By Elizabeth Payne, Ottawa Citizen, August 23, 2015
For decades, the islands in the Ottawa River surrounding Chaudière Falls have
been all but invisible to area residents. Ground zero for Ottawa’s lumber trade,
Chaudière and Albert islands, and nearby shorelines were fenced-off industrial
zones throughout much of the past 100 years, and the falls, once a leading
tourist attraction, were dammed and hidden from public view. But the lands have
remained front-of-mind for members of surrounding Algonquin communities, who
view the area as key to their cultural heritage and the falls themselves as
sacred. via
A user’s guide to the the islands, the falls, Zibi and the Windmill
development | Ottawa Citizen.