Addington Highlands

Addington Highlands is a township of about 2,500 people (2021) in Quinte-Northumberland.

Understand
This article covers a broad, sparsely-populated rural area in the "Land O Lakes" region of southeastern Ontario.

Addington Highlands includes the tiny villages Denbigh, Flinton, Kaladar, and Northbrook and part of the village of Cloyne. The remainder of Cloyne is in North Frontenac (pop 2000), which is just as rural (with a few tiny villages such as Plevna and Ompah).

This area was first settled by Europeans following the construction of the Addington Road in 1857.

Get in
Highway 7 travels east-west through Kaladar. This portion of Highway 7 is part of a branch of the Trans-Canada Highway that passes through the area, traveling between Sudbury and Kanata (near Ottawa) on Highway 69 and 400, then Highway 12, then Highway 7, then Highway 417.

Highway 41, running north to south between Pembroke and Napanee, is the main road to and from the township.

Get around
Driving is easiest and only way to get around. Roads in the area during the winter can be treacherous.

See


Astronomy is a popular reason to stay out after dark in the highlands. The township's rural landscape and distance from cities and major development provide some of the darkest skies in southern Ontario, and the adjacent township, North Frontenac, was the first municipality in Canada to be declared a "dark sky preserve". Two viewing areas are open to the public:



Do

 * The old Canadian Pacific Railway bed passing through the town near Kaladar has become part of the . The trail connect to Perth to the east, or Tweed to the west.

Connect

 * The Addington Highlands Public Library provides free Wi-Fi during branch hours in Flinton (3641 Flinton Rd, +1 613-336-1091) and Denbigh (Addington Highlands Community Centre, 31 Central St, +1 613-333-1426).
 * The Kingston Frontenac Public Library provides free Wi-Fi during branch hours in Cloyne (1011 Little Pond Rd, +1 613-336-8744).

Go next

 * Bancroft — a cottage country town on the way to Algonquin Park. The town calls itself Canada's "mineral capital".
 * Calabogie — the Ottawa Valley's ski, motorsport and golf resort village.
 * Perth — east along the Trans Canada Highway, Perth is a historic town of well-preserved stone buildings, with a connection to the Rideau Canal.
 * Trenton — the southern terminus of the Trent-Severn Waterway, and a popular spot for fishing on the Trent River and Bay of Quinte.