I have been following this thread for a couple of days. Brought back so many memories from days gone by. I thought i would share a place, where i spent many many summer days, soemtines alone, sometimes with dad.
Dad was born and raised in Jones Falls Ontario. His dad worked on the locks there, as a carpenter in the winter, and guided on White and Sand Lakes in the summer. He would trap beaver and Muskrat in the fall and spring. His mom worked at the Kenney Hotel in the laundry room.
The Daughter of the owner, i knew her as Miss Kenney, was my kindergarten teacher When i lived in Kingston.
I havent been back there in almost 40 years, but the images in my mind are still vivid. I fished Sand and Whitefish Lake with my dad, as a kid.It was then, and still is now, my idea of peace and beauty.I would spend hours sitting at the top of the stone arch dam, looking down at the water leaking for the turbine supply tubes, watching the tree tops swaying in the breeze. Have a look at my idea of heaven on earth. I would love to get back there, and relive all the best of my childhood.Maybe fish some spots that i use to with Dad. Have a look.The place still looks exactly as it did 40 years ago.The Kenney hotel is the building in the background of the 3rd photo.
http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/videos/vid-05-jonesfalls.html