If you are looking for a place for outdoor skating or hockey this winter season then you must check out Palgrave, Ontario. Located in north end of Caledon, you are able to skate on some cleared paths and there is also local hockey on the pond area (which is actually the Humber river) just on the north edge of the town. Local volunteers maintain and clear the ice for use, warnings are also posted if the ice may be unsafe for use. You can park either along side Hwy 50 or in the small parking lot by the Palgrave Rotary Park beside the newly constructed Gazebo.

While looking on Google Maps one day I found an area along the Humber river north of Palgrave, Ontario that appeared to be densely forested and appeared to be untouched. It looked interesting and got my curiosity going so I decided to take small hike for about an hour or two and check it out. Once entering this area it was quite clear that there was no trails, no paths, nothing, the land is completely untouched so you need to make your own trail and find your way through some of the dense bush and trees. I started off following the Humber river but at times was forced to detour into the forest. All of this land I think is owned by someone but is unused and the land definitely borders on other people’s property as I came to the edge of a few people’s properties when I went off course a bit but the bulk of all this land is untouched and peaceful where you’ll never see anybody but animals and birds. Below are some more pictures of the area.

The fallen tree in this last photo I actually climbed accross it to get to the other side of the river, camera gear and all.