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Gatineau Park Visitor Centre sign. Gatineau Park (French: Parc de la Gatineau) is a federal park located in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada.Administered by the National Capital Commission as part of the National Capital Region, Gatineau Park is a 361 square kilometres (139 sq mi) wedge of land extending north and west from the city of Gatineau.
The geology of Gatineau Park, which encompasses these foothills, is related to the Eardley Escarpment, which is a fault line that lies along the southern edge of the hills. This escarpment makes the park an attractive location for rock climbers and hikers, offering a beautiful view of the relatively flat fields below, which extend to the Ottawa ...
The network of the Trans Canada Trail is made up of more than 400 community trails. Each trail section is developed, owned, and managed locally by trail groups, conservation authorities, and by municipal, provincial, territorial, and federal governments, for instance in parks such as Gatineau Park or along existing trails such as the Cataraqui Trail and Voyageur Hiking Trail.
Map My Ride shows cycling trails mapped by registered users; Bikemap.net - User recommended cycling routes and bike maps for in and around Ottawa; GoBiking.ca - Cycling in Ottawa-Gatineau (including Ontario and Quebec and beyond) Ottawa Bicycle Club; Explore Ontario by Bike - Ottawa; Wayne Scanlan. "5 must-try summer bike rides around Ottawa ...
The region nearly encircles the City of Gatineau, which is to the south. Its administrative seat is in Chelsea, Quebec . It was created in January 1991 when the Communauté régionale de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Regional Community) was split into Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM and the Communauté urbaine de l'Outaouais (Outaouais Urban Community ...
Taylor Lake is a small lake in Gatineau Park area of Quebec, Canada. It is one of the park's smaller lakes. It is located mostly in the municipality of La Pêche and partly in Pontiac, both in Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality, Quebec. [1]
Autoroute 5 (A-5, also known as the Autoroute de la Gatineau) is a short controlled-access Autoroute in the Outaouais region of western Quebec. It connects the central urban area of Gatineau (formerly Hull ) with the recreational areas of Gatineau Park and the exurban rural areas of Chelsea and La Pêche .
The Ottawa and Gatineau Rivers flow through Gatineau and Gatineau offers boat rides on the Ottawa River. [29] Gatineau Park has 165 km of pathways and more than 200 km of groomed cross-country ski trails, making it one of the largest trail networks in North America.