New updated content: 2025-01-27 15:22:36

The Greenspace Alliance partnered with Kichi Sibi Trails in 2021 to develop and promote the Chief Pinesi Portage Trail. The first Chief Pinesi Day, celebrating this trail and the Algonquin presence in this area of the country, was held on July 1, 2022.  Since then, this event has been held yearly at New Edinburgh Park on July 1. In 2024, the celebration included a weeklong paddle from Oka, Quebec to Ottawa, with paddlers arriving on site on July 1.  A trailer was just released for the documentary film that is being made of this epic journey. For 2025, a similar paddle from Deep River to Ottawa is planned for Chief Pinesi Day.