slavetothegroove Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Hey all. Since being in Ottawa I haven't been to any beaches or lakes at all. Being from the east I miss my salty sandy playground, and I don't think anything will compare around here, but if any of you have suggestions of clean, fairly secluded places to go swimming around Ottawa, no more than an hour or so away, it would be much appreciated. Matt and I are heading to spend a day on the water tomorrow if anyone would like to join us. Thanks and happy sunshiny weekend to you Steph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 (bet le french canadians know where there's la beach if you can find any... probably some good hash too) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Gatineau's Lac Leamy isn't really all that great, but it is across from the casino (good for fireworks tonight if they have it open) and in a nice park. The Gatineau park sports shit loads of lakes. I believe there's a popular nudie beach somewhere (thanks Ottawa Sun). Along the Ottawa River on the Gatineau side, there is a sweet little beech spot about 1 km east of the Westboro bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Sanchez Posted August 11, 2007 Report Share Posted August 11, 2007 Constance Bay has a sweet beach. nice swimming. probably 35 mins away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Check out the spots along the Ottawa River Parkway/Carling Ave. It's a beautiful stretch of the river, and the beaches seem to be altogether fine.Meech Lake, in Gatineau Park, has a couple of nice beaches, though you have to pay for parking, and the bacteria may or may not be an issue; that info should be online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavetothegroove Posted August 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Yeah we ended up going to Gatineau Park and swimming at the Obrien beach. Very tiny, but was nice to take a dip. We hiked around the trails a bit too which was also really nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveler Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Obrian beach was just reopened after a blue algee problem. I bet it was'nt to crowded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 lac phillipe is waaaaaaaaaaaaay better than anything on meech. just another 10 minutes down the highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traveler Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 In town if not to fussy you could swim at the Rideau River. Revelstoke of Riverside brings you to an unknown park on the Rideau. Also there is McCay lake in Rocklife Park-of Beachwood. See ya there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Petrie Island is VERY nice....but can be VERY busy!Phillipe is nice and so is Constance Bay, got to the beach right behind the Point restaurant, you can walk out to some beautiful sand-dunes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Zimmy Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Lac La Peche is pretty great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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