My husband and I are driving from South Carolina to Calabogie this weekend. I would appreciate any informationa bout the area since the farthest north I've been is Niagara Falls.

here you go <BR><BR>http://www.calabogie.com/

and here<BR><BR>http://www.calabogie.org/

CALAGOGIE: I was born in that little town and have since moved away but if I mention the name in the Province of Ontario everyone looks at me as though I have 2 heads. No one knows where it is. In the winter it has ski facilities but the rest of the year there isn't much to do. Having been to Niagara, you will have no comparison. It is simply a little village. The closest large centre anyone would want to visit is the Capital, Ottawa

Margo, I know exactly where Calabogie is as I grew up in Renfrew and used to ride my bicycle along the old K & P right-of-way to Calabogie. K & P stands for Kingston & Pembroke or more affectionately Kick & Push railway. The rails were ripped up years ago. Donna if you have bicycles you could ride to Renfrew. It's quite a pretty route but it's been a few years since I have been there and don't know what condition it is in.

I know I'm way past the reply date on this but we were in the Calabogie area last week passing through on motorcycles. Great bike roads between Calabogie and Griffith (except the last 10km into Griffith was a little rough) for anyone who is interested.

I know I'm too late to respond to Donna, but I know the area quite well and I wanted to give a bit more information. Yes, it has a small ski hill in the winter, but it is very beautiful in the summer and fall, too. (The spring isn't so great - from the long weekend in May until mid-June because of the black flies...) Calabogie Lake is a great place - very large, very clean - lots of fishing and water sports. The restaurant at the Lodge, The Duck, is fantastic. About 10 or 12 km from Calabogie is a little artist's community called Burnstown which has a couple of nice galleries and a good restaurant, the Black Bird. The golf course in Calabogie is quite nice as is the more mature golf course in Renfrew.