Saturday, September 2, 2017

The Waterfall In The Ravine: A Visit To The Hog's Back Falls

On the last Sunday in June, I stopped down at Mooney's Bay to take in the Dragon Boat Festival. The bay is a wide portion of the Rideau River which also marks where the river and the Rideau Canal part ways as both move through the heart of the city towards their outlets at the Ottawa River. Here the river tumbles through a ravine as the Hog's Back Falls. The area around the falls is parkland which allows views of the torrent from both sides, and the water flow depends on which portion of the dam beyond it is open. Ducks and geese can be glimpsed in some upper pools and around the rocks. 


I took some videos while over on the west side, which you can view herehere, and here.


The river emerges out of the ravine as a series of rapids heading downstream, finally calming down near Carleton University.

28 comments:

  1. This is such beautiful and dramatic terrain. Have you shown us these falls before? They look somewhat familiar. And, in any case, they're certainly a welcome sight.

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  2. ...wonderful, William. The power of water is just amazing.

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  3. Hello, awesome shots of the waterfall. It is a beautiful place to visit. Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

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  4. Gorgeous area, I am always amazed at the noise and the force of water at these places.

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  5. Beautiful views, the water is so powerful.

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  6. That's a very lively piece of water to enjoy in the middle of a large city.

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  7. @Kay: yes, I've featured the falls before, sometime last year was the last occasion.

    @Marianne: they are!

    @Tom: I agree.

    @Eileen: thank you.

    @Denise: this one does make noise!

    @Marleen: it really is.

    @Red: it's a good spot.

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  8. Ottawa seems so elegant, I can't imagine a place called Hog's Back Falls. Your photos of it are lovely. Do you know how it got its name?

    Janis
    GDP

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  9. That's quite a substantial flow of water William, excellent videos!

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  10. Toller Wasserfall auch die Filme sind klasse.

    Noke

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  11. A scenic area! Great dynamic water shots!

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  12. This has to be one of my favourite posts, William! I love water, and you have taken some glorious captures of the falls!

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  13. I have never heard of these falls before...they are beautiful!

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  14. @Janis: one of the rock features in the river reminded someone of a hog's back.

    @Grace: thank you!

    @Noke: thanks!

    @Christine: it's a lovely area.

    @Linda: thanks!

    @Janey: I've featured them before, but it has been awhile.

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  15. That water looks really powerful!

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  16. Tat falls is very powerful. Great series of images!

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  17. That's a beautiful location, William.

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  18. Water can be so powerful.
    Loved all of these photographs William, thank you.

    Have a great weekend.

    All the best Jan

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  19. What a powerful place. Wonder what the First Nations thought of it

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  20. These are awesome landscape pictures.

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  21. Beautiful and powerful! I watched the videos, you can really feel the power of the water in them.
    Just like always, I ended up watching videos for about an hour. Great post and great photos William.

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  22. We've been there several times, but lots when the kids were young! Great spot!

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  23. @RedPat: I would not want to fall in there.

    @Revrunner: and plenty of it.

    @Bill: thank you!

    @Catalyst: I agree.

    @Jan: you're welcome.

    @Cloudia: it's changed quite a bit since those days.

    @Mari: it is!

    @Linda: thanks!

    @Klara: thank you.

    @Pat: it's a pleasure to show this place.

    @Jennifer: I don't get down there too often myself.

    @Norma: so do I.

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