The Ottawa River Waterway is a series of portage bypass sites around rapids and dams along the Ottawa River, managed by the Governments of Ontario and Quebec, to allow recreational boating between Lake Timiskaming and Montreal. The Waterway officially starts in Mattawa, Ontario, but provides access all the way down to Pembroke and Ottawa.
Bypass sites
The bypass sites provide hydraulic lifters and trucks for transporting boats along key portages. They are located at the following points:
Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario
Portage-du-Fort, Quebec and Bryson, Quebec
Chapeau, Quebec and Desjardinsville, Quebec
Rapides-des-Joachims, Quebec
Mattawa, Ontario
Témiscaming, Quebec
See also
Ottawa River
Ottawa Valley
Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben
Rideau Canal
Welland Canal
Trent–Severn Waterway
Geographic topics
Opeongo Hills to the west
Laurentian Highlands to the north and east
Laurentian Mountains to the north and east
Parks Canada
Parks Ontario
Rouge Park
St. Lawrence Parks Commission
St. Lawrence Waterway
Niagara Parks Commission
National Capital Commission
St. Clair Parks Commission
Conservation authority
Conservation Ontario
Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (SEPAQ) (SEPAQ)