Thursday, September 17, 2009

Renting A House In Ottawa Also Includes the Benefits Of Many Water Activities

By Susan M Adams

The decision to rent a house in Ottawa, Ontario provides your family with the opportunity to take part in many river or water activities. The city is ideally situated at the meeting place of three powerful rivers. The beautiful Gatineau, the Ottawa River, and the Rideau Rivers all have banks within a short distance of the city limits. With the Rideau Canal winding through the heart of the city, Ottawa has more than its share of beautiful waterfront parks and pathways. These parks and pathways are the sites of dozen of activities, planned and unplanned, that take place across the four seasons.

The Ottawa River runs west-east across the top of the city. This river acts as the border between Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec and runs towards the Saint Lawrence River. There are a number of bridges connecting the two cities. The Gatineau River flows southerly through western Quebec and meets and empties into the Ottawa River in central Ottawa. The Rideau River branches off the Ottawa River and runs south towards Lake Ontario

The most popular activity on the Ottawa river is sailing. There are many private clubs along the Ottawa River, including the Rockcliffe and New Edinburgh Clubs on the Lower (East) Ottawa River, and five sailing clubs on the upper (West) Ottawa River. All the clubs are within easy reach of downtown Ottawa or Hull, and each offers different advantages benefits for its members.

From either the Britannia Yacht club or the Nepean Sailing Club, sailors enjoy the waters of Lake Dechennes which is not really a lake but rather a broad portion of the Ottawa River. Sailors sail east away from the city as rapids and rocks are located between the clubs and the center of the city.

If sailing is not your cup of tea, then there are plenty of other activities for you which still allow you to enjoy the many waterways in the Ottawa region. You could picnic by the Hogs Back Falls on the Rideau River, spend the day at the beach on Mooneys Bay just above the falls, watch the many boats being floated up and down the locks joining the Ottawa River to the Rideau Canal, or simply take advantage of some of the miles and miles of pathways that line each of the rivers and the canal.

There are plenty of fun activities to take part in if you live in Ottawa, Ontario. Finding a house for rent near to the canal or the rivers is relatively easy. Rent a house in Ottawa and enjoy everything the convergence of three mighty rivers.

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