Here is the offical Grand River Conservation Authority website for the Rockwood Conservation Area

This is a nice little park that has canoe rentals and a limited / safe area to canoe. There is beach for swimming and some hiking along the water way. Unfortunately my digital camera corrupted it's memory card again - so I lost pretty well all of the pictures from the June 2004 hike.


late May, 2009 Pictures

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June 3, 2005 Pictures

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These pictures are from June 6, 2004

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At this point we had finished canoeing and let the kids play on the beach while I did a short hike along the river.

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Here is one of the viewpoints on top of the "cliff" that you'll have to climb just past the canoe rental stand.

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