List of crossings of the Ottawa River

This is a list of bridges, dams, and ferries on the Ottawa River, proceeding stream upwards from the Saint Lawrence River, with the year in which they were opened.

Crossings

Between the Saint Lawrence River and the Lake of Two Mountains

Span Year built North side: Montreal Island Via South side:
Île Perrot		 Carries Coordinates and Comments
Galipeault Bridge 1924 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Île Bellevue Île Perrot Autoroute 20
Canadian National Rail Bridge Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Île Bellevue Île Perrot CN Rail Via Rail Canada passenger trains to Ottawa/Toronto)
Canadian Pacific Rail Bridge Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Île Bellevue Île Perrot CP Rail

(AMT Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter train)
Span Year built North side:
Île Perrot		 Via South side: Montérégie Carries Coordinates and Comments
Canadian National Rail Bridge Île Perrot Dorion CN Rail Via Rail Canada passenger trains to Ottawa/Toronto)
Canadian Pacific Rail Bridge Île Perrot Dorion CP Rail (AMT Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter train)
Taschereau Bridge Île Perrot Dorion (Montérégie)

Autoroute 20

Across the Lake of Two Mountains

Span Year built North side: Montreal Island Via South side:
Île Perrot		 Carries Coordinates and Comments
Île aux Tourtes Bridge Senneville Île Girwood, Île aux Tortues Vaudreuil-Dorion (Montérégie) Trans-Canada Highway

Autoroute 40
Span Year built North side: Laurentides and Outaouais, Quebec Via South side: Montérégie, Quebec and Ontario Carries Coordinates and Comments

From the Lake of Two Mountains upstream

Span Year built North side: Montreal Island Via South side:
Île Perrot		 Carries Coordinates and Comments
Oka Ferry [1][2][3] Oka Hudson Seasonal
Hudson - Oka Icebridge[4] Oka Hudson Seasonal
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil - Pointe-Fortune Ice Bridge [5]| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil Pointe Fortune, Quebec Seasonal
Carillon - Pointe-Fortune Ferry Carillon Pointe Fortune, Quebec Seasonal (Replaced by St-Andre d'argenteuil ice bridge in Winter)
Carillon generating station Carillon Pointe-Fortune, Ontario (no road access across dam)
Long-Sault Bridge Grenville Hawkesbury Quebec Route 344
Ontario Highway 34		 (replaced the Perley Bridge)
Fassett - Lefaivre Ferry [6] Fassett Lefaivre (Replaced by an ice bridge in Winter)
Thurso - Rockland Ferry [7] Thurso Rockland (Restarted operation October 3, 2008)
Masson - Cumberland Ferry [8] 1939 [9] Masson Cumberland Year round
Macdonald-Cartier Bridge 1965 Gatineau Ottawa, Ontario Autoroute 5 (Quebec Side) 45°26′12″N 75°42′9″W / 45.43667°N 75.70250°W
Alexandra Bridge 1901 Gatineau Ottawa Formerly a Canadian Pacific Railway bridge 45°25′48″N 75°42′17″W / 45.43000°N 75.70472°W
Portage Bridge 1973 Gatineau Victoria Island Ottawa 45°25′20″N 75°42′49″W / 45.42222°N 75.71361°W
Chaudière Bridge 1919 Gatineau Chaudière and Victoria Islands Ottawa 45°25′16″N 75°43′7″W / 45.42111°N 75.71861°W
Hull-2 [10] 1920 Gatineau Ottawa,
(E. B. Eddy Company/
Domtar)		 45°25′17″N 75°43′11″W / 45.42143°N 75.719728°W
Prince of Wales Bridge 1880 Gatineau Lemieux Island Ottawa Formerly a Canadian Pacific Railway bridge 45°24′56″N 75°43′40″W / 45.41556°N 75.72778°W
Champlain Bridge 1928 Gatineau Riopelle, Cunningham and Bate Islands Ottawa 45°24′35″N 75°45′34″W / 45.40972°N 75.75944°W
West Carleton-Quyon Ferry [11] Quyon Quyon Ferry Landing 45°30′48″N 76°13′30″W / 45.513354°N 76.225128°W

Seasonal (April - December)

Chute-des-Chats generating station 1932 Île Mohr Fitzroy Harbour (no road access across dam) 45°28′30″N 76°14′18″W / 45.47500°N 76.23833°W
unnamed railway bridge Pontiac Morris Island Ottawa Central Railway (formerly Canadian National Railway) 45°27′59″N 76°17′11″W / 45.4665°N 76.2863°W
unnamed road bridge Portage-du-Fort Chenaux
Chenaux Generating Station 1950 Portage-du-Fort Chenaux (no road access across dam)
unnamed railway bridge Portage-du-Fort McLarens Settlement Ottawa Central Railway (formerly Canadian National Railway) 45°36′48″N 76°40′17″W / 45.6134°N 76.6714°W
Inter-Provincial Bridge L'Isle-aux-Allumettes
(Saint-Joseph (Pontiac), Quebec)		 Pembroke Quebec Highway 148/
Ontario Highway 148
unnamed road bridge Rapides-des-Joachims Rolphton Renfrew County Road 635
Des Joachim Generating Station 1942–1948 Rapides-des-Joachims Rolphton (no road access across dam)
Deux-Rivières Ferry Quebec Deux-Rivières ?
unnamed railway bridge Quebec Mattawa (formerly Canadian Pacific Railway)
Otto Holden Generating Station 1952 La Cave, Quebec Mattawa (no road access across dam)
Temiscaming Generating Station Témiscaming Thorne Quebec Highway 101/
Ontario Highway 63
Span Year built Quebec Via Quebec Carries Coordinates and Comments

Entirely within Quebec

Span Year built North side: Montreal Island Via South side:
Île Perrot		 Carries Coordinates and Comments
unnamed road bridge Notre-Dame-du-Nord Notre-Dame-du-Nord Quebec Highway 101
Première-Chute Generating Station Notre-Dame-du-Nord Notre-Dame-du-Nord (no road access across dam)
Rapides-des-Îles Generating Station Notre-Dame-du-Nord Notre-Dame-du-Nord (local road access across dam)
Rapides-des-Quinze Generating Station Quebec Quebec (no road access across dam)
Lac-des-Quinze Generating Station Angliers Angliers (local road access across dam)
Grassy Narrow Bridge Quebec Quebec (covered bridge)
Rapide-Deux Generating Station Rapide-Deux Rapide-Deux (local road access across dam)
Rapide-Sept Generating Station Rapide-Sept Rapide-Sept (local road access across dam)
unnamed road bridge Rapides Twin Rapides Twin
unnamed road bridge
Bourque Generating Station Ukunemakak Ukunemakak (local road access across dam)
unnamed road bridge

See also

References

  1. ↑ Oka Ferry
  2. ↑ Oka-Hudson
  3. ↑ Oka/hudson Ferry
  4. ↑ "Hudson-Oka ice bridge opens". The Gazette. 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  5. ↑ Ice bridge
  6. ↑ Fassett Lefaivre Ferry
  7. ↑ Thurso Clarence Ferry
  8. ↑ Masson - Cumberland Ferry
  9. ↑ History
  10. ↑ Hydro electric
  11. ↑ West Carleton-Quyon Ferry

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