Dow’s Lake
Dow's Lake in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is a small man-made lake on the Rideau Canal, situated two kilometres north of Hog's Back Falls in the middle of Ottawa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lezumbalaberenjena, Public domain.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Dows Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Commissioners Park and Carleton University.
Commissioners Park
Park
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Commissioners Park is a park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It lies within the westernmost section of The Glebe, bounded by Dow's Lake, Preston Street, Carling Avenue and Dow's Lake Road.
Carleton University
University
Photo: Harleyd613, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World War II veterans.
Dominion Arboretum
Park
Photo: Wood2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dominion Arboretum is an arboretum part of the Central Experimental Farm of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Originally begun in 1889, the Arboretum covers about 26 hectares of rolling land between Prince of Wales Drive, Dow's Lake and the Rideau Canal. Carleton University is located at the opposite side of the Canal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Italy and The Glebe.
Little Italy
Neighborhood
Photo: Earl Andrew, Public domain.
Little Italy is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and the cultural centre of Ottawa's Italian community. Situated in Centretown West, it is bounded by Albert Street to the north, Carling Avenue to the south, O-Train Line 2 to the west, and approximately Bronson Avenue to the east, while the neighbourhood's main commercial area is along Preston Street.
The Glebe
Suburb
Photo: Lezumbalaberenjena, Public domain.
The Glebe is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located just south of Downtown Ottawa in the Capital Ward. As of 2016, the neighbourhood had a population of 13,055.
Old Ottawa South
Suburb
Old Ottawa South is an older urban neighbourhood in Capital Ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Old Ottawa South is a relatively small and compact neighbourhood, located between the Rideau Canal and the Rideau River.
Dow’s Lake
- Categories: reservoir and body of water
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.39462° or 45° 23′ 41″ northLongitude
-75.70192° or 75° 42′ 7″ westElevation
60 metres (197 feet)Open location code
87Q697VX+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 4228695OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
5942367Wikidata ID
Q4167318
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Dow’s Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dows Lake”
- Chinese: “杜氏湖”
- French: “Lac Dow”
- Russian: “Даус (озеро)”
- Russian: “Доу (озеро)”
- Russian: “Доу”
- Russian: “Озеро Даус”
- Russian: “Озеро Доу”
- Swedish: “Dow’s Lake”
- Swedish: “Dows Lake”
- Ukrainian: “Доу (озеро)”
- Ukrainian: “Доу”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Civic Hospital and Centretown West.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Royal Canadian Navy Curling Club and HMCS Carleton.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dow’s Lake”. Photo: Lezumbalaberenjena, Public domain.