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RIVERFRONT PARK

Spring: **  Summer: *  Fall: **  Winter: **

        Independent Directions to this Site: From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 138 (Eagleson/March Roads). If travelling west, the 0.6 km offramp sends you right or north onto March Road. If driving east, a 0.4 km offramp brings you to Eagleson Road, where you will turn left or north onto it and in 0.5 km join the westbound offramp traffic on March Road (it changed names as you went under the overpass). Both groups will now follow March Road northwest 8.0 km to Dunrobin Road. Turn right or north onto Dunrobin and go 0.2 km to Riddell Road. Turn right on Riddell and go northeast 4.4 km to its end. Follow the main road as it make a right angle turn to the northwest and becomes Sixth Line Road. Follow Sixth Line 1.1 km to the parking area on the right or northeast for Riverfront Park.
        Ottawa River West: Ontario Route Directions: From the exit of the Innes Point site at the northwestern end of Riddell Road, go straight onto the main road as it make a right angle turn to the northwest and becomes Sixth Line Road. Follow Sixth Line 1.1 km to the parking area on the right or northeast for Riverfront Park.
Map of the Riverfront Park Area
Map of the Riverfront Park Area
        Site Description and Birding Information: The lovely park is next door to a scout or guide site and consequently there are lots of trails through the woods between the Sixth Line and the Ottawa River. A good variety of habitats exists, including some larger pines. Black-backed Woodpecker has been seen here. A Northern Hawk-Owl stopped here briefly on Feb. 12, 2005. A Red-bellied Woodpecker spent some time near here from late November in the winter of 2010-11.
Shoreline of Riverfront Park
Shoreline of Riverfront Park
        Ottawa River West: Ontario Route Directions: From the parking area at Riverfront Park, turn right or northwest onto Sixth Line Road and proceed 2.0 km to Berry Side Road. Turn right or northeast into the next site, Berry Side Road.
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