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Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park 2022

For the Canada Day long weekend, I went camping at a park I had never been to. Samuel de Champlain Provincial Park. For those that don't know where that is, it is located 3.5 hours Northwest of Ottawa or 0.5 hours East of North Bay.
Amable du Fond River from a bridge in the park.

Northern Crescent Butterfly

A nice fern I saw on a hike.

Gem Lake 

View from the top of a very steep hike.

Calico Pennant sunning itself on my car.

A Green Frog in the swamp.

Another one off the life list, an American Redstart.

 

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