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The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA) is an inter-municipal environmental protection and advisory agency that works with local municipalities, government agencies, special interest groups and the general public to protect the natural resources of the Rideau River watershed.
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 ...
Kemptville Creek is a stream in the municipalities of North Grenville and Augusta, in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, in Eastern Ontario, Canada. [1] It is in the Ottawa River drainage basin, is a right tributary of the Rideau River, and is under the auspices of the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority.
Foley Mountain Conservation Area, the highest conservation area in the Rideau Valley, overlooks Upper Rideau Lake and Westport. [citation needed] It features a variety of wildlife in 325 hectares (800 acres) of woods, ponds and fields. [2] The area also has a sandy beach with changing facilities.
Conservation Ontario is the network of Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities in Ontario, Canada. Conservation Authorities are local, watershed management agencies that deliver services and programs that protect and manage water and other natural resources in partnership with government, landowners and other organizations.
The Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority administers water management concerns within the Cataraqui River watershed. The lock at Lower Brewers nearing completion in 1831 by Thomas Burrowes Brewer's Lower Mill - view down the Cataraqui Creek and clearing made for the Rideau Canal, 1829 by Thomas Burrowes
The Rideau Ferry Yacht Club Conservation Area or Rideau Ferry Conservation Area was established along a 10 acres (4.0 ha) shoreline property on the Lower Rideau Lake.The former Rideau Ferry Yacht Club donated the property in 1976 to provide a public recreation area with access to the lake.
Big Rideau Lake is a lake in the municipalities of Tay Valley and Drummond/North Elmsley, Lanark County and Rideau Lakes, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville in Eastern Ontario, Canada. [3] The lake is on the border between the two counties, 72 kilometres (45 mi) to the southwest of Ottawa .