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Like many hikers I make a tick list of hikes I intend to do each season. This summer I wasn’t able to tick off all the hikes on my list because I spent several outings searching for a place called “The River under the Rock” that I had heard about from an old-timer.
To my disappointment the old-timer’s memory was not so good. He described the “river under the rock” as a very interesting place where you could see a river flowing under a big rock. He said it was amazing and they used to go fishing there all the time. To my frustration I still have not been able to find this spot.
For some crazy reason I thought I’d be able to find it despite the fact that I have very vague details about its location: it is somewhere near Ouiment Canyon, it is near an old farm stead, and it is near a power line. I know this isn’t much to go on, and there is a good chance it isn’t near a power line, an old farm or even in Dorion! But I have had some fun adventures looking for it and a couple of times I really thought I was going to find it!
If anyone knows of a place like this, please let me know. I won’t be able to rest until I have seen “the river under the rock” for myself!
(Oct 26, 2009)
I followed Neal’s directions back in June. It’s hard to find, and I’m not even sure that I did. I took some photos of what I thought was the river under the rock might be but it wasn’t anything special so I don’t know for sure that I found it.
Has anybody gone out and followed Neal’s directions to see what this looks like? I’m very curious now
Drive east of Nipigon as if you are going to the Upper Kama hike. The road just west of the logging road you would turn up for Upper Kame is the one to stop at. The road has been bermed so you park just off the highway. Walk up the dirt road maybe 200-400 meters and you will see a quartz vein that crosses the road (There is lead and zinc in the vein which is what brought me to this place as I am a geologist). The quartz vein is perpendicular to the road follow the vein east accross an old cut block. You won’t be able to see the vein but just take a bearing and follow it. Maybe 300-400m through cut block until you hit a river/creek. You will see where the old timers chipped away at the mineralized vein in the rapids. There is a beautiful rapids with an island of rock and trees the river flows around. Look around and you will no doubt see the boulder that is wedged in the rock (fault) and the river all flows beneath this…. The creek is called Ozone creek I believe.
Cheers,
Neal Bennett
Really? Send me the info please!
I have found this place!