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Nature’s Year in the Kawarthas is an almanac of key events occurring in the natural world over the course of a year in the Kawartha Lakes district – and in cottage country in general.

Whatever your interest may be, this month-by-month guide to the key natural events in Central and Eastern Ontario will let you know exactly what’s happening — and it’s often in your own backyard.

A recording of parts of Lewis' journal which include: first encounters with the Sioux; wintering at the Mandan villages; Sacajawea; portage of the Great Falls of the Missouri; horse trading with th