Beautiful Parks - Photographs of Hog's Back (Hogsback) Falls - Ottawa Attraction
79The Beauty and Raw Power of Nature
Come with me and enjoy the rugged beauty of Hog's Back Falls in Ottawa, Ontario.
The Hog's Back Falls are named for a ridge of rock below the falls that is reminiscent of the back of a hog. The Falls are also called Prince of Wales Falls, but Hogs Back is the more popular name!
The falls have been created on the site of original rapids. Engineers wanted to create boat locks for travel from Kingston, Ontario to the Ottawa River via the locks in summer. The locks lead to the beautiful Rideau Canal. The Rideau River divides above Hog's Back into Hog's Back and the Rideau Canal.
Hogs Back Park is where all this magnificent natural scenery can be viewed. Locatedin the city of Ottawa, a beautiful destination that is free to visit for those budget minded and a great place to go and enjoy an entire day.
Autumn is the off season for tourists at the park, however, the park is spectacular clothed in it's autumn yellows and reds. The parking lot and washrooms are currently being renovated, hopefully by the spring of 2011 all the conveniences will be operational, but it is still a great spot to visit on your itinerary.
The park consists of wide open parkland, bicycle paths, walking paths and the magnificent Hogs Back, or Prince of Wales Falls, as well as Rideau River where it splits into Hogs Back and the Rideau canal. So there is a bit of everything for everyone to appreciate. The park is dog friendly as long as pets are leashed and just remember to bring along bags to scoop behind your furry friend!
Take a tour of Hogs Back and its park lands
Hogs Back Park, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - I can't resist; I have to share a few more photos!
History of the Rideau Canal and Hogs Back
What is popularly called Hogs Back began as Three Rock Rapids with a drop of only 6 feet before a decision was made to create a canal on the Rideau River.
Engineers created a dam at the site of the original rapids and built up the dam to a new height of more than 40 feet and pooled the water of the Rideau to form Mooneys Bay and divide the flow of the river into the Rideau canal and allowed the rest of the Rideau to flow in a controlled manner over the Hogs Back to continue on its way down to join the Ottawa River.
The Hog's Back controls the flow of the Rideau. When water levels are high, more of the dam is opened and the water cascades over the Hogs Back and all the reflective pools disappear! In these autumn photographs only one section is open, but as you can see, it is magnificent!
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Those trees are spectacular, I agree. Once I took those photographs, I knew I had to share them...
It is great you have lived in Ottawa, so you know how beautiful the Autumn colours are. There are a few more pictures I will add, but I wanted to get these up for this weekend.
Thank you, for your comments!
Very beautiful. I'll have to visit one day.
Suziecat, Ottawa is a very beautiful city to visit and best of all, more laid back than Toronto, which is more congested with traffic.
The Hogs Back Falls are right in the city and the bus goes right past it; as one of the photos show the bus going over the bridge on the "lock's" side!
Thank you for your comments!
This is so beautiful photos! I wich I could see it in reality! But your hub has given this place to me anyway! Autumn is truly a wonderful season. It is the same feeling every fall, you can not get enough of nature change!
Thoughtforce, Yes autumn is my favorite season... It is like all the trees are flowering because the colors are so bright! I am glad you enjoyed the photos; it is wonderful to share them!
Thank you for your comments!
Wow! How beautiful. When I visited Ottawa back in 1998 I was taken on a boat cruise on the Rideau Canal but I didn't realise that such a lovely park existed there too!
Thanks for a lovely visit.
Love and peace
Tony
Tonymac, I am pleased you enjoyed the photo tour! It is great you already have done a cruise on the Rideau Canal so you have an idea of this river system that runs through Ottawa!
Thank you for your comments and I enjoyed having you visit my Hub!
What a gorgeous park is Hogs Back in Ottowa and your pictures have beautifully portrayed a great deal of its beauty at this time of year. Wish I could hike there tomorrow! I'll be there in spirit! Thanks!
Yes, I am there in spirit as well...I love to look at the pictures myself! It gives a break from the day-to-day!
Thank you for dropping by so I could share the pictures with you!
This sounds like a wonderful place! I love your pictures that capture the colors so beautifully. Thank you for sharing this lovely place with everyone. The whole area looks so beautiful.
Thank you oceansunsets for the compliment on the pictures! The trees are so lovely in autumn and some years are better than others for the best displays; this year I saw some wonderful colors and I wish I could have captured them all!
I truly enjoyed this virtual and visual tour! I just love the colors that you captured in your photos!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Jill, I am glad you love the colors...I thought the lighting that day brought out the beauty in those trees perfectly...now I can enjoy and share the mood all year long!
Thanks for visiting my virtual tour!
Lovely pictures and a nice history. It's interesting that you have a "hogsback" in Ottawa. We have one in Omemee as well. Some of the pictures I took this fall would be a nice hub. (but how do you get that copywrite on your pictures).
Thank you for taking the time to share this bit of beauty and history with us
I'd love to see the "Hogsback" from Omemee! For the copywrite:
You need a graphics program to add the text to your picture. There are freeware ones on the net and many of them quite good.A simple one is from Paint.net which is fairly easy to learn. Hope that helps!(note if you have Microsoft Paint...that does the job as well)
Thanks for stopping by and enjoying the Canadian Hogsback!
Great hub.Thanks for sharing the sites with us.
glowingrocks...Glad you liked this Hub. It is fun to share places of interest, so others can enjoy them through the pictures or visit them, should they be in the area!
It is one of the beautiful sceneries in Ottawa that I loved.
Hi Sue, I agree, Hogsback is worth the visit! Thanks for commenting! Cheers!
Very nice Hog's Back Park,I would love to visited for second time.Very nice place!! Clean badthroom,Conssecion Food excellente,because there are not much to eat around from here.Very kind people they work there.
Hi Emilie... Thank you for the great comments on Hogsback park!I haven't visited the concession and last time I was there , they were remodelling...so I will have to visit again based on your recommendation! The park is beautiful and well worth a visit when in Ottawa!
I was sitting enjoing my delicious Churrasco and i sow a lady from concession food take a hose to wash bathroom floors.I dont know it this was her job or not but she made it look very nice and clean for the tourists.
surf traveler 19 months ago
I lived 5 years in Ottawa in my youth. I loved your photo's of the tree's in Autumn. The beauty of Ottawa in the fall is one of my strongest memories of my time there. Enjoyed the hub, rated up.