Parks and Green Spaces

Feast your eyes on the lush greenery and brilliant colours:.

• Commissioner’s Park on Dow’s Lake for a delightful array of flowers.

• Major’s Hill Park for a splendid view of the Ottawa River and Canal Locks

•  Rockcliffe Park for a scenic drive and glimpses of stately homes

• Hog’s Back Park for a spectacular view of the Prince of Wales Fall (washrooms)

• Vincent Massey Park for a picnic with extended family (washrooms & barbeque)

• Gatineau Park for a nature drive that will leave you renewed and restored

Beaches

Luxuriate in the sunshine or take pleasure in the gentle breeze:

• Britannia Beach, For more information, please call (613) 248-0863

• Mooney’s Bay Beach, For more information, please call (613) 820-12ll

Pools

Take a refreshing dip outdoors

• Bearbrook Pool on Innis Rd, wheelchair accessible... For more information, please call (613) 824-0819

• Beaverbrook Pool on Beaverbrook Rd. West, wheelchair accessible... For more information, please call (613) 591-3061

• Corkstown Pool on Corkstown Road, wheelchair accessible... For more information, please call (613) 820-1636

• Glencairn Pool on Castlefrank Road, nice shallow pool, not wheelchair accessible... For more information, please call (613) 836-4527

• Katimavik Pool on Katimavik Road, waterchair available, wheelchair accessible... For more information, please call (613) 591-9283

Outdoor Entertainment

• International Jazz Festival from July 18-27th, for tickets call 241-2633

• Canal Ritz, located right on the Canal, at Fifth Avenue and Queen Elizabeth Drive

• The Byward Market offers traditional and exotic locales to eat & watch the passersby.