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Rideau Lakes

Rideau Lakes

The Rideau Lakes is a recreational jewel made up of a network of over 31 lakes and connecting streams covering 455 square kilometres in five municipalities. This fabled subwatershed is an integral part of the Rideau Canal National Historic Site, the Rideau Waterway Canadian Heritage River, the Rideau Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve and Rideau Heritage Route. The population is a mix of seasonal and permanent residents. It is cottage country for thousands of families. Permanent households are living on large rural properties (farms or forested lands), in country estate subdivisions, very small to very large lakeside residential lots, or villages such as Newboro, Portland, Rideau Ferry and Westport.

Drainage Area: 455 square kilometres Length of Lake Shoreline: 1,013 kilometres
Length of Tributaries: 860 kilometres
Catchments: Big Rideau Lake – Portland,Big Rideau Lake – Rideau Ferry,Black Creek,Black Lake,Lower Rideau Lake,Upper Rideau Lake,Westport Sand Lake,Wolfe Lake

Catchment Reports

The RVCA produces individual reports on the Rideau watershed’s catchments. These catchment reports are a compilation of data collected through the RVCA’s watershed monitoring and land cover classification programs.

Catchment information is used to develop subwatershed reports that summarize the health of the Rideau’s six main subwatersheds.