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6 unusual facts about Ottawa River


Enargia fausta

Specimens examined range from central Alberta to New Brunswick and in the East as far south as the Ottawa River Valley, but the species presumably also occurs in appropriate habitats in northern New York and New England.

Fritz Grasshoff

In 1983, he and his family left Germany for Canada, where he spent the last 13 years of his life at his home on the Ottawa River.

Ken Whiting

Ken, his wife Nicole, and their young daughter live in the small, rural town of Beachburg, only minutes from the put-in for the Ottawa River.

Ottawa Rapid Transit

The pilot route utilizes former Canadian Pacific Railway track running south 8 km from the Ottawa River to Greenboro Station (where the South Keys shopping complex is located), and serves Carleton University.

Queen Alexandra Bridge

:This article is about the bridge crossing the River Wear; for the bridge crossing the Ottawa River, see Alexandra Bridge.

Ungava collared lemming

Remains of these animals dating back to the end of the last ice age have been discovered in the Ottawa valley, far south of their current range.


Andrew George Blair

In December 1901, Blair's daughter Bessie drowned while skating on the ill-frozen Ottawa River at a party put on by the Governor-General; Henry Harper dove in to try to rescue her, but drowned as well.

Andrew S. Haydon

Andrew Haydon Park on the Ottawa River and Andrew Haydon Hall, the city council chambers at Ottawa City Hall, were named after him.

Carling Avenue

It begins north of Kanata and runs east until the Ottawa River where it bends south to go around Crystal Bay and Britannia Bay.

J. Ross Mackay

Mackay completed training near Toronto and further training as a private (gunner) at a large artillery camp in Petawawa, on the Ottawa River.

Nepean Township, Ontario

The 1850 boundaries of Nepean Township were the Ottawa River on the north, the Rideau River on the east, approximately along where Bankfield Road and Brophy Drive are today on the south, and approximately where Eagleson Road, March Road, and Hertzberg Road are today through to Shirleys Bay on the west.

Ontario Highway 416

The freeway ends at a large interchange with the Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 417 (Exit 131), near the shore of Britannia Bay on the Ottawa River; downtown Ottawa is to the east and Kanata is to the west.

Place du Portage

Place du Portage is a large office complex in the Hull sector of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, situated along Boulevard Maisonneuve and facing the Ottawa River.

Woodroffe North

It is bounded on the south by Richmond Road on the west by the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway, on the north by the Ottawa River and on the east by the northern prolongation of Sherbourne Avenue.


see also

Andrew Park

Andrew Haydon Park, a park on the Ottawa River in the city of Ottawa

Carillon Generating Station

The dam also includes a modern lock that facilitates traffic up the Ottawa River, superseding the Carillon Canal.

Hull, Quebec

The policy of the federal government to distribute federal jobs on both sides of the Ottawa River led to the construction of several massive office towers to house federal civil servants in 1970s and 80s; the largest of these are Place du Portage and Terrasses de la Chaudière, occupying part of what had been the downtown core of Hull.

Nepean Point

Previously, the statue also featured a kneeling First Nations (Anishinabe) scout, added in 1918 to "signify how the native people helped Champlain navigate through the waters of the Ottawa River", but this has been relocated to nearby Major's Hill Park.

Orleans, Ontario

Along the Ottawa River in the north-east of Orléans, is the parkland of Petrie Island.

Ottawa River Runners

Several high-level Canadian athletes call the Ottawa River Runners their current home club, including Sarah Boudens and Cameron Smedley.

Rockcliffe Yacht Club

In 1964, a dam was put across the Ottawa River for the Carillon Generating Station which raised the water level by 9 ft.

STV Black Jack

Black Jack was originally a logging tug on the Upper Ottawa River and was based in Quyon, Quebec.

WBUK

WBUK "The Big Buck" originally broadcast from 1991 to 2002 at 107.5 in the city of license of Ft. Shawnee with studios located on South Metcalf Street near the Ottawa River.