Ottawa River
Quebec, Canada
This is in the channel running past Boom Island from Sand Bay. There are islands between this channel and the main river channel which is more on the Ontario side. There have been eagles nesting on the island nearby for at least the last 12 years but the eagles have not used this nesting site this year.
Location created by
Joan McComas
- Group: Ottawa Riverkeeper : Riverwatch
- Lat: 45.5315152
- Lng: -76.5520477
- Waterbody Type: River
- Timezone: America/Toronto
Latest photos
Mostly cloudy and breezy. Spotted ducks and geese. No human activity on river this morning.
Investigators: Joan and Kevin McComas, Jennifer Haughton
Weather in past 24 hours: showers (9.0mm yesterday in Ottawa - Env. Canada website)
Weather now: clear/partly cloudy
YSI readings (surface):
Water temperature: 23.9
Conductivity: 50
Dissolved O2: 87.4%, 7.4 mg/L
pH: 6.7
High partial clouds. Light winds. Leaves and sticks on the water surface at testing site.
Noted a Longnose Gar this morning in the shallows nearby. Beautiful sunny day.
My thermometer was not functioning so inaccurate reading for water temperature. Did not record here for that reason.
A cool night and a clear but cold and windy day. Had trouble getting the anchor to hold it was so windy. Lots of Canada Geese on the bay today. I was not able to test last weekend on the Riverwatchers weekend so did it today.
Latitude: 45.5318
Longitude: - 76.5527
River still looks muddy with sediment from the storms last week. It is clearer than 5 days ago.