The K&P Trail is a recreational trail that runs along the old Kingston and Pembroke Railway

Kingston and Pembroke Railway

The Kingston and Pembroke Railway was a Canadian railway that operated in eastern Ontario. The railway was seen as a business opportunity which would support the lumber and mining industries, as well as the agricultural economy in eastern Ontario....

 (K&P) bed. The K&P was abandoned by its owner, Canadian Pacific Railway, between 1962 and 1986.

The trail starts in Kingston just east of Sydenham Road and Highway 401, at Little Cataraqui Creek

Little Cataraqui Creek

The Little Cataraqui Creek is a watercourse, much of which is a semi-urban wetland, that empties into Lake Ontario within the municipality of Kingston, Ontario, Canada...

. It runs 15 kilometres north, through farmland and some wooded areas to Orser Road. Sections of the trail are shared with the Rideau Trail

Rideau Trail

The Rideau Trail is a hiking trail in Ontario, Canada, linking Ottawa and Kingston. Crossing both public and private lands, the trail was created and opened in 1971. It is named for the Rideau Canal which also connects Ottawa and Kingston, although the two only occasionally connect. The trail...

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The railbed is owned by the City of Kingston

Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...

 and overseen by the K&P Trail Group, which is working to extend a right of way for the trail north to Harrowsmith

Harrowsmith, Ontario

Harrowsmith is a small town north of Kingston, Ontario, once famous for its cheddar cheese, produced by the Harrowsmith Cheese Factory. As a farming village in an area resettled by many back-to-the-land emigrants from urban areas in the 1960s-1980s, the village gave its name to the country living...

 and eventually Sharbot Lake.