Trails

Trails provide health, economic, social and environmental benefits to our communities. Our County trail network of rail trails, hardened shoulders and County forests contribute to recreational opportunities throughout our community. They also act as linkages to other trail systems.

To find the K&P Recreational Trail and Ottawa Valley Recreational Trail, view our View our trail map.

County of Renfrew By-law 81-24 requires permits for all ATV/Off Road Vehicles on the K&P Recreational Trail and the Ottawa Valley Recreational Trail.  To obtain a trail pass, visit getapermit.ofatv.org.

K&P Trail

The first purchase of an abandoned rail corridor by the County of Renfrew was in 2001. It was a 21 kilometer section of the Kingston & Pembroke corridor (K&P) between Renfrew and Calabogie.

Ottawa Valley Recreational Trail

The Ottawa Valley Trail was originally part of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The CPR sold the stretch of rail line between Smiths Falls and Mattawa to the County of Renfrew, County of Lanark and the Township of Papineau-Cameron. The section in Renfrew County was officially named the Algonquin Trail, a subsection of the Ottawa Valley Recreational Trail.

The Algonquin Trail Advisory Committee was created to determine the use of the corridor. The Ottawa Valley Recreational Trail Management Plan and the Regulating Algonquin Trail By-Law were created feedback from the public open houses.

Learn more fun facts about the Ottawa Valley Recreational Trail in the Fact Sheet.

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Adopt-a-Trail Program

The County of Renfrew's Adopt-A-Trail Program has been established as a public service program, for volunteers to enhance the local litter collection activities of the County of Renfrew, by picking up litter along County Trail Rights-of-Way.