Ottawa River
Chute à Blondeau, Ontario, Canada
The Ottawa River just above the Carillon Dam and the reservoir called Lac dollard-des-ormeaux.
The water moves Eastward slowly. It is a boating recreational area just above voyageur Provincial Park.
Location created by
Inga Chisholm
- Group: County Sustainability Group
- Lat: 45.5890834
- Lng: -74.4677304
- Waterbody Type: River
- Timezone: America/Toronto
Latest photos
The river froze right across to the other side in 24 hours.
The conductivity and total hardness are up quite a bit this December as compared to the summer and fall testing.
While winter testing I'll bring a pencil because both of my pens froze.
The air thermometer with the test kit doesn't seem to go past zero degrees so I will bring my own air temperature thermometer.
My mid-winter testing will be through an ice fishing hole.😁
The water seems healthy here. There are often hundreds of minnows swimming under and around the dock. There are also many families of ducks and geese that are spending the summer here. 😁
The water moves slowly East here, towards the Carrion Dam.
The water was still this morning.
I have never seen the ice take so long to let go. The river opened up down the centre n the 13th but the shore ice lasted another three weeks. The flooding below the dam started on the 18th of April.
The water levels in the reservoir above the dam did not come back to normal levels until the 3rd of July.