Take a trek along the Riverview Trail!
Until 1913, this trail would have been echoing with musket shots
as the local Volunteers #4 Company, 5th Battalion, 31st Regiment,
Grey Militia practised their rifle drills from the river flats,
firing at a target built into the hill. A man stayed in a gun
pit at the top of the hill, changing targets before the next firing
round. Today a placard marks the firing range and the gun pit
sight is still visible from the gun pit trail. The trail begins
along the Saugeen River, near the first settlement site at the
Upper Dam. It leads past rock boulders, a 6 metre (20 foot) limestone
bluff and through a quiet, cedar forest.
McGowan Falls gorge is a wonderful stop along the trail. Named
after the grist and flour mill built next to the Saugeen River
in 1888, you'll often see fishermen near this area, angling for
that prized catch in the cool waters below. The trail surface
consists of a combination gravel, grass and hard packed earth
and rock.
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Durham Conservation Area
