PERCY REACH, ONTARIO TO CAMPBELLFORD, ONTARIO

Tuesday, July 14th, 2015

Day 344

Miles Traveled: 6

Total Miles Traveled: 5127

  We traveled today with Charlie & Kay on "Plane 2 Sea".  Our journey was short today which allowed us to arrive early at Campbellford and take in the sites.  We docked at Old Mill Park Boat Docking which is right on the Trent Severn Canal in downtown Campbellford.  The Trent Severn Canal runs right through the middle of this town.  Shortly after arrival, we headed out to find some lunch.  Charlie & Kay joined us and we found a nice cafe.  Kay had her first taste of poutine.

Charlie, Kay, Angie and Dan at Caper's Casual Dining

  
  After lunch, we headed out for two very important stops in Campbellford:  The World's Finest Chocolate Outlet Store for chocolates and Dooher's Bakery for butter tarts.  In addition to the butter tarts, we also picked up some strawberry tarts since strawberries are currently in season here in Canada.

Chocolate Factory next to outlet store

Dooher's Bakery for tarts

  In preparation for eating the sweet treats we just purchased, we decided to take the mile long hike along Rotary Trail.  The trail runs along both sides of the Trent Severn Canal.

Rotary Trail

  You cross over to the other side at Lock 12 which is located near Ranney Falls and the Ranney Gorge Suspension Bridge.  We got a view of this bridge before locking through earlier in the day.

Ranney Gorge Suspension Bridge

  We walked across this suspension bridge and got a great view of Ranney Falls on the Trent River.  Although not very big falls, they still were very beautiful.

getting ready to cross Ranney Gorge Suspension Bridge

Ranney Falls

  Campbellford, Ontario has been named the Home of the Two Dollar Coin, also known as the Toonie.  A local artist created the polar bear that was used on this coin.  In recognition of being the Home of the Toonie, a large Toonie has been placed in Old Mill Park.  This large Toonie is 18 feet in diameter.  Below is the comparison of a real Toonie and the large Toonie.

Giant Toonie at Old Mill Park
notice the actual Toonie held up on the left

  Since the only room in the fridge was for chocolate and tarts, we went out for dinner - pizza at Apollo's.