Champlain Lookout

 My first stop on this visit is also one of my favourite places in the entire Ottawa Valley. The Champlain Lookout is one of three lookout spots at the top of the Eardley Escarpment, the great southern flank of the Gatineau Hills. It rises dramatically above the valley floor, offering grand views of the Quebec countryside directly below, as well as the last stretches of the city of Ottawa on the Ontario side of the Ottawa River. Though what's over there is in fact rural countryside, the village of Constance Bay, which is found at the northwest end of the boundaries of Ottawa, is still geographically Ottawa. This is a beautiful spot, especially so on a sunny fall day, with a breeze flowing up from the valley floor, two hundred seventy meters below.

I decided on a panoramic shot.

I'll have more from here over the next two days.