Madawaska Valley

The Opeongo Hills (sometimes called the Opeongo Mountains or Madawaska Highlands, particularly for the easternmost hills) are a range of hills in Southern Ontario, near Algonquin Provincial Park. The hills stretch from Opeongo Lake in Algonquin Park in the west, along the Madawaska and Opeongo Rivers, towards the Opeongo Colonization Road, and extending towards the Deacon Escarpment (north of Killaloe, Ontario in Renfrew County), Bonnechere, Ontario, and Dacre in the east. To the east of the Opeongo Hills lie the Madawaska River valley, the Mississippi River Valley, and the Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben along the Ottawa River. Its tallest peak is roughly 7 km northeast of Highway 60. At roughly 586 meters, it is the tallest point in Southern Ontario. The community of Foymount (along the former Highway 512, the Opeongo Line) is one of the highest settlements in Southern Ontario. The Opeongo Hills are a continuation of the Laurentian Highlands, which extend into Eastern Ontario, towards Gananoque, and across the Ottawa River Valley into Quebec, and the Laurentian Mountains, which continue parallel to the St. Lawrence River, north of Montreal, Trois-Rivières and Quebec City. The geography in this area of Central Ontario is dotted with rolling hills and forests with streams, lakes, and small waterfalls, typical of a place in the Canadian Shield. The first European explorer to visit the region is Samuel de Champlain, in 1615, while exploring the area with the Huron natives. When settlers first started arriving in the area in the late 1790s and early 19th century, land areas were given to settlers by the Canadian Land and Emigration Company for settlement and farming. The soils of the area were not perfectly suited for farming, but small-scale agriculture was able to be conducted on the land. Today, the Opeongo Hills are crossed by many provincial highways, many of which still follow the original Historic Colonization Roads.

Madawaska Valley Airpark or Barry's Bay/Madawaska Valley Airpark (TC LID: CNZ4) is located 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northeast of Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada.

Barry's Bay is a community in the township of Madawaska Valley, Ontario, Canada, located two hours west of Ottawa on the shores of Kamaniskeg Lake, with a 2021 population of 1,084.

Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College (SWC), formerly Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy, is a private Catholic liberal arts college located in Barry's Bay, Ontario, Canada. The college offers a four-year Bachelor of Arts program with majors in Classical and Early Christian Studies, History, and Literature. SWC is known for its traditional Catholic teaching and values, and is recommended by the Newman Guide for its strong Catholic culture.

Mask Island (formerly Welshman’s Island on patent plans of 1861) is an island located at the northern end of Kamaniskeg Lake in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is near the community of Barry's Bay in Madawaska Valley township, to which it is connected by a causeway. The island was named for Pawel Bronas Mask (1865–1964), a Pole who settled on it in 1918.

CHBY-FM is a Canadian radio station which broadcasts a classic hits format on the frequency of 106.5 MHz in Barry's Bay, Ontario. This is Barry's Bay's first commercial FM radio station. Owned by the Haliburton Broadcasting Group, the station received CRTC approval on January 12, 2011. The stations' new call sign will be CHBY-FM with the "Moose FM" branding and a launch date for the new radio station has yet to be announced. On April 23, 2012 Vista Broadcast Group, which owns a number of radio stations in western Canada, announced a deal to acquire Haliburton Broadcasting, in cooperation with Westerkirk Capital. The transaction was approved by the CRTC on October 19, 2012. In 2013, Vista had until January 12, 2014 to get CHBY on the air. The station was granted a second extension date of October 19, 2015 to get the station on the air. CHBY officially signed on the air at 12:00 PM on October 16, 2015 branded as 106.5 Moose FM. The station has a classic hits format and broadcasts from the CBC tower just outside Barry's Bay with an ERP of 12,000 watts.

Kamaniskeg Lake is a lake in the municipalities of Hastings Highlands, Hastings County, and Madawaska Valley, Renfrew County, in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Ottawa River drainage basin and is located in the Madawaska River Valley, with nearby communities of Barry's Bay and Combermere. The lake is known for its simple beauty, with a mixture of forest, and rock and sand beaches.

Wilno is a settlement in the Township Municipality of Madawaska Valley, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.

Combermere/Kamaniskeg Lake Water Aerodrome (TC LID: CNP5) is a seaplane base located 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) west northwest of Combermere, Ontario, Canada.

Combermere/Bonnie Brae Airfield (TC LID: CMB8) is a registered aerodrome located 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) west northwest of Combermere, Ontario, Canada. The aerodrome is closed between 16 November and 14 April.

Combermere is a village along the Madawaska River in south-eastern Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Township of Madawaska Valley. It is named after Sir Stapleton Cotton, Viscount Combermere (1773–1865). Combermere is best known as home to the Madonna House Apostolate, but the village provides access to numerous lakes and rivers for cottagers and tourists who visit the area. It is home to the Sinking of the Mayflower Steamship lookout, which gives tourists an overlooking view of the lake, where the Mayflower sank on the night of November 12, 1912.

Canoe Lake is a lake in the Township of Madawaska Valley in Combermere, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. It is 600 metres (1,969 ft) long and 300 metres (984 ft) wide, and the primary outflow is an unnamed creek to Negeek Lake on the Madawaska River. There is a second Canoe Lake in Renfrew County that is also part of the Madawaska system, Canoe Lake (Greater Madawaska), on the Highland Creek tributary further downstream.