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

Thanks to new contacts from members of the Rideau Trail Association and following our walking the complete circuit around this time last year, there is renewed interest in the Poets’ Pathway. A preliminary meeting with these new contacts and members of the original Poets’ Pathway team was held on November 28 to revisit the status of the trail based on our collective observations last year and since and to map out a way forward to further develop and promote the Pathway. Following the meeting, a timeline was developed for the full completion of the project through to the end of 2026. Future meetings are planned, including one with Beechwood Cemetery, which is one of the anchors of the pathway. It seems they are again very interested in promoting the pathway was well.

New updated content: 2025-05-28 10:30:57

Paul and Erwin reported on recent meetings of the Poets’ Pathway team and in particular the enthusiastic support of Beechwood Cemetery for restoration of the path and programing at the Beechwood end, laid out in a nine-page proposal! The proposal has been reviewed and desired amendments and additions discussed. These will be communicated to Beechwood. Members suggested that programming at the Britannia Bay end of the trail should also be planned and that partners may be found to support this. They also proposed somehow promoting both the Poets’ Pathway and the Chief Pinesi trail through Tourism Ottawa and other tourist oriented channels.