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Find all the maps you need right here. White Lake resort and sights map as well as an interactive google map.
If you are driving from Ottawa, there is a little bit of construction in Arnprior, but follow the signs, and it is a quick and easy trip.
When you launch or rent a boat, you will want to understand how to navigate the lake, we have the maps to assist you with this task.
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view larger map (now with Street Views)
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Google Street View has changed the way that people interact with online maps and finding directions.
Controversial images as well as strange photographic glitches have only heightened the public's fascination with this interactive panoramic mapping system.
The now-infamous Google Street View van has recently visited White Lake and the surrounding areas' main streets. Drag the little yellow icon stickman from the left of a google map of White Lake, and drop it where ever the road has a blue outline, and 'visit' White Lake. |
Driving Directions
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From Downtown Ottawa to White Lake Village Beach
(approx 60 minutes)
-travel West on the 417 (Queensway) past Kanata to ARNPRIOR (avoid Highway 7 to Toronto)
-just STAY on the 417, drive to Arnprior (about 20 min.)
-at the second set of traffic lights, Turn Left on White Lake Road (also called Highway #2) (there are gas stations and Tim's here if you require anything) Current under construction of a giant clover leaf, so take the detours as indicated.
-continue on White Lake Road until you reach White Lake Village (about 20 min.), speed limit goes down to 50 km
-Turn right at the Stop Sign (at a little gas station/beer/lcbo/bait and big church)
-Just follow that road (Burnstown Rd, Hwy #52) for about 2 minutes, and if you are headed to the South end of the Lake, follow the appropriate signs. |
Lake Maps
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White Lake is very large with a labyrinth of similar looking bays and islands (and a few marked submerged rocks!). There is a tall communications tower that you should take note of when you head out by motor boat, as it will assist you on figuring out where you are later in the day.
Plan to spend several hours (and a tank of gas) if you plan to explore from one end of the lake to the other.
If kayaking or canoeing there are vast areas with little or no development for a tranquil paddle amongst nature. And as the lake is so large, it will seem like there are very few other boaters around as well.
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It may be of interest, however, to note that the first systematic aerial photography of the area was shot in 1926.
And more impressive signs of changed times are evident if we follow the camera as the homeward bound pilot swings over the Madawaska or the Ottawa and we see the booms enclosing thousands of logs on their way to Hull, a reminder that the rivers were still a highway of commerce in the last century. |
Relative Distance from White Lake to Downtown Ottawa
White Lake, looking North towards the Ottawa River, showing the horizon
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White Lake, roads & sites, simplified
Physical Info:
length: 16.09 Km / 10 miles
surface area: 22.7 million square meters / 5,608 acres
perimeter: 97.8 Km / 60.8 miles
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Some recent comments:
The web site is well done. It is easy to find the information required. You have integrated many beautiful pictures.
Enticing information for vacation planning. White Lake residents should be proud!
-Ottawa 3.13.2010
Have had a cottage on the lake for some 20 years... can only access it by boat. Used the ice on and off dates to gauge when I might be able to access the cottage. I am sure a lot of others looked forward to seeing freeze/thaw dates.
-Seaway Region 3.25.2010
My name is TF and I grew up coming to White Lake every summer for two weeks hanging out with DT.
This is a great site, takes me back. Love the pictures.
-Innisfil, Ontario 11.15.2010
I have been fishing White lake for a number of years. Some of the best bass fishing I have ever seen and
a very beautiful lake. I enjoy visiting every summer.
-Lords Valley, Pennsylvania USA 2.6.2011
I was amaze at this site, didn't realize that White Lake had such a nice site. This is great for people coming from outside. We have a place at Bayview Lodge and I thought I would look at this site, it is very well done indeed.
I hope you keep it up to date.
-Ottawa 5.1.2011
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Large Printed Maps
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Are available from sale at the White Lake Village General Store for under $10. Small photocopied maps are usually offered when renting a motor boat.
To view online maps, and order print copies
(if you are so inclined):
Natural Resources Information Centre
PO Box 7000
Peterborough, ON K9J 8M5
1-800-667-1940
Tel: 705-755-2001
Fax: 705-755-1677
mnr.nric@mnr.gov.on.ca
http://themnrstore.mnr.gov.on.ca |
Google Earth is a great resource, but as you may have noticed the high resolution images end just outside of the White Lake area. There are better images available, but we'll need to get the attention of Google for them to make it a priority to add it to Google Earth. Take a moment and follow this link to request better image data. A sample note is included below, or feel free to write your own:
http://earth.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=data
Hi, Google Earth and Google Maps are valuable tools, and extremely interesting and useful. Your image data of the Ottawa Ontario area is great, but hi-resolution ends just south of Arnprior to the West of Ottawa. This is a very busy and popular region, and having one step better resolution would allow Goggle Earth to unlock many of the exciting natural possibilities of this beautiful area (canoeing, camping, hiking trails etc). Please consider it when you have time. Thank you. Here are the coordinates of White Lake area: 46o 18'39.05"N, 76o 30'53.81"W
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