the Ottawa Valley. Already a cachers destination, the Ottawa Carleton Trail which officially runs from West Ottawa to Carleton Place, is a beautiful ride inwhich you can grab a few caches along the way.
The positioning of this cache 'Km 0' in my opinion humbly denotes the rough start of the trail heading west. It is a pretty ride with slight elevation as you traverse some of Bells Corners and Kanata's famous wetlands, cow pastures, cash crops and subdivisions.
From Stittsville, it is 23 kilometres to downtown Carleton Place, and you will be cycling on the Ottawa-Carleton Trailway. The ride is pleasant enough, but like many trails that have been converted from old railway lines, it is very straight, and variations in the scenery are somewhat limited. There is an open air interpretative centre on a wooden deck that overlooks a swamp not far from Stittsville, but there are few other points of any great interest.
For the first five or six kilometres after leaving Stittsville the trail passes through a wooded area that seems to be in the middle of nowhere.
At about the half way point to Carleton Place, you will cross the Dwyer Hill Road. From here on, there are more open spaces and the trail eventually passes by a couple of farms. The trail goes under an overpass that is used by Highway 7. This is the only area where the trail comes close to running along a busy road. At the Cavanagh Construction facility, the trail merges with a local road for a few hundred metres.
The Ottawa-Carleton Trailway comes to an end in a small industrial park in the outskirts of Carleton Place, and it leads cyclists onto Coleman Street. To get downtown, you will have to cross a busy four lane road (McNeely Ave) and continue on Coleman for almost a kilometre until you pass the old railroad station (which now houses a community services centre). At the next major intersection, turn right onto Franktown Road. It is a fairly busy road, but you only stay on it for about half a kilometre to get downtown. During this short distance, the name of Franktown Road changes from Moore Street to Bridge Street.
Enjoy the cache and hopefully your ride to CP should you choose to do some further exploring.
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