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Grasse River Landscape

Posted by Jake Davis,
North Country explorer from Milton, Ontario
March 31, 2014

This photo was taken during my lab; for this lab we hiked along the Red Sand Stone trail until we reached the Grasse River. The Grasse river is 73 miles long and it is named after Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse, a French admiral who assisted American forces during the Battle of Yorktown in the Revolutionary War. The river was made up by a series of small lakes and ponds in the towns of Russel, Clifton and Clare. The Grasse river is part of what is known as the Greater St. Lawrence River Drainage Basin. I found this image interesting because ti was the first time that I have ever done reflective writing outdoors and I felt that I had a strong connection with the outdoors during this time.