Macnamara Nature Trail

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Overview

Many of the special natural features highlighted on this trail were discovered by Charles Macnamara nearly a century ago. It is only fitting that this trail and the club that built it bear the name of one of the greatest naturalists to walk through any wild region in past of present times.

This 4 km long interpretive trail in the Nopiming Game Sanctuary is an exceptional example of its kind, with boardwalks and an observation tower providing a grandstand view of the natural world.

Directions; Driving up Hwy 17, from Ottawa, take the first turnoff into Arnprior, along Madawaska Blvd. (Alternatively, leave...

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