Ottawa River
Ontario, Canada
A busy place during summer. A public put-in (free) for whitewater paddlers. Paddling here involves running III-IV class rapids.SWIFT MOVING WATER. WEAR PFD WHEN NEAR WATER AND BE CAREFUL!!! There is a bay with a beach (depends on water level) with calm water past the commercial rafting lunch areas. Parking and washroom facilities. Well marked trails.
Location created by
Cale Jackson
- Group: Protect Our Waters
- Lat: 45.7321867
- Lng: -76.7720747
- Waterbody Type: River
- Timezone: America/Toronto
Latest photos
Very low for this time of year
Water is low for this time of year.
Sunny. Calm. Pretty good weather for December! River is at 8.5 on the Owl gauge.
Very hot and humid. Lots of migratory waterfowl observed; including Sandhill cranes. Water level is dropping slowly.
Warm. Very humid. Light rainfall overnight. Water levels are dropping into normal summer volume. Blue herons, osprey observed flying around. Lots of different songbirds. Area has become very busy with summer rafting tourism.
Pleasant weather. Good day for paddling. Lots of fish jumping in the eddies. Warm water. Many different birds along the river. Observed a great blue heron.
TDS ppm 47
River is very high. The flow is 4100 m3/sec or 144,000 cfs. Flow information for this section of the Ottawa river is available from shaggy designs online flow report.
Lots of debris from the flood is floating downstream and pooling in the calm eddies. A lot of garbage, including an oil tank.
Heavy erosion happening among the access road. Rainy all week, still snow on the ground. Lots of flooding and runoff occurring here. Spotted a beaver, busy making a new home. The samples are from above the culverts before heading into the Ottawa River and just below. The darker sample is above the culverts. This sample is very turbid as you can see. We will continue to sample at these sites over the course of the summer.
Warm and sunny afternoon with slight breeze. The river is beginning to rise.
There is no ice in this stretch of the Ottawa River. There is evidence of paddling activity. Soon this area will become very busy with the onset of the commercial rafting activities.