Ottawa, Canada
Lime Kiln Trail
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Good for kids
You will find the Lime Kiln Ruins on a nice Greenbelt Trail off of Moodie Road, beside the Moodie (Tomlinson) Quarry, Kanata. This kiln was built by Francis Flood in the late 1800's to support the construction of Bytown, (Ottawa) and neighborhood buildings by processing limestone into lime. Lime is the key ingredient in mortar, fertilizer and can also be used in underground coal mines to prevent the explosion of coal dust in the air. The lime from this mine was mixed with sand and water to make lime mortar that was used in the construction of buildings in Bytown and even the Parliament Buildings. Look in the area for nearby limestones. There you can see the white to grey colours within the limestone. This contains Calcium Carbonate, which is ultimately processed into useable lime. Raw limestone is blasted from the neighboring escarpment. Then the stone is progressively crushed in the quarry into a small grains of stone/power and taken to be processed in the kiln (the ruins). At the ruins you will see the kiln oven where they roasted the limestone's Calcium Carbonate to remove the Carbon Dioxide to form Calcium Oxide, quicklime. Also located beside the kiln are the ruins of the powder magazine, this is where they stored the explosives material used to blast the escarpement face to get their supply of raw limestone. In a nearby area, you can also see the ruin foundations of where they stored the processed bags of lime. If you like my photos, videos or reviews please give it a thumbs up. Thanks and happy trails to you
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Fun little jaunt through the woods. Bring bird seeds and you'll be a hero to the winged little ones. Easy going paths most of the way with some small sections of mud this time of the year. Parking at Beaver trails or Lime Kiln should give you access. The ruins are pretty much just a small stretch of cobbles like in this picture (i.e. Don't go in the hopes of something majestic) , go for the walk. Paths are mostly easy to find but there are one or two places where it's a bit eroded or merged with overgrowth, thankfully there are enough checkpoints with signs to give direction at various intervals.
Nice walk to these ruins that is well maintained. From the ruins you can do a nice 30 to 45 minute loop in the forest as well with interpretive signage about forest fires. The ruins themselves are quite unique in the Ottawa area.
Came here in Winter time, lots of friendly chickadees to feed on the way. The hike to the ruins is very short 15 minutes, the path goes on but we didn't go any further as it was cold.
Nice little trail with small stone ruins and history. Kids love climbing over them.
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