McKay Lake
McKay Lake is a meromictic lake located in the former Village of Rockcliffe Park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The lake is named for Thomas McKay, one of the founders of Ottawa, who once owned all of Rockcliffe Park in the 19th century, including the lake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rideau Hall and Beechwood Cemetery.
Rideau Hall
Public building
Photo: Peregrine981, Public domain.
Rideau Hall is the official residence of the governor general of Canada, the representative of the monarch of Canada. Located in Ottawa, the capital of the country, on a 36-hectare estate at 1 Sussex Drive, the main building consists of approximately 175 rooms across 9,500 square metres, and 27 outbuildings around the grounds.
Beechwood Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Ducio1234, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beechwood Cemetery is the national cemetery of Canada, located in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario. Over 82,000 people are buried in the cemetery, including Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn, Prime Minister Robert Borden, and several members of Parliament…
Rockcliffe Park Public School
School
Photo: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rockcliffe Park Public School is a public elementary school in the Rockcliffe Park neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manor Park and Rockcliffe Park.
Manor Park
Neighborhood
Manor Park is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the east side of Rockcliffe Park. The neighbourhood is bounded on the north by the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway, on the east by the Aviation Parkway, on the south by Montreal Road and on the west by Birch Road.
Rockcliffe Park
Suburb
Photo: Anna Litickle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rockcliffe Park is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward, close to the centre of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1864, organized as a Police village in 1908, and an independent village from 1926, and ultimately amalgamated with the rest of Ottawa on January 1, 2001.
Vanier
Suburb
Photo: Taymaz Valley, CC BY 2.0.
Vanier is a neighbourhood in the Rideau-Vanier Ward of the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Historically francophone and working class, the neighbourhood was a separate city until being amalgamated into Ottawa in 2001.
McKay Lake
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Category: lake
- Location: Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.45162° or 45° 27′ 6″ northLongitude
-75.66938° or 75° 40′ 10″ westElevation
44 metres (144 feet)Open location code
87Q6F82J+J6OpenStreetMap ID
way 23517179OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“McKay Lake” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “McKay Lake (lanaw sa Canada, Québec)”
- Cebuano: “McKay Lake”
- French: “Lac McKay”
- French: “McKay Lake”
- Swedish: “McKay Lake”
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