Madawaska at Ottawa rivers

Mouth of Madawaska River

Arnprior, Ontario, Canada

Water is fairly fast moving along shore of town of Arnprior and running alongside town effluence pipe. Town pipe dumps contents into Ottawa approximately 300 meters from the north west land point. Town filtration centre, manicured land, boat launch (with gas pumps), town marina and walking path run along northwest side of river (above pipe line). A supervised town beach runs along the curve and shoreline on Ottawa River. Shoreline on south east side of River includes a mix of natural shoreline, docks, yacht club and housing. Some rocky areas but all well marked. Busy boating area.

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Pat Tait

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Beautiful day and river is calm.

22 Jun 18:11 by Pat Tait

Weather cloudy. Significant current in main part of river probably due to dam upriver being open. Few people out. One other boater on the river.

27 May 12:38 by Pat Tait

Boaters, swimmers, walkers. A family fishing from a pedalboat. No breeze, no clouds, very hot. Dogs.

24 Sep 16:55 by Pat Tait

Be wary of the increased number of deadheads in the river.
A lot of human activity at this spot: fishing, sailing, wading and playing at the shoreline.

27 Aug 16:55 by Pat Tait

We have had a lot of rain so water is murky but not as bad as water coming from the Mississippi. People in the water at the public beach nearby (see pic). Microplastic test done.

01 Jul 14:10 by Pat Tait

Walkers and dogs along shore
Breeze quite strong
Water quite wavy
No wildlife to be seen

25 Sep 13:30 by Pat Tait

No water being pumped over weir
Sunny with few clouds
A bit Windy
Swimmers at beach, people walking onshore, dog in water, 2 boats

28 Aug 17:30 by Pat Tait

Hot day. Sunny with some clouds. Not windy. River is calm. Lots of swimmers and boaters. Microplastic testing again!

31 Jul 14:55 by Pat Tait

Took microplastic samples (2)

07 Jul 09:47 by Meaghan Murphy

Beach was quite busy. Water black and moving. Lots of fishing, swimming and boating.

26 Jun 11:32 by Pat Tait