Ottawa River→ St. Lawrence River→ Gulf of St. Lawrence
River system
Ottawa River drainage basin
Rideau River under Cummings Bridge separating Sandy Hill from Vanier in OttawaRideau River and Rideau Canal opposite Carleton University1826 painting of the Rideau Falls, where the Rideau River empties out into the Ottawa River, by Thomas Burrowes
The Rideau River (French: Rivière Rideau, Ojibwe: Pasapkedjinawong) is a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The river flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at the Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is 146 kilometres (91 mi).
As explained in a writing by Samuel de Champlain in 1613, the river was given the name "Rideau" (French for 'curtain') because of the appearance of the Rideau Falls. The Anishinàbemowin name for the river is Pasapkedjinawong, 'the river that passes between the rocks'.[1]
The Rideau Canal, which allows travel from Ottawa to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario, was formed by joining the Rideau River with the Cataraqui River. The river diverges from the Canal at Hog's Back Falls in Ottawa.
In early spring, to reduce flooding on the lower section of the river, workers from the city of Ottawa use ice blasting to clear the ice which covers the river from Billings Bridge to Rideau Falls by cutting "keys" through the ice and using explosives to break off large sheets of ice. This practice has been going on for more than 100 years.[2]
The regulatory authority charged with protecting the Rideau River and its tributaries is the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority.
^Lawrence 2012, p. 178.
^Leblanc, Daniel (28 February 2011). "Why Ottawa needs to blow up the Rideau River every year". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
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