Weather: Warm and humid but with a breeze
After parking the cars we started off at the south end of the trail which begins in a forest with a series of crevasses.
After crossing a natural bridge over one of the crevasses we continued on through the forest.
The trail soon exited the forest and continued along Side Road 10 towards the former town of Whitfield with the abandoned church the only structure remaining.
The trail continued North on Center Road and one of us had a distinctly faster pace than the rest over this portion of the hike.
Along the way we passed this attractive farmhouse...
but soon reentered the forest and descended into the Pine River valley along a narrow road.
We soon came into the town of Kilgorie where this former schoolhouse had been converted to a home.
After a brief road walk we reentered the forest adjacent to the Pine River.
We soon came across an abandoned power plant that was apparently the largest in Ontario in its time. Of course we had to investigate and capture photos for those not here.
Interior view of the power plant and...
Exterior view.
The trail continued to follow the Pine River and steadily climbed...
until the Pine River Fishing lake was reached.
We climbed up another half kilometer to the Bell Lookout where we had our elevensies. Note the shy hiker who didn't want his face photographed.
After admiring the view over the Lake we continued on our hike.
After hiking on a gravel road for a awhile we reentered the forest crossing the only stile on this segment of the trail.
Nearing the end of the hike the group paused to admire the creek and regain our energy for the final stretch.
After returning to the road we passed an old barn which no longer seemed to be in use.
We finally arrived at our destination with this Maple tree that was already turning colour, marking the end of today's hike
After the car shuffle it was once again off to Timmies and home.
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