PRINCIPAUX
Réalisations
2016 2018
Thunder Box Installation
Cost: $10,000
2018 2019
Grande Chute Portage Rehab
Cost: $10,000
Rehabilitation of Upper and Lower Grande Chute portages and campsites
2020 2024
26 km Trail Development & Launch
Cost: $100,000
26 km of the Dumoine Tote Road hiking trail and portages cleared from the Ottawa River to Grande Chute, along an 1840s logging road, including bridges, campsites, historic site signs, a canoe ferry, an electronic and printed trail map, a shelter cabin at km 14 and a renovated visitor centre at Grande Chute. The trail was opened in August 2024.
2024
Trail Safety & Rescue Upgrades
Cost: $25,000
Implementation of safety measures, including evacuation routes by ATV, helicopter, and motor boat; coordination with North Renfrew ground response team during practice exercises; purchase of professional rescue gear and communications equipment for Grande Chute cabin; printing of emergency advice brochure for all visitors to the watershed.
2025
Southern Trailhead Land Purchase
Cost: $70,000
Purchase of a private recreational lease to preserve the integrity of the southern start of the trail at the Ottawa River and the remnants of the stopping place. In 2025-2026 we will establish a shelter, campsite and interpretive signage to enhance the southern trailhead.
2025
Northern Trailhead Grande Chute
In 2025, the focus was to tell the story of Grande Chute. A view was cleared and a bench installed to let visitors imagine the spring log drives. The River Drive Camp Trail was created, a 1- kilometre interpretive trail that reveals the busy log drivers camp at the portage takeout. Friends of Dumoine reconfigured a trailer, donated by Zec Dumoine to showcase the hundreds of artifacts found on the trail or donated by visitors.
2025 2026
Southern Trailhead, Ottawa River
In 2025, Friends of Dumoine acquired the lease at the beginning of the Tote Road Trail. This enabled us to extend the trail 500m to its true starting point; build a public campsite at km 0 on the Ottawa River; complete Phase One of the restoration of the 1918 Rangers' Cabin located on the new lease; place signs explaining the rich history of this site on the shelter; and place artifacts on the trail to show how the road was built. In 2026 we will start Phase Two of the cabin restoration.
2025
Launch of Our Bilingual Website
In 2025, we proudly unveiled our newly redesigned bilingual website, accessible at friendsofdumoine.ca and amisdeladumoine.ca, to better serve and engage both English and French-speaking supporters of the Dumoine watershed.
