How Much Is That Birdy On The Pole

Over by Casino Rama near Orillia while driving a long a friend pointed out this huge thing on top of a hydro pole and I look up and what do I see...
A Huge bird nest on top of that pole. What size of bird would make a nest over 4 feet wide besides a Bald Eagle I am not quite sure. I know we have bald eagles here in Ontario but I've never seen one myself. I've seen a few Great Horned Owls from time to time but I have never seen nests like this before here in Ontario. Not sure how long the nest has been there but I do hope it gets used for years to come.

Clam after the Storm

The Southern Onartio got hit by some rather frighting yet cool looking to some... thunderstorms on August 20, 2009. There was also acouple confirmed tornado sightings that left one 11-year-old boy dead and ripped a part quite a few homes in Durham, Ontario.

I remember sitting on my laptop chatting away then seeing the storm sneak in the city very quickly as it got dark and lighting and thunder every half a second and rain drops blowing sideways shaking a few windows. Just as quickly as it came into my area only staying a few short minutes it was gone and heading towards other parts of Ontario.

For some odd reason after the storm had passed I noticed my plants needed watering so I gave them some water from the water pitcher. I am sure if anyone happened to see me doing this would have thought it was quite strange.

Below is a picture I took on a street in Toronto a an hour after the storm went though the city that just seemed so peaceful as if what had just happened never took place.

Bracebridge the pioneers of hydro-eletric generation

During one of my road trips around the highways and roads of this beautiful province a friend and I ended up driving though the Town of Bracebridge.

I always find it interesting when towns in Ontario have Rivers flowing though them like the Muskoka River does and how it effects how the town was laid out. Bracebridge for sure becomes alive during the summer with all the tourists that come up in the summer. As much as the Town welcomes the money and jobs from the tourists I am sure they are glad when a lot of them go home after the labour day long weekend.

I did manage to get a bit of fishing in while I was there but didn’t catch anything but I didn’t see anyone else who was fishing there catching anything either.


The town has a population of about 15,500 people. The Bracebridge falls located at the Silver Bridge in Downtown Bracebridge, they empty into the Muskoka River and that runs into Bracebridge bay. The Bracebridge falls is now made up of a hydroelectric plant that controls the water flow to produce electricity. Bracebridge was one of the first municipality in Canada to use hydro power as part of the towns power source.

Near the falls there is a plaque that reads

On October 5th 1894. the Town of Bracebridge purchased an 80 h.p water powered generating plant to supply electricity to the community. This plaque commemorates the far-sighted electors who early recognized the benefits of electrical living and in so doing made Bracebridge the pioneer in municipal hydro-electric generation in Ontario.

Erected by Ontario Hydro
Unveiled July. 1967