Madawaska Old

Arnprior sits at the confluence of the Madawaska and Ottawa Rivers, about an hour west of Ottawa along the edge of the Canadian Shield — and that meeting of waters gives this course its name and its character. The terrain here is genuinely old in the geological sense: the Shield's ancient granite outcroppings and mixed boreal forest define this part of eastern Ontario, creating a landscape that feels earned rather than manufactured.

A layout carrying the name "Old" in a town with Madawaska's river heritage suggests a club with deep local roots — the kind of place where generations of the same families have been playing the same holes for decades, learning its quirks the way you learn a neighbor's habits. Whether it began as a modest 9-hole layout that grew, or was laid out all at once for a community that simply needed a course, it carries the weight of accumulated history.

Arnprior itself is a small, proud town with a strong sense of place, and courses like this one tend to reflect that — unpretentious, well-worn, and genuinely beloved by the people who call it their home course.