08/25/2026
It was the perfect day for our Grove Rovers to get a closer look at the places and people that shape the landscape of and around Gillies Grove forest.
Our leader Philip Powell shared his passion for heritage, telling compelling stories of the settlement and development at the confluence of the Madawaska and Ottawa/ Kichi Zibi rivers. Thank you Philip, and also to Diane who shared helpful and interesting images with the group on a tablet.
As he described, this landscape was a free and accessible meeting place for peoples for tens of thousands of years. It is a really remarkable thing that two lumber barons and generations of the community have cherished and protected it, so that it remains accessible to the community still to this day. It is our goal at Friends of the Grove to make that happen.
We extend a heartfelt thank-you to the generosity of the Galilee Centre and to the homeowners of Gillies House, so that we could cherish closer looks at these special spaces!
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