The Opeongo Hills (sometimes called the Opeongo Mountains or Madawaska Highlands, particularly for the easternmost 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. Its tallest peak is roughly 7 km northeast of Highway 60. At roughly 586 meters, it is the tallest point in Southern Ontario. The community of Foymount (along the former Highway 512, the Opeongo Line) is one of the highest settlements 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-Rivières 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 European 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 19th century, 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.
The OpeongoHills (sometimes called the Opeongo Mountains or Madawaska Highlands, particularly for the easternmost hills) are a range of hills in Southern...
the Clare River to the Opeongo Line by 1856. In the south, it began in the village of Clareview and travelled north to the Opeongo Line, where the village...
into northeastern Ontario. Sub-ranges in the upland are the OpeongoHills, Misquah Hills, Huron Mountains, and the Porcupine Mountains. This region is...
highest elevations in Southern Ontario. These highlands are known as the OpeongoHills, and they stretch into portions of Eastern Ontario as well. The climate...
Ontario is a continuation of the Laurentian Highlands, known as the OpeongoHills, and they contain some of the highest elevations in Southern Ontario...
construction of Highway 41, travel through the Addington Highlands and OpeongoHills was slow and arduous. Highway 41 was first established by the provincial...
1850s as part of the Opeongo and Ottawa Colonization Road, providing access to Renfrew County for settlement in the OpeongoHills. However, it did not...
although zoning bylaws place some limitations on development. OpeongoHills – range of hills to the west, also part of the Canadian Shield Laurentian Upland...
Halton Region and begins to zig-zag through several communities in Halton Hills. These include Acton, where the route intersects former Highway 25, and...
Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben Rideau Canal Welland Canal Trent–Severn Waterway OpeongoHills to the west Laurentian Highlands to the north and east Laurentian Mountains...
Aylen Lake, Cross Lake, Gunters, Madawaska, McKenzie Lake, Murchison, Opeongo, Wallace and Whitney are in South Algonquin. It also includes the geographic...
major rivers, those being: the Muskoka, Little Madawaska River (including Opeongo), Amable du Fond River, Petawawa River, and South rivers. The commissioners...
Bonnechere River Sherwood River Pine River Aylen River Madawaska River Opeongo River York River Little Mississippi River North York River Clyde Creek...
original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2012. Shaw, S. Bernard (1998). Lake Opeongo: Untold Stories of Algonquin Park's Largest Lake. General Store Publishing...
of the Thames Onondaga Ontario Opasatika, "river lined with poplars". Opeongo, derived from the Algonquin word opeauwingauk meaning “sandy narrows”....
Camp" 4563. "I Went to the Woods" 4564. "The River Driver" 4565. "The Opeongo Line" 4566. "Old Adam" 4567. "Mary Had a William Goat" 4568. "New River...
fatal black bear attack. Dennison was inspecting his bear traps on Lake Opeongo, in what is now part of Algonquin Park. After discovering a bear caught...
formerly seen only a few plots from settlers travelling into the area on the Opeongo Road. Construction of the OA&PS took place between 1885 and 1896 and the...
This was the case in many of the ghost towns along Ontario's historic Opeongo Line, and along U.S. Route 66 after motorists bypassed the latter on the...
Point Jocko Rivers Kenny Forest Manitou Islands Marten River Mattawa River Opeongo River Samuel de Champlain Temagami River Upper Madawaska River West Sandy...
(1.65 mi) Highway 7 Halton Hills (Acton) Queen Street Young Street Mill Street Main Street 2.80 km (1.74 mi) Halton Hills (Georgetown) Guelph Street Main...
Public, was built in 1938 and served initially as a high school until Opeongo High School was built. In 1613, French explorer Samuel de Champlain, traveled...
carried out by Robert Bell to lay out the lines that would become the Opeongo, Hastings, and Addington colonization roads. The Public Lands Act, passed...
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