McCarthy Meadows & Hunt Club Creek

We'll meet up and begin our tour at the 'island' in the Cul de Sac of Archer Square, across from 11 Archer Sq. (Archer Square runs north off Uplands Drive a few blocks east of Riverside Drive.)

We'll start by admiring the Archer Island Pollinator Patch while we wait for everyone to join us. After that, we’ll make our way toward the pathway along Hunt Club Creek. We’ll check out the City’s Hunt Club Creek sign, before following this lovely part of the Poet’s Pathway toward the closest entrance to McCarthy Meadows. Once in McCarthy Woods we’ll walk in a 1 km loop around Meadows, keeping our eyes and ears open for interesting plants, birds, wildlife or other interesting things to discuss and discover.

Accessibility: Most of the tour is on uneven, unpaved terrain in McCarthy Meadows. The pathway along Hunt Club Creek, although technically paved, is also uneven and steep in places making it challenging to navigate for strollers, wheelchairs or mobility scooters.

A nature enthusiast, Mireille is a long-time resident of the Hunt Club area, and chose specifically to live in close proximity to McCarthy Woods and Meadows and the Southern Corridor. She is an Environmental Economist with degrees in Economics and Political Science and over 10 years experience working on Environmental programs and policies and for the last five years has been a supporter of the David Suzuki Butterflyway Program, growing habitat gardens with native plants across Southern Ottawa. She is an active member of the Ottawa South Eco-Action Network (OSEAN), the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library, and recently became the Environment Director of the Hunt Club Community Association. Mireille is an advocate for the protection of McCarthy Woods and Meadows as important greenspace for Ottawa.