Crowds head out to Gatineau Park for fall colours, beautiful weather
The unusually warmer temperatures are bringing out the fall colours – and hikers who want to take it all in.
Waiting for the Gatineau Park shuttle for almost an hour near the museum of history, Sylvia Megally is happy with the dozens of others early on Saturday morning.
"Hopefully, on the way back it’s going to be much easier," she said while laughing.
Environment Canada’s forecast calls for unseasonably warm weather, which is a great opportunity to go out and enjoy the red, yellow and orange colours on the trees in the Gatineau - Ottawa area. .
Megally says she's happy to wait.
"Skies are clear. It can’t get any better. So, it's a great opportunity to see all these wonderful trees changing their colours," she added.
Collin Chen and his family are also visiting the park this Saturday. They are grabbing one of the first buses to leave the Museum of History in Gatineau. He says the trip came with a plan.
"Be the first ones aboard, beat the crowds, wrangle the kids (and) make sure everyone happy, (as) we have a lot of time to do what we need to do," Chen added.
The weather agency says the temperatures are expected to hold steady for the next few days, even into the low 20s -- doubling what the average temperature is this time of year.
The average temperature for this time of year is a high of 11 C and a low of 3 C.
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