The Jock River, known locally as the Mighty Jock, is a
river
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in
Ottawa and
Lanark County
Lanark County is a county located in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its county seat is Perth, which was first settled in 1816.Brown, Howard Morton, 1984. Lanark Legacy, Nineteenth Century Glimpses of on Ontario County. Corporation of the Cou ...
in
Eastern Ontario
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, Canada.
[ Shows the course of the river highlighted on a topographic map.] It is in the
Saint Lawrence River
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drainage basin
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and is a left tributary of the
Rideau River. The river is named after Jacques, a
French man who drowned in it in the early 19th century, and it was once known as the Goodwood River. The River is supported by a community-volunteer organization known as the ''Friends of the Jock River''.
Course
The river begins in the municipality of
Montague in Lanark County.
It flows north under the
Canadian Pacific Railway main line into the municipality of
Beckwith, passes under
Ontario Highway 15
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and past the community of Franktown into the Goodwood Marsh. It then turns east into the City of Ottawa at the community of
Ashton, flows through the community of
Richmond
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, heads under
Ontario Highway 416, and reaches its mouth at the Rideau river north of the community of
Manotick
Manotick ( ) is a community in Rideau-Jock Ward in the rural south part of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a suburb of the city, located on the Rideau River, immediately south of the suburbs Barrhaven and Riverside South, about from ...
.
The Jock River
watershed drains of land.
Jock River Canoe Race
For one weekend each spring, the popular Annual Jock River Canoe Race is held between Munster Road and the town of Richmond, covering of the river mostly through the Richmond Fen. The race, held since 1985, has grown to include now many classes of competition, such as solo and tandem
canoeing and
kayaking, recreational, mixed, and family.
The race is usually held in early spring to take advantage of the high water level. The race course has a few sections of Class I
whitewater
Whitewater forms in a rapid context, in particular, when a river's gradient changes enough to generate so much turbulence that air is trapped within the water. This forms an unstable current that froths, making the water appear opaque and ...
.
Tributaries
*Nichols Creek (right)
*
Kings Creek (right)
References
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External links
Watershed Planning — Jock River Watershedat the
Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA) is an inter-municipal environmental protection and advisory agency that works with local municipalities, government agencies, special interest groups and the general public to protect the natural reso ...
Jock River Canoe RaceFriends of the Jock River
Rivers of Ottawa
Rivers of Lanark County