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Bay of Quinte

Barn in Decline

Old one room school, Section 13, built in 1884. Back then, schools were all identified by a number. S.S. stood for school section. Now a private home. — Old one room school,…

Iceberg track left from the end of the last ice age 13,800 years ago. Lake Ontario covered this area about 35 m. deep. Icebergs breaking off the glacier were blown SW. Those bigger than 35 m. deep stuck along the cliff 0.5 km. east, until they melted enough to slide along the lake bottom plowing up the sediments. Smaller icebergs just floated over this area. Looking SW. Lower your "eye alt" to see more pictures. — Iceberg track left f…

Demorestville Dam, built in 1978, adjacent to the municipal park, fire department and town hall. — Demorestville Dam, …

Millennium Trail, looking west. Built by the Prince Edward County Railway (PEC) in 1879, shut down by CN in 1995. — Millennium Trail, lo…

Former railway bed, now the Millennium trail. Built by the Prince Edward County Railway (PEC) in 1879, sold to the Central Ontario Railway (COR) in 1881, purchased by the Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) in 1909, it went bankrupt in 1923 and was taken over by CNR who shut it down in 1995. Looking east. It connected Picton to Trenton, and served the former cannery industry in the area. — Former railway bed, …

Spring time on the farm. Do cows enjoy spring time as much as people do? — Spring time on the f…

Bloomfield Town Hall, built in 1869. — Bloomfield Town Hall…

Baxter Canning factory. The original one burned down in January 1964. The Baxters had it rebuilt for the following summer crop. It was sold to Hardee Farms in 1974. It processed peas, tomatoes, pumpkins and beans. The factory had a tight schedule to switch from one crop to the next. It is now closed. — Baxter Canning facto…

Ridge Road runs along the top of an esker which is a sand and gravel deposit left from the last ice age 14,000 years ago. Rivers flowing in crevaces or under the ice gathered up all sorts of rubble and deposited it in meandering ridges, sometimes 10's of km. long. You can see water deposited sand layers at the top left side, yet no river or lake is around here anymore. — Ridge Road runs alon…

A cross section of an esker showing it's size, and the mixture of sand, gravel and rocks in it. It was formed by a sub-glacial river 14,000 years ago. This one runs from Picton almost to West lake. Another shorter one is found at Cherry Valley. — A cross section of a…

Bloomfield public school section # 7 built in 1905. Now an antique shop. — Bloomfield public sc…

Cozy house in Prince Edward County (https://picasaweb.google.com/Jun.Luo.2k?showall=true#100) — Cozy house in Prince…

Mill Creek party barn

Maison et fleurs

Steeple in Field

Millenium Trail, Bloomfield Ontario — Millenium Trail, Blo…

Millenium Trail Bloomfield — Millenium Trail Bloo…

Bloomfield, Ontario

Canadian Farm

Karlo Estates wines are made here. This old barn is also the tasting room. The stone fence is known as a dry stone fence, it was made without any mortar, it is reproduction, not particularly old. — Karlo Estates wines …

Hillier, Prince Edward County, ON, Canada — Hillier, Prince Edwa…

'Chadsey' pioneer cemetery -- old gravestones (3) / alter Friedhof — 'Chadsey' pioneer ce…

Karlo Estates protect the grapes from birds. The soils are heavily loaded with limestone for that is good for quality wines. Note how low the grapes are on the vines. — Karlo Estates protec…

The soil at Karlo Estate Wines is mostly limestone nodules in clay, just the way grape vines love it. This is natural. — The soil at Karlo Es…

A stone bridge for style and access to the rear of the Karlo vineyard. It is a dry stone bridge, built without any mortar, just carefully placed stones. — A stone bridge for s…

You could not harvest potatoes here, but grapes love this limestone and clay soil. — You could not harves…

Wellington west: One of the newish lakeshore mansions — Wellington west: One…

'Chadsey' cemetery -- old gravestones (2) — 'Chadsey' cemetery -…

'Chadsey Pioneer Cemetery' — 'Chadsey Pioneer Cem…

Fire in the Sky

Early Morning Sunrise, BigIsland N, Prince Edward Cty, On — Early Morning Sunris…

Summer Sunset on Big Island North, Prince Edward County, On — Summer Sunset on Big…

Firewood

Lake on the Mountain Ontario — Lake on the Mountain…

Abandon Loyalist Stone House — Abandon Loyalist Sto…

Sandbanks Area Ontario — Sandbanks Area Ontar…

Sandbanks Area Ontario — Sandbanks Area Ontar…

Essroc Cement Plant (aka The Salt Factory, aka Nuclear Powered Submarine Refueling Station... aka Detention Centre for Wayward Orcs of Mordor) near Picton, ON — Essroc Cement Plant …

Sandbanks Area Ontario — Sandbanks Area Ontar…

Prince Edward - Ontario - Canada - 2011 — Prince Edward - Onta…

An Essroc ship pulls up to the Essroc cement plant. There are large quarries there where they quarry limestone. The escarpment along that shore is due to the Picton Fault line which runs from Lake Ontario, past here, up the Napanee River and north past Sharbot Lake. It is not dangerous, but it periodically rumbles. Its source begins deep in billion year old basement precambrian rock. — An Essroc ship pulls…

Sandbanks Area Ontario — Sandbanks Area Ontar…

Prince Edward - Ontario - Canada - 2011 — Prince Edward - Onta…

Sandbanks Area Ontario — Sandbanks Area Ontar…

An old split cedar rail snake fence. — An old split cedar r…

Prince Edward - Ontario - Canada - 2011 — Prince Edward - Onta…

PICTON - industry on the bay — PICTON - industry on…

A house with a view and lots of staris — A house with a view …