Mackenzie King Estate
March 11, 2004

Today was a beautiful sunny day so decided to head to the mackenzie king estate in Gatineau Park. upon his death in 1950, former prime minister William Lyon mackenzie king willed his entire 231 hectare estate to the people of canada. we checked out some of the ruins and then hiked a bit along the waterfall and larriault trails.

it's a beautiful sunny day at the mackenzie king estate in gatineau park

someone is looking a little skeptical about this gateway thing.

ooh... might this be where mackenzie king held his seances?

again, we have a skeptic!

where are you?

a last look at the ruins as we head off to the hiking trails

hmmmm, it seems the water might still be too cold for a swim

rubby takes an artistic photo of the waterfall

and an artistic photo of the bridge

waterfall!

man, check out the potholes in this stream! it's worse than the quebec highways!

mushrooms... winter's flowers!

that looks like a very comfy pillow

we started at P6 and came along the Larriault trail... more than halfway done

look, some cross country skiers must have just gone by. you can still see their tracks!

some leaves got left behind

a look at Lake Mulvihill

some interesting tree buds

that was one very hungry woodpecker!