Darren's Photo Album:Nith River
These pictures are from a trip that Mike and I took on the Nith River on April 25, 2003. We started at Holland-Mills Road, just south of New Hamburg, and paddled to Township Rd. 14, just south of Plattsville. Mike took the pictures on his digital camera, and we tried to get one ever km, and every bridge that we passed under. Enjoy!
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The car and van ready to go, with the canoe on the car
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Another shot before we leave Sweaburg
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The car and canoe at the put-in point at the Holland Mills Road bridge. Notice the guy on the ATV thingy in the background
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The bridge at Holland Mills Road put-in site
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One of many Canada Geese that we saw along the river
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A picture of the Nith River, 1 km downstream from our put-in point
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A picture of the Nith River, 2 km from our put-in point
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A white-tailed deer that was crossing the river as we rounded the corner
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A picture of the Nith River, 3 km from our put-in point
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A picture of the Nith River, 4 km from our put-in point. We stopped for lunch River Left just upstream of where this picture was taken, and as soon as we rounded the corner, found a much better spot on a gravel bar. Oh well!
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A second shot from km 4
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A picture of the Nith River, 5 km from our put-in point
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Some ducks in the river
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A picture of the Nith River, 6 km from our put-in point
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The Huron Road Bridge at km7
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A couple houses in the small village of Haysville
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The bridge over which Huron Road passes
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A picture of the Nith River, 8 km from our put-in point
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A picture of the Nith River, 9 km from our put-in point
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A picture of the Nith River, 10 km from our put-in point
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A picture of the Nith River, 11 km from our put-in point
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That's me, Darren, taking a water break somewhere along the Nith River
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The bridge over which Bridge St. passes, 12 km downstream from our put-in point
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The bridge over which Oxford-Waterloo Rd. passes. This road is the boundary between Wilmot Township (in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo) and Blandford-Blenheim Township (in Oxford County). This is 13 km downstream from our put-in point.
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Another shot of the Oxford-Waterloo Rd. bridge
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A picture of the Nith River, 14 km downstream of our put-in point. There's a good spot to put in here, as River Road comes right down beside the river and there appears to be plenty of parking right where this picture was taken.
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A picture of the Nith River, 15 km downstream of our put-in point
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The bridge over which Blandford-Blenheim Township Road 14 passes, at approximately km 16
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Some horses that we saw as we paddled down the Nith River
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Another picture of the horse. Unfortunately, we didn't get a picture of the Llamas, which we saw earlier. I guess you never know what you'll see when paddling in Southern Ontario!
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A picture of the Nith River, 17 km downstream of our put-in point
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The canoe that we found upside down in the middle of the river. Mike got out and flipped it over so we could take a look. It didn't look too bad until Mike flipped it over, at which point it look like...
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Pretty beat up! Actually, it was really destroyed, so we just decided to leave it where we found it. I had considered bringing it home, but didn't think it was worth much in that condition. It probably wasn't worth much even when it was new, as it was a "SportChief" brand junk canoe, you know.. the kind with three keels :)
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A picture of the Nith River, 18 km downstream of our put-in point
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Some swans that we saw crossing the river beside a farm, immediately downstream of the Oxford Rd. 42 bridge (km 19)
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Swans again
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Swans again!!
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The bridge over which Oxford County Rd. 8 crosses, just South of Plattsville. This is approximately km 20 of our journey
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A picture of the Nith River, 21 km downstream of our put-in point
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Our take out spot, at km 22.2! See if you can spot Mike's big blue van in this photo. This was the end of another great paddle. However, if you check out this link you will see that this is also the starting point of another trip we did on the Nith River in 2002. So you can read about that to see what the next 18 km stretch of the river is like!