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Home > Ontario's TCH > Mattawa to Ottawa Itinerary

Ontario: #17 between Mattawa and Ottawa, Ontario

Here is the itinerary for the 304 km along Highway #17 between Mattawa and Ottawa

From Mattawa south, the Ottawa Valley is a generally wide and fertile tongue into the Canadian Shield. The Ottawa River draws water from such a large area, there are actually two spring flood seasons, the first for meltwaters from southern Ontario, and the second (just over a month later) for meltwaters from northern Quebec.

Just east of Rolphton is the Des Joachims Dam, the larges hydro-electric generating station along the Ottawa River. Driftwood Provincial Park, 8 km upstream on Holden Lake has rock outcrops with gneiss and granite, and lots of small creatures like rabbits and porcupines. At Pembroke you will find Canada's first hydro-electric dam, still operating and generating since 1889, and the city is decorated with murals showcasing the city's history.

Between Chalk River, home of Canada's Atomic Energy Research Facility, and Petawawa the highway passes through a Sand Plain zone, formed by an ancient river delta. The vegetation here is mostly jack pine with blueberry bushes, about the same as on the sandy Cape Cod seashore of Massachusetts. The land transitions into the training area for CFB (Canada Forces Base) Petawawa, which is why the telephone poles are so low to the ground alongside the highway.

Around Cobden, the valley widens significantly, and the wide fertile valleys have been farmed since the early 1800s. There is a rough Morraine zone around Renfrew, with rocks and ridges left behind from the last Ice Age. Around Arnprior, the good farmland returns with rich soils around the Mississippi and Madawaska Rivers. These rivers were the heart of early Ottawa Valley lumber industry, which in the 1840s led to the establishment of Ottawa and Hull (now Gatineau).

Between just west of Kanata, the highway passes through a Limestone Ridge zone, where there are very shallow soils on top of exposed limestone from 200-450 million years ago. These will be exposed at rock cuts for roadways. When you hit Kanata, this is contrasted with all the glass-covered office towers for the many high-tech companies headquartered there. This community has grown up from basically bare pasture since the 1970s.

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KM From Start EAST  |  WEST		HighWay Point & Feature Description	Municipality	Elevation (metres)	Map	Add Info
0	307	Exit 117 Riverside Drive S to VIA Rail station, Mooney's Bay, Airport, Vanvier Dr N to Jetform Baseball Park, Vanier and Rockcliffe	Ottawa	58.2
0.6	306.4	Bridge over Rideau River	Ottawa	53.6
1.2	305.8	WB Exit 118 Nicholas St N to Ottawa University, Byward Market and Macdonald-Cartier Bridge to Hull-Gatineau, S to Algonquin College Rideau Campus	Ottawa	58.5
1.4	305.6	Bridge over Transitway	Ottawa	66.8
1.5	305.5	EB Exit 118 Nicholas St N to Ottawa University, Byward Market and Macdonald-Cartier Bridge to Hull-Gatineau	Ottawa	62.8
3	304	EB Exit 120 Kent St N to downtown, Parliament Buildings	Ottawa	70.4
3.7	303.3	Bridge over Rideau Canal	Ottawa	63.4
3.8	303.2	WB Exit 121 Bronson Ave, Greyhound Bus Depot, Bronson Ave N to Downtown, National Library, Supreme Court, Portage Bridge to Hull, S to Dow’s Lake, Carleton University, Confederation	Ottawa	71.6
3.9	303.1	EB Exit 121A Bronson Ave, Greyhound Bus Depot, Bronson Ave N to Downtown, National Library, Supreme Court, Portage Bridge to Hull, S to Dow’s Lake, Carleton University…	Ottawa	72.5
4	303	EB Exit 121 Rochester St, "Little Italy", N access to National War Museum and Portage Bridge to Quebec, S access to Central Experimental Farm, Dow's Lake, Rideau Canal	Ottawa	58.8
4	303	WB Exit 119A Metcalfe St Metcalfe to Museum of Nature, Downtown, Parliament Hill	Ottawa	65.2
4.5	302.5	O-Train transit underpass (no access)	Ottawa	58.8
6	301	Exit 122 Parkdale Ave (off westbound only) Parkdale north to Tunney’s Pasture government buildings	Ottawa	71.6
7	300	WB Exit 123 Island Park Drive N to Quebec, and Merivale Rd S to shopping	Ottawa	74.1
7.7	299.3	WB Exit 124 Carling Avenue & Kirkwood, access to auto dealers, hotels, shopping	Ottawa	76.2
7.8	299.2	Kirkwood Ave underpass (no access)	Ottawa	73.2
8	299	EB Exit 124 Carling Ave to hotels, via Merivale to Island Park Drive & Bridge to Quebec, Royal Ottawa Hospital, Central Experimental Farm,	Ottawa	77.4
9.6	297.4	Clyde Avenue underpass (no access)	Ottawa	80.5
10.4	296.6	Exit 126 Maitland Ave Maitland Ave, south to Nepean, shopping areas	Ottawa	83.5
12	295	Exit 127 Woodroffe St north to Carlingwood Shopping Centre, south to Algonquin College, shopping, services	Ottawa	75.9
12.3	294.7	Transitway underpass (no access), Queensway StaTion	Ottawa	74.1
14	293	Exit 129 Greenbank Rd S to Pinecrest Mall (IKEA), Barrrhaven, Pinecrest Rd N to Brittania Bay, Shopping, and Ottawa River Parkway	Ottawa	65.8
15.7	291.3	WB Exit 131 Richmond Road (EB no access), E to Bayshore Shopping Centre, and W to Bells Corners, Queensway Carleton Hospital	Ottawa	64.9
16.7	290.3	EB Exit 130: Holly Acres Rd overpass (WB no access)	Bells Corners	63.1
17	290	Exit 132 Highway 416 Highway 416 to Prescott & Ogdensburg NY, also EB access for Holly Acres and Richmond Rd	Bells Corners	63.4
18	289	emergency U-turn	Kanata	62.5
19	288	Exit 134, Moodie Drive N to Kanata, S to Bells Corners, Stoney Swamp Conservation Area	Kanata	67.4
23	284	Exit 138 N on March Road to Kanata, Kanata Business Park, acess to Ottawa Municipal Campground, S on Eagleson Rd to Hazeldean	Kanata	94.2
23.4	283.6	emergency U-turn	Kanata	93.3
23.6	283.4	Pedestrian bridge over highway	Kanata	93.6
25	282	Exit 140 Terry Fox Dr, north to Kanata, shopping centres, S to Corel Centre arena, Walter Baker Park	Kanata	102.1
26.4	280.6	Huntmar Rd overpass (no access), emergency U-turn	Kanata	100.3
27	280	Exit 142 Palladium Drive, Corel Centre arena	Kanata	103.6
29	278	Exit 144 Carp Rd Carp Rd north to Carp, south to Stittsville		119.2
30	277	Exit 145 Highway #7 Highway to Carleton Place, Perth, Toronto		130.1
32	275	Richardson Side Road overpass (no access)		132
33.9	273.1	Emergency U-Turn		117
34.7	272.3	McGee Side Road overpass (no access)	Carp	118.6
38	269	Emergency U-Turn	Carp	119.8
39	268	Exit 155, March Rd #44 E to Carp (5km), Carp Airport, golfing, Diefenbunker Museum, Shirley’s Bay Game Preserve, W to Almonte (17km), all services, hospital and OPP	Carp	118.3
42.5	264.5	Vaughan Rd overpass (no access), emergency U-turn		118.9
47.3	259.7	Exit 163, Panmure Rd interchange, W to Dwyer Hill		139.6
51	256	Emergency U-Turn		137.2
54	253	Kinburn Sideroad (#20) W to Pakenham (7 km) , Mount Pakenham Ski area (12 km), Castleford Rd #20 E to Kinburn (4km), Constance Bay (20 km)	Antrim	107.6
57	250	crossing Mississippi River		84.1
60	247	Highway #22 Galetta Sideroad, E to Fitzroy Harbour (12 km), Fitzroy Provincial Park, ferry crossing to Quyon Quebec (17km).		98.1
64.9	242.1	Hwy 29 half-cloverleaf interchange, W to town of Pakenham (12 km)	Arnprior	106.4
65	242	becomes #417 divided highway to Quebec border; no bicycles allowed beyond this point (go east to Carling Avenue, old #17)	Arnprior	102.4
66	241	Cross Madawaska River power station and dam to west of highway	Arnprior	83.5
67	240	Highway #2 E to Arnprior (3 km), all services, hospital, OPP	Arnprior	102.7
85	222	Highway #508 Calabogie Rd, West to Calabogie, Calabogie Lake, Calabogie Peaks Ski Area (30km), #54 E to Braeside (9 km)		127.7
98	209	Highway #60 W to Renfrew (3 km), all services, hospital, OPP, and #132 to Lower Madawaska River Provincial Park	Renfrew	132
100	207	Highway #20 W to Renfrew (3 km), all services, hospital, OPP	Renfrew	154.8
100.6	206.4	Highway 4 E to Storyland		172.2
109	198	Hwy 61 W, Hwy 653 E / Cheneaux Rd to Quebec bridge and Power Dam		164.9
111	196	Highway #41 W to Haley Station, northern exit for Storyland		155.1
113.7	193.3	Picnic Area, E site of hwy		156.4
118	189	Kohlsmith Rd (E) to golf course	Cobden	143.3
120	187	Cobden, #21 east to Muskrat Lake, all services, and Beachburg (15 km), Ottawa River Provincial Park	Cobden	134.7
121	186	Cobden, Hwy #8 west to Eganville,	Cobden	122.2
136	171	Cornerview Rd (E) to Enchanted Gardens, Muskrat Lake, Hwy 13 Mountain Rd W to Lake Dore		145.4
141	166	Indian Rd (E)		127.1
141.8	165.2	Greenwood Rd (Hwy 40) south access to Beachburg, Pembrooke (12 km)	Pemboke	158.8
147.3	159.7	White Water Rd (Highway #24) northern exit to Beachburg, Ottawa River Provincial Park, Ottawa River Rafting trips, Bridge to Fort Coulonge, Quebec (10 km)	Pemboke	126.2
149	158	Snake River crossing	Pemboke	131.4
152.8	154.2	Highway #41 (Paul Martin Rd) E south access to Pembroke city centre (5km), and to Fort Coulonge Quebec, west to Eganville, Bonnechere Caves, Bonnechere Gorge	Pemboke	135.3
154.5	152.5	Indian River crossing	Petawawa	127.1
159	148	Hwy #62 Round Lake Rd (W) to Round Lake, Bonnechere Provincial Park (30km), and Algonquin Provincial Park (100km), Hwy 58 E to Pembroke (8 km), all services, OPP	Petawawa	160
162.2	144.8	Forest Lear Rd (Hwy 42) E north access to Pembroke (10km), driving range, services	Petawawa	147.5
166	141	Highway 26 (Doran Rd), access to Pembroke Airport (4 km to NE)	Petawawa	150.6
171.5	135.5	Black Bay Rd	Petawawa	154.8
173.5	133.5	Murphy Rd (W) to Rantz Riverside B&B, Highway 37 (E) to Town of Petawawa (3 km)	Petawawa	157.3
175.4	131.6	Paquette Rd (W), Highway 55 (E) to CFB Petawawa Canadian Forces Base, town of Petawawa (3 km)	Petawawa	146.6
175.5	131.5	Messier Trail, Petawawa Forestry Research Visitor Centre Petawawa Forestry Research Visitor Centre	Petawawa	151.2
185.4	121.6	Brindle Rd, access to Petawawa Airport/Airfield ( 3 km)	Petawawa	153.9
185.4	121.6	Messier Trail (W), Centurion Rd (E)	Petawawa	148.4
190	117	Cloutier Rd (W) access to Corry Lake (5 km)		152.7
195	112	Plant Rd (E) access to Chalk River Nuclear Facility (8 km), and Main St (W) all services	Chalk River	158.8
200.5	106.5	Wylie Rd (W), Banting Dr (E), golf course	Deep River	150.6
204.9	102.1	McAnulty Rd, Deep River Motel	Deep River	152.1
205	102	Roadside Turnout with viewpoint on south side	Deep River	165.2
209	98	Moore's Rd (E), and Brouse Rd (W), Ryan's Campsite	Point Alexander	169.8
212	95	Rest Area, overlooking Meilerus Bay		120.7
220	87	Swisha Rd (E) to OPP, services, Canada’s first nuclear plant, bridge to Quebec, Moore Lake Rd (W)	Rolphton	186.2
230	77	Mackay Creel Rd, Lakeview Trailer Park	Mackay	154.5
231	76	Driftwood Provincial Park Access to Driftwood Provincial Park		175
237	70	Lovely View Lane, Pine Valley Cottages & Campground	Stonecliffe	176.2
251.4	55.6	Yates Rd	Stonecliffe	185.6
251.5	55.5	Bissett Creek Rd (W)	Bissett	200.3
252	55	crossing Bissett Creek	Bissett	158.5
252.2	54.8	Rest Area Scenic View of power dam on east side of highway		166.1
252.5	54.5	McIsaac Dr (E), close view of Ottawa River WB	Bissett	160.6
262.3	44.7	Rest area, east side of hwy		291.4
262.4	44.6	Picnic area, west side of hwy, overlooking Gibson Lake		285.3
268	39	Rock Cut Trail, W side of hwy		240.5
272	35	Dunlop Cr (E) view of Ottawa River, Ferry to Quebec	Deux Rivieres	157.3
274	33	Brent Rd (W)		196.6
293	14	Picnic Area E side of hwy		179.8
298	9	McMartin's Rd (W), campground on E side		238.4
306.5	0.5	Roadside restaurant. E side of hwy		166.4
307	0	Junction Valois Drive (17S), Main St (Highway 533 N), and McConnal St (Hwy 17 W)	Mattawa	159.7
KM From Start EAST  |  WEST		HighWay Point & Feature Description	Municipality	Elevation (metres)	Map	Add Info

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