Larose Forest Update 
Christine Hanrahan 
It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon 
men \v hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that 
emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and 
renews a weary spirit. 
- Robert Louis Stevenson 
Larose Forest Trail, Photo by C. Hanrahan 
Introduction 
Larose Forest is situated about 60 kilometres east of Ottawa in the United Counties 
of Prescott-Russell (UCPR), near the towns of Limoges and Bourget. At roughly 
10,540 hectares (26,000 acres) it is the largest forest in this part of eastern Ontario. 
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