Waterfalls of Ontario - Ottawa Valley Index

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The Ottawa Valley Region covers much of the southeastern portion of the province. Most rivers flow east to the Ottawa River, although a few that flow to Lake Ontario have been added for convenience. The region lacks big, well known waterfalls, but contains a large number of small, picturesque ones, many of which are known only by the locals. The region includes the following counties: Frontenac, Hastings, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Lennox and Addington, Ottawa, Prescott and Russell, Prince Edward and Renfrew. Nipissing District is included in this region in the text version of Waterfalls of Ontario, but on the web version is grouped in the Northeast Region.

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Waterfall	Settlement	River	Size	Form	Visitability
Frontenac
Bedford Mills Cascade	Bedford Mills	Devil Lake to Loon Lake	Small	Cascade	Mediocre
Birch Rapids	Ompah	Mississippi River	Small	?	?
Kings Chute	Donaldson	Mississippi River	?	?	?
Kings Falls	Donaldson	Mississippi River	Historical	Historical	Historical
Kingston Mills Falls	Kingston Mills	Cataraqui River	?	?	?
Marble Rapids (Mississippi)	Myers Cave	Mississippi	Small	Cascade	Mediocre
Mountain Chute (Madawaska)	Black Donald	Madawaska River	Historical	Dam	Historical
Otter Rapids	Snow Road Station	Mississippi River	Small	Cascade	Average
Ragged Chute	Mississippi Station	Mississippi River	Medium	Cascade	Good
Sideham Rapids		Mississippi River	?	Rapids	?
Whitefish Rapids	Myers Cave	Mississippi River	Insignificant	Cascade	Average
Hastings
Belleville Rapids	Belleville	Moira River	Small	Cascade	Mediocre
Big Chute (Little Mississippi)	MacArthur Mills	Little Mississippi	Medium	Cascade	Poor (Private)
Callaghans Rapids	Marmora	Crowe River	Insignificant	Plunge	Average
Chisholms Mills	Chisholm's Mills	Moira River	Insignificant	Cascade	Average
Conroy Rapids	Boulter	York River	?	?	?
Cordova Falls	Cordova Mines	Crowe River	Small	Cascade	Good
Cordova Falls (Lower)	Cordova Mines	Crowe River	Small	Cascade	Average
Cordova Falls (Middle)	Cordova Mines	Crowe River	Small	Cascade	Average
Egan Chute	Bowen Corner	York River	Medium	Cascade	Good
Farm Chute	Bancroft	York River	Small	Cascade	Average
High Falls (Papineau)	Maple Leaf	Papineau Creek	Small	Cascade	Average
High Falls (Skootamatta)	Actinolite	Skootamatta River	Small	?	Average
High Falls (York)	Birds Creek	York River	Medium	Cascade	Average
McArthur Falls	McArthurs Mills	Little Mississippi River	Small	Cascade	Average
Neuman Falls	Maple Leaf	Papineau Creek	Small	Cascade	Mediocre
Price Rapids	Actinolite	Skootamatta River	Small	Cascade	Mediocre
The Big Chute	Hartsmere	Little Mississippi River	?	?	?
The Gut	Lake	Crowe River	Small	Cascade	Good
Lanark
Appleton Rapids	Appleton	Mississippi River	Small	Cascade	Mediocre
Arklan Rapids	Carleton Place	Mississippi River	Insignificant	Cascade	Mediocre
Blakeney Rapids	Blakeney	Mississippi River	Small	Chute	Good
Craigs Chute	French Line	Clyde River	?	?	?
Fergusons Falls	Fergusons Falls	Mississippi River	Insignificant	Rapids	Poor
Grand Falls (Mississippi)	Almonte	Mississippi River	Medium	Cascade	Average
High Falls (Mississippi)	Dalhousie Lake	Mississippi River	Historical	Dam	Historical
Innisville Falls	Innisville	Mississippi	Insignificant	Rapids	Poor
Mill Falls (Almonte)	Almonte	Mississippi River	Medium	Plunge	Mediocre
Smiths Falls	Smiths Falls	Rideau River	Insignificant	Cascade	Mediocre
Watsons Rapids	Brightside	Clyde River	?	?	?
Leeds and Grenville
Jones Falls (Rideau)	Jones Falls	Rideau River (Whitefish L. to Sand L.)	Historical	Dam	Historical
Old Slys Locks Cascade	Smiths Falls	Rideau	Small	Cascade	Mediocre
Lennox and Addington
Buttermilk Falls (Salmon)	Forest Mills	Salmon River	Small	Cascade	Mediocre
Crooked Slide	Combermere	Rockingham Creek	Small	Log Flume	Average
Crowe Bridge Rapids	Crowe Bridge	Crowe River	Small	Plunge	Average
Flinton Falls	Flinton	Skootamatta River	Small	Cascade	Average
Forest Mills	Forest Mills	Salmon River	Small	Cascade	Average
Napanee Falls	Napanee	Napanee River	Medium	Cascade	Mediocre
Newburgh Falls	Newburgh	Napanee River	Insignificant	Plunge	Average
Yarker Falls	Yarker	Napanee River	Medium	Plunge	Average
Ottawa-Carleton
Burritt's Rapids	Burritts Rapids	Rideau River	Historical	Dam	Historical
Chaudiere Falls	Ottawa	Ottawa River	Historical	Historical	Historical
Prince of Wales Falls	Ottawa	Rideau River	Large	Cascade	Average
Rideau Falls	Ottawa	Rideau River	Large	Plunge	Mediocre
Prescott and Russell
High Falls (South Nation)	Casselman	South Nation	Historical	Historical	Historical
Jessups Falls	Jessups Falls	South Nation River	Historical	Historical	Historical
Prince Edward
Millford Falls	Milford	Black Creek	Small	?	Average
Renfrew
Aumonds Rapids	Guiney	Madawaska	Insignificant	Rapids	Mediocre
Barrett Chute	Barrett Chute	Madawaska River	Historical	Dam	Historical
Black Chute	Rocher Fendu	Ottawa River (Main Channel)	Medium	Chute	Average
Bonnechere Falls	Castleford Station	Bonnechere River	Medium	Cascade	Good
Chat's Falls	Arnprior	Ottawa River	Historical	Dam	Historical
Coliseum Chute	Rocher Fendu	Ottawa River (Main Channel)	Medium	Chute	Average
Constant Creek Bridge Chute	Calabogie	Constant Creek	Small	Chute	Mediocre
Constant Creek Falls	Calabogie	Constant Creek	Small	Cascade	Mediocre
Dochart Creek Falls	Arnprior	Dochart Creek	Small	Cascade	Poor (Private)
Exam Time Rapids	Bruceton	Madawaska River	?	?	?
Fifth Chute	Eganville	Bonnechere River	Insignificant	Rapids	Mediocre
Foresters Falls	Foresters Falls	McNaughton's Creek	?	?	?
Fourth Chute	Fourth Chute	Bonnechere River	Medium	Step	Good
Fourth Chute (Upper)	Fourth Chute	Bonnechere River	Small	Cascade	Mediocre
Grants Creek Falls	Stonecliffe	Grants Creek	Small	Cascade	Average
Highland Falls	Griffith	Madawaska River	Small	Cascade	Average
Jacks Chute	Bonnechere	Bonnechere River	?	?	?
Jenkins Chute	Paugh Lake	Sherwood River	?	?	?
Loneys Chute	Ireland	Little Mississippi River	?	?	?
Pakenham Falls	Pakenham	Mississippi River	Small	Cascade	Average
Rifle Chute	Bruceton	Madawaska River	Small	Chute	Mediocre
Second Chute	Renfrew	Bonnechere River	Small	Cascade	Average
Slate Falls	Griffith	Madawaska River	?	?	?
Split Rock Rapids	Bruceton	Madawaska River	Small	Chute	Average
Third Chute	Douglas	Bonnechere River	?	?	?
Waba Creek Cascade	Waba	Waba Creek	?	Cascade	?
Wadsworth Rapids	Griffith	Madawaska	Insignificant	Rapids	Mediocre

Geographic coordinates for almost all of these waterfalls are provided in the print version of "Waterfalls of Ontario."

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