Walking West

The first thing you notice about our neighbourhood is the friendliness of the people. Most of the streets surrounding our building are owned by residents who are working hard to take care of their families and homes.

On the west side of the Vanier Parkway you can walk through part of the Sandy Hill area to the scenic Rideau River. Following the bike path to the left leads to the Rideau River Bridge. It takes you to The University of Ottawa Gee Gees football field. If you follow the path under the bridge to the left you will come to Robinson Field. It has a community garden, a soccer field where dogs are allowed off leash and can take a swim in the river. Beside this is a children's swimming pool. If you keep following this path you will come to historic Strathcona Park where you can picnic (no dogs) and watch live theatre productions during the summer months.

If you walk back to the east you will take the Adawe Crossing Bridge to The Rideau Sports Centre. Here you can play just about every sport you can think of and enjoy some amazing food at The Bridge restaurant.

Now we are on our way back home, walking along the Rideau River bike path and then going through the neighbourhood just west of our building.  This interesting area has an eclectic collection of homes, ranging from large turn of the century homes that once were part of a farm to others that were built when this area eventually grew into cottage country, all the way up to modern 3 storey town homes.  

This link is a map of this walk. Enjoy

Walk to Robinson Field (dogs off leash permitted)

Google Map of Our Area

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