Capital Pathway

Capital Pathway
A section of the pathway on the Ottawa River just west of Parliament Hill
Length	220 km (137 mi)
Location	Ottawa, Ontario Gatineau, Quebec
Trailheads	West: Shirleys Bay at the Ottawa River East: Canaan Road at the Ottawa River and beyond Ottawa city limits North: Pink Lake, Gatineau Park South: Dilworth Street at the Rideau River and beyond Ottawa city limits
Use	Walking, jogging, bicycling and dog walking
Hiking details
Sights	Canadian War Museum Mooney's Bay beach, Brittania beach Rideau Canal National Arts Centre Parliament Hill Chateau Laurier Notre-Dame Basilica Byward Market National Gallery of Canada Royal Canadian Mint Ottawa City Hall 24 Sussex Drive and Rideau Hall National Aviation Museum Museum of Civilization Casino du Lac-Leamy Gatineau Park
Hazards	Crosses city transit in Ottawa's west end Not illuminated at night Poison ivy along Ottawa River
Website	The Capital Pathway - National Capital Commission

Coordinates: 45°25′35″N 75°41′57″W / 45.426498°N 75.699109°W / 45.426498; -75.699109

The Capital Pathway, also known informally as the The Bike Path, is a 220-kilometre (140 mi) recreational pathway interlinking many parks, waterways and sites in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec. Most of the pathway is paved, and allows an almost continuous route through the National Capital Region.

The pathway, was mostly the work of the National Capital Commission, a crown corporation created in 1959. The trail, which includes the Rideau Canal Pathway, the Ottawa River Pathway, and the Rideau River Pathway extends in all directions to the limits of the city of Ottawa and extends northward into Gatineau Park's lakes.

The Capital Pathway was a project of the National Capital Commission as part of their improvements to the National Capital Region. The NCC was created by an act of parliament in 1959. The first section built was the Ottawa River Pathway in the early 1970s.

The majority of the pathway continues to be maintained by the NCC.

The section of the Ottawa River Pathway between Acres Road and Moodie Drive was paved in 2009.

This very long pathway is along the south bank of almost the entire length Ottawa's portion of the Ottawa River. In the east it goes to the beach at Petrie Island at Tenth Line Road and the Ottawa River. Going westward, it meets up with the pathway along the Aviation parkway which is at the Aviation Museum. Further along, it goes through Rockcliffe Park to the residence of the Prime Minister at 24 Sussex Drive and Rideau Hall the residence of the Governor General. It then passes Major's Hill Park (near the bridge) on towards the back side of Parliament Hill where it bypasses the pathways on the Rideau Canal.