 | scott fly by lake ontario scott doing a great fly by in his kitfox seaplane with darrin long just hovering over lake ontario |
 | Trophy Moose Hunting with Amik Outposts in Red Lake Ontario Here is a Gut Wrenching, Hour long affair to bring a Monster Bull out to the lake. He left twice but the guide called him back and eventually he showed himself. Sooo Exciting! Turn up the volume or put your earphones in and listen to this bull Grunt!! |
 | Cobre Lake, near Elliot Lake, Ontario Beautiful and scenic Cobre Lake. There is a great hiking trail that goes around the lake and up the pointy hill to the left (Mount Belvedere), then down behind Cobre to Tenfish Lake and Blue Sky Lake. Cobre and Blue Sky used to be sites for copper mining (Blue Sky Mines). Abandoned mine shafts and old mining equipment can be found around the lake, and chunks of raw copper, zinc, amethyst, rose quartz and white quartz can be found on the beach. Exploring the trails reveals crevices blasted from the earth's surface, remnants of long-ago mining activities and buildings, plus an old logger's cabin. A fascinating place with a lot of natural beauty and history! |
 | Going To Blue Lake Beach On Ontario Long Drive Going To Blue Lake Beach On Ontario Long Drive But It's Takes A Very Very Long Time To Get there But It's Kinda Fun |
 | So long and thanks for all the fish... Lake Ontario salmon derby 2006 |
 | Long Dog Estate Winery Prince Edward County A look at Long Dog Estate Winery, located in Prince Edward County, Ontario's newest wine region which juts out into Lake Ontario |
 | Toronto - The Beach - Walking to Lake Ontario These video clips were taken during a visit to Toronto's Beach neighbourhood on July 9, 2007. The Beach is one of Toronto's coolest neighbourhoods, it features a 4 km long Boardwalk, a huge sandy beach with hundreds of beach volleyball nets, tennis, rollerhockey and lawn bowling facilities and a paved recreational trail for bikers and rollerbladers. On the weekends thousands of people descend to this neighbourhood for open-air barbecues, walks and people watching. The restaurants and quirky shops of Queen Street just up from the waterfront provide great entertainment opportunities. I love to hang out in this neighbourhood of Victorian and Edwardian homes that are sheltered from the summer heat by a canopy of tall trees. It's just simply a serene place. The clips from outing are part of my "Toronto Favourites" series and many more of these discoveries are to come. I am actually a travel writer, and whenever I am not out of town, I write about the city that I live in: Toronto, a city that has many cool places. I love to get out and explore the city and discover some new cool spots, and now you can enjoy them with me. Feel free to check out some of my 700+ articles and interviews on http//www.travelandtransitions.com. My personal travel stories are located at http://www.travelandtransitions.com/stories_photos.htm. Also, my FREE travel ebooks containing stories from my trips to destinations such as Sicily, Havana, Mexico City, New York City, Chicago, Florida, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Halifax and many others are going up right now at http://www.travelandtransitions.com/ebooks.html. |
 | Oswego under the Lake Effect Snow Gun February 4th - 11th, 2007 a major Lake Effect Snow band found its way through every county east and southeast of Lake Ontario...Luckily, the band never stayed over town to long, someone would have gotten 300-400+ inches! Oswego recived about 85 inches from the Lake Effect event. A few days later, recived about 15 inches from a Nor Easter, which was followed by some more Lake Effect. To put it lightly, Oswego saw over 100 inches of snow from February 4th through 18th. Oswego canceled classes 3 days during the Lake Effect event! (Side note: Around Tug Hill, areas received upwards of 141 inches from the Lake Effect event alone...Nor Easter and LES after also followed that) |
 | Inukshuk me all night long OR Frosty the Elephant Man mysterious inukshuk appears on the banks of Lake Ontario at dusk or sunset - one of the two. It is like a wicker man made out of rocks so it won't burn. it's hard to make out against the darkening sky and fellow rocks but it was pretty - pretty crazy, that is! |
 | Bala Falls (Long) - Muskoka, Ontario Picturesque Bala Falls is the gateway for fresh water flowing from Lake Muskoka into Moon River. The following is an excerpt from a publication produced by Ontario Hydro titled, "Ontario Hydro's History and Description of Hydro-Electric Generating Stations" (Glenys Biggar, editor, Ontario Hydro, 1991)" Bala No. 1 Hydro Electric Station, situated in the town of Bala on the Muskoka River was formerly the property of Bala Electric Light and Power Company. The station went into service in 1917. Ontario Hydro purchased the plant in 1929. There were two 160 hp William Hamilton Francis type horizontal shaft turbines with a total capacity of 320 hp. There were also two generators: one - 125kVA, 140rpm. one - 150 kVA, 500 rpm: Canadian General Electric. 8-phase, 60 Hz, 2800 V which were directly connected to the turbine. The Department of Public Works owned and operated the two dams in the the town of Bala. These dams controlled the outflow from Lake Muskoka and established a head of 5.8m(19 ft) between the water surface elevations of the lake and the Muskoka River downstream. The site included a small head pond canal which connected the plant to Lake Muskoka. There was also a small dam at the generating station. The plant was removed from service in April 1957 because of its high operating costs and repair needs. Neither plant rehabilitation nor head redevelopment was economical, particularly at the existing high interest rates. It was, therefore proposed to retire the plant permanently from service. Agreement was obtained from Ontario Hydro and the buildings and dams were transferred to the town of Bala in 1962. Bala Hydroelectric Station No. 2, situated in the town of Bala on the Muskoka River a short distance from Bala No. 1 was remotely controlled from that point. It was formerly the property of the Bala Electric Light and Power Company. The station went into service in 1924 and was purchased by the Ontario Hydro in 1929. The station was supplied by an intake flume connected to the south pier of the dam which was owned by the Department of Public Works(Ontario). the operating head was about 6 m(19 ft). There was one 400 hp, William Hamilton, propeller type vertical shaft, 277 rpm. Also, one 312.5 kVA Canadian General Electric, 3 phase, 60 Hz, 2800 V generator, directly connected to the turbine. The station was removed from service in 1957 because of the high cost of production and the need for repairs. Studies in 1960 showed that it was not economical to rehabilitate the plant or to redevelop the site. It was proposed in 1972 to carry out the work required to make the structure permanently safe for the public and to leave the site in a neat and tidy condition. The work involved the sealing and filling of the intake channel, demolition of the powerhouse superstructure and leveling and dressing the site. Ownership of the site was reverted to the Crown. |
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