Opeongo Hills Totally Explained

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The Opeongo Hills (sometimes called the Opeongo Mountains and the Madawaska Highlands, particularly for the eastern-most hills) are a range of hills in Southern Ontario, near Algonquin Provincial Park. The hills stretch from Opeongo Lake in Algonquin Park in the west, along the Madawaska and Opeongo Rivers, towards the Opeongo Colonization Road, and extending towards the Deacon Escarpment (north of Killaloe, Ontario in Renfrew County), Bonnechere, Ontario, and Dacre in the east. To the east of the Opeongo Hills lie the Madawaska River valley, the Mississippi River Valley, and the Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben along the Ottawa River. The hills continue into Quebec across the Ottawa River as the Laurentian Highlands and the Laurentian Mountains. Its tallest peak is roughly 7 km northeast of Highway 60. At roughly 586 meters, it's the tallest point in Southern Ontario. The community of Foymount, Ontario (along former Secondary Highway 512, the Opeongo Line) is the highest settlement in Southern Ontario.
   The Opeongo Hills are a continuation of the Laurentian Highlands, which extend into Eastern Ontario, towards Gananoque, and across the Ottawa River Valley into Quebec, and the Laurentian Mountains, which continue parallel to the St. Lawrence River, north of Montreal, Trois-Rivieres, and Quebec City.
   The geography in this area of Central Ontario is dotted with rolling hills and forests with streams, lakes, and small waterfalls, typical of a place in the Canadian Shield.
   The first explorer to visit the region is Samuel de Champlain, in 1615, while exploring the area with the Huron natives. When settlers first started arriving in the area in the late 1790s and early 1800s, land areas were given to settlers by the Canadian Land and Emigration Company for settlement and farming. The soils of the area were not perfectly suited for farming, but small-scale agriculture was able to be conducted on the land. Today, the Opeongo Hills are crossed by many provincial highways, many of which still follow the original Historic Colonization Roads.

Municipalities located in the Opeongo Hills

Below is a list of communities and municipalities located in the Opeongo Hills, from west to east

Frontenac County

Frontenac County
- North Frontenac

Haliburton County

Hastings County

Renfrew County

Lakes and rivers

Bark Lake

Bonnechere River

Lake Clear

Constant Lake

Lake Doré

Golden Lake

Kamaniskeg Lake

Little Mississippi River

Madawaska River

Meadow Lake

Mississippi River (eastern boundary of the Hills)

Opeongo Lake

Opeongo River

Papineau Lake

Snake River (Renfrew County)

Round Lake

York River

Parks

Below is a list of Conservation areas, Provincial and National parks located in the Opeongo Hills

Algonquin Provincial Park

Bell Bay Provincial Park

Bon Echo Provincial Park

Bonnechere Provincial Park

Bonnechere River Provincial Park

Centennial Lake Provincial Park

Conroys Marsh Provincial Conservation Reserve

Constant Creek Swamp and Fen Provincial Conservation Reserve

Deacon Escarpment Provincial Conservation Reserve

Dividing Lake Provincial Nature Preserve

Foy Provincial Park

Egan Chutes Provincial Park

Lake St. Peter Provincial Park

Little Mississippi River Provincial Conservation Reserve

Matawatchan Provincial Park

North Frontenac Park Lands

Opeongo River Provincial Park

Silent Lake Provincial Park

Upper Madawaska River Provincial Park

Roads

Roads that cross the Opeongo Hills include:

Highway 28 (part)

Highway 41

Highway 60

Highway 62 (part)

Highway 127

Highway 132

Highway 532

Notable attractions

Balaclava ghost town

Art Gallery of Bancroft

Opeongo Mountains Resort

, in Eganville

Bonnechere Caves, near Fourth Chute

Quadeville is home to a house once owned by famed gangster Al Capone. His house stands to this day in the small hamlet.

Near the intersection of Highways 41 and Highway 132 is a spot known as "Magnetic Hill", where the road slopes uphill but appears to be going downhill.

Mount Pakenham Ski Resort, near Pakenham, Ontario

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