At the beginning of May, a friend drove me up to Orillia for a short visit in beautiful sunshine. The trees had only barely begun to open their leaf buds.
This 14.5 acre park is located in the City of Orillia, Ontario, 80 miles / 129 kilometres north of Toronto on the west side of Couchiching Lake. It has a swimming beach, flower gardens, band shelter, picnic tables, fishing, trails/pathways, 66 benches, outdoor skating rink in winter and includes the town dock.
East of the lake in the next photo on the green shore line is Casino Rama.
Couchiching is from the Ojibwe word gojijiing meaning “inlet” and is separated from Lake Simcoe to the south by a narrow channel.
The area was first mapped by Samuel de Champlain between 1613 and 1615.
For those interested, I had previously posted historical articles on Samuel de Champlain:
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.
Photo Credits: bemartin (C)2015.
Research:
http://www.orillia.ca/en/livinginorillia/communityparks.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Couchiching
http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/2%20worlds%20meet/champlain/Champlain.html
3 comments:
Interesting, thanks.
Lovely
Beautiful views.
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