On Saturday, Oct. 26, Friends volunteers helped clean up the part of County Road 21 that runs through the park as part of Lanark County’s Adopt-a-Road program. Met with amazing weather, seven volunteers (Don, Susan, Pat, Derek, Tara, Kevin and Peter) along with the help from two Park staff members (Curtis and Mark) spent the morning picking up trash and recyclables to help keep the park clean and the environment healthy. Volunteers found a total of 115 cans and bottles, along with plenty of blue box material, and they cleaned up both sides of the road!
A huge thank you to all volunteers involved for sparing their time and energy to ensure the park stays clean and litter-free. Thanks also to Curtis and Mark for helping to keep everyone safe while they worked. We will be doing this again in the spring and fall next year, so stay tuned!
The warm and bright summer months are behind us as we move towards cooler autumn weather, but the outdoors still has much to offer! Visit Murphys Point and hike one of our many trails, ranging from 0.9 km to 8 km, and enjoy some beautiful fall foliage. Our mature forests are full of maples, beeches, and oaks that turn to lovely shades of red, orange and yellow in the fall. Come for a hike and surround yourself with a towering rainbow of leaves!
Murphys Point Provincial Park is open for day use and overnight camping until October 15.
Autumn is upon us and that means it’s time to organize for the Fall edition of the Lanark County Adopt-a-Road program with the Friends of Murphys Point! Want to spend some time outside helping Murphys Point and keeping the neighbourhood beautiful? We are seeking volunteers to help pick up litter and recyclables along the stretch of County Road 21 (Lally Road) from just before the Park entrance to the Group Camping area. Our Spring pick-up was a great success!
The event is slated to take place on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 9 a.m. to noon, with a rain date of Sunday, Oct. 27. We do each side of the road, which is about 3.5 kilometres each way.
Park staff will be on hand to assist, and safety equipment will be available. Volunteers must sign a waiver for the County in order to participate. Please note, if you participated in the Spring, you don’t need to sign the waiver again – it remains valid for the duration of the program. Here is a link to the waiver: https://www.lanarkcounty.ca/en/roads-trails-and-transit/resources/Documents/Indemnity-Requirements.pdf
If you would like to help, please complete and return the waiver to us at friendsofmurphyspointpark@yahoo.ca by 4 p.m. on Oct. 24 so that we can forward it to the County. Volunteers will receive safety instructions prior to the pick up, including information about ticks. Equipment will be provided.
Please let us know if you would like to help out and we will provide more details about meet-up locations, etc. We’re excited to participate in the program and we hope you are, too!
Friends of Murphys Point Park 