There is an Ottawa alert in progress as follows ...
A juvenile Pomarine Jaeger being observed at the 11:25 a.m. October
27 from Bate Island on the Champlain Bridge looking North West.
Reported by Tony Beck & Giovanni Pari
From NeilyWorld Independent Directions to this Site:
From Highway 417 (The Queensway) take exit 123 (Island Park Drive)
if travelling west or exit 124 (Carling Avenue) if driving east.
Using the Carling exit requires a bit of manouvring. Immediately upon
exiting, in 250 metres, you will merge with Carling Avenue. As left
turns are prohibited onto Merivale Road, which joins Island Park
Drive, you will want to cross the traffic lanes and turn left onto
Kirkwood Avenue and have only another scant 250 metres in which to do
it. Be careful! Avoid rush hours, traffic can slow to a crawl,
especially crossing the bridge to Quebec. Go NNW on Kirkwood for 1.2
km and turn right on Byron Avenue. Proceed 0.4 km ENE on Byron to the
traffic light at Island Park Drive. Here you will join the route of
those travelling west on the 417, who had only to exit onto Island
Park Drive and go 0.9 km NNW along it to reach Byron. From Byron and
Island Park continue NW along Island Park to the Champlain Bridge and
part way across it, making a righthand turn onto Bate Island, 2.0 km
from Byron Avenue. Sometimes, the road on the island is closed. But
you can usually park in the parking lot at the base of the bridge on
the Ottawa side. To do this turn right onto the Ottawa River Parkway
before crossing the bridge, then left into the parking lot about 150
metres from the corner.
Gordon Pringle
1236 Henry Farm Dr.
Ottawa ON
K2C 2E2
613-224-0543
[email protected]
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