Please remember that this is a natural area and refrain from removing flowers or plants.
Parking is available at the trail head near the house.
The nature trail and trail guide are the result of an Environment Week 1991 project sponsored by the Island Nature Trust and funded by Environment Canada. The north and south branches of the Orwell River joined within the area, flowed in a deep wooded ravine, passed through the adjoining property, and met the tide where it was crossed by a bridge. Upon this stream were three mills. Heavy timber grew upon either bank. The stream now runs upon gravel and rock, through grassy meadows where mill-ponds once were, through gorges where with an unerring instinct the early settlers built their three dams, through the woods where trees have grown to immense size, protected by the high banks which prevent their removal.