Chief William Commanda Bridge
The Chief William Commanda Bridge, formerly the Prince of Wales Bridge, is a pedestrian and cycling bridge, as well as a former rail bridge, that spans the Ottawa River between Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: pedestrian/cycling bridge and former railway bridge across the Ottawa River linking Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec
- Also known as: “Pont Prince-de-Galles” and “Prince of Wales Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lemieux Island and Canadian War Museum.
Lemieux Island
Islet
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lemieux Island is a small island in the middle of the Ottawa River at the edge of Nepean Bay in the National Capital Region of Canada. The island lies between Gatineau, Quebec, and the national capital, Ottawa, Ontario.
Canadian War Museum
Museum
The Canadian War Museum is a national museum on the country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum serves as both an educational facility on Canadian military history and a place of remembrance. Canadian War Museum is situated 1 km east of Chief William Commanda Bridge.
Chaudière Falls
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Chaudière Falls, also known as the Kana:tso or Akikodjiwan Falls, are a set of cascades and waterfall in the centre of the Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan area in Canada where the Ottawa River narrows between a rocky escarpment on both sides of the river. Chaudière Falls is situated 640 metres east of Chief William Commanda Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mechanicsville and Tunney’s Pasture.
Mechanicsville
Neighborhood
Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mechanicsville is a neighbourhood in Kitchissippi Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located to the west of downtown and bordered by the Ottawa River to the north, O-Train Line 2 to the east, Scott Street to the south, and Parkdale Avenue to the west.
Tunney’s Pasture
Neighborhood
Photo: Robkelk, Public domain.
Tunney's Pasture is a 49-hectare campus in the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, that is exclusively developed for federal government buildings. It is bordered by Scott Street to the south, Parkdale Avenue to the east, the Kichi Zibi Mikan to the north, and the Champlain Park neighbourhood to the west.
Chief William Commanda Bridge
- Categories: footbridge, railway bridge, truss bridge, and transportation
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.41809° or 45° 25′ 5″ northLongitude
-75.7294° or 75° 43′ 46″ westElevation
46 metres (151 feet)Open location code
87Q6C79C+66OpenStreetMap ID
way 637930688OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Chief William Commanda Bridge” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “威爾斯王子大橋”
- French: “pont Chef-William-Commanda”
- French: “Pont Chef-William-Commanda”
- French: “pont Prince de Galles”
- German: “Prinz-von-Wales-Brücke”
- Japanese: “ウィリアム・コマンダ族長橋”
- Japanese: “プリンス・オブ・ウェールズ橋”
- Spanish: “Puente del Príncipe de Gales”
- Spanish: “Puente Principe de Gales”
- Spanish: “puente Príncipe de Gales”
- Ukrainian: “Міст імені вождя Уільяма Команди”
- Ukrainian: “Міст Принца Валлійського”
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