The subject property is situated in the Municipality of Litchfield, a small rural township lying along the Ottawa River in the Regional Municipality of Pontiac (MRC), in the Province of Quebec. The Ottawa River forms the provincial boundary between the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The subject property lies 50 miles to the northwest of the metropolitan area of Ottawa-Gatineau or 1 hour driving time. The present population of Ottawa-Gatineau is in excess of 1,300,000 which makes this urban agglomeration the fourth largest in Canada. In addition to being the seat of government of Canada and all of its institutions, departments and Crown corporations, Ottawa is a booming cosmopolitan city with a thriving high technology and service sector, a diversified industrial base, professional sports teams (soccer, football and hockey) and an incredible number of tourist attractions. Ottawa is also a major retail centre for Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, and has four regional shopping centres as well as numerous power centres, district level and neighbourhood level centres. A number of years ago the massive the Tanger factory outlet mall in opened Kanata. The Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan area has excellent railway and highway connections. The most important routes are Highways 417 and 50, which lead east to Montreal, Highway 416 which heads south to the St. Lawrence Seaway and Trans-Canada Highway (Hwy 401) and Highway 7, 148 and 417, which all head west. Ottawa has one international airport plus several small “commuter” airports in the metropolitan area.