Algonquin College                45.3480  -75.7571
Aviation Museum                  45.4590  -75.6444
Aylmer Island                    45.3972  -75.8890
Bell Sensplex (Kanata)           45.2970  -75.9090
Billings Estate                  45.3898  -75.6725
Boldt Castle (1000 Islands)      44.3446  -75.9225
Bus terminal                     45.4087  -75.6947
Camp Fortune tower               45.5029  -75.8500
Carleton University              45.3855  -75.6958
Carp airport (north section)     45.3257  -76.0361
Carp airport (south section)     45.3243  -76.0111
Champlain lookout                45.5072  -75.9116
Civic Centre                     45.3991  -75.6840
Corel Centre                     45.2989  -75.9255
CU Athletic Centre               45.3860  -75.6939
CU Library                       45.3793  -75.7003
Dekok Berry Farm (March rd.)     45.3675  -75.9470
Diefenbunker (Carp)              45.3514  -76.0447
Gatineau Park Fire Tower         45.5450  -75.9945
Gatineau Park Visitor Centre     45.5055  -75.8120
Hershey Chocolate Factory (Smiths Falls) 44.8970  -76.0000
Hogs Back Falls                  45.3716  -75.6968
Hudson Village Theatre (Hudson)  45.4594  -74.1419
Hull Casino                      45.4465  -75.7254
Jack Pine Trail                  45.2931  -75.8164
King Mountain Lookout            45.4879  -75.8647
Luskville Falls                  45.5344  -75.9934
Mont Cascade                     45.5751  -75.8353
Museum of Civilization           45.4301  -75.7087
Museum of Nature                 45.4132  -75.6888
National Art Centre              45.4236  -75.6933
National Gallery                 45.4295  -75.6975
Nepean Point                     45.4300  -75.7015
Ottawa Airport (new terminal)    45.3218  -75.6677
Ottawa R/C Club west field       45.2320  -75.7716
Parliament Buildings             45.4249  -75.6996
Pinhey's Point                   45.4411  -75.9529
Prehistoric World (Morrisburg)   44.9469  -75.1053
Prime Ministers Residence        45.4442  -75.6938
Rideau Carleton Raceway          45.2952  -75.6058
Rideau Falls                     45.4406  -75.6961
Sarsaparilla Trail               45.3035  -75.8319
Saunders Farm (Munster)          45.1624  -75.9517
Science Museum                   45.4037  -75.6198
Supreme Court                    45.4219  -75.7053
Train Station                    45.4172  -75.6515
Upper Canada Village (Morrisburg)44.9500  -75.0656
War Museum (the new one)         45.4170  -75.7170

Britannia                        45.3650  -75.8008
Fitzroy Harbour                  45.4751  -76.2220
Mooney's Bay                     45.3669  -75.6923
Murphy's Point                   44.7776  -76.2238
Lac Phillipe                     45.6129  -76.0094
Leamy Lake                       45.4518  -75.7197
Aylmer                           45.3967  -75.8594
Lac Beauchamps                   45.4906  -75.6230
Constance Bay                    45.4873  -76.0718
Lac Lapeche                      45.6221  -76.1786
O'Brien (Meech Lake)             45.5331  -75.8709
MacLarens Landing                45.5130  -76.1708
Westboro                         45.3955  -75.7616
Petrie Island                    45.5060  -75.4919
Baxter (Rideau River/416)        45.0980  -75.6240

Ottawa River
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Buckham's Bay                     45.4996  -76.1053
Aylmer Marina                     45.3947  -75.8569
Shirleys Bay                      45.3658  -75.8836
Nepean Sailing Club ($)           45.3522  -75.8281
Petrie Island                     45.5005  -75.4836
Rockland                          45.5567  -75.2990

Rideau River
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Eccolands Park                    45.3150  -75.6972
Manotick ($)                      45.2315  -75.6801
Greenline road (near 416)         45.0733  -75.6433
Rideau Ferry ($)                  44.8568  -76.1354
Murphy's Point Provincial Park ($)44.7801  -76.2171
Portland                          44.7109  -76.1762

Calabogie (40km SE of Arnprior)      45.2740 -76.7840
Camp Fortune - main area             45.5087 -75.8510
Camp Fortune - Skyline area          45.5120 -75.8360
Edelweiss (5 min. east of Wakefield) 45.6470 -75.8520
Mont Cascades (10 min. past Cantley) 45.5930 -75.8490
Mont Ste Marie (50km past Wakefield) 45.9400 -75.8750
Mont Tremblant                       46.2130 -74.5840
Pakenham (10 min. SE of Antrim)      45.3230 -76.3300
Vorlage (Wakefield)                  45.6440 -75.9330

Covers Ottawa, Nepean, Gloucester & Gatineau Park. Contains a few points of interest as well. To see where they are, take a look at this map.
Select either Waypoint+ text file or OziExplorer file.
To import into Excel, use the Waypoint+ file and specify "comma separated value".

Rideau Canal for skaters

Map of the canal showing waypoints. Has a 1km UTM grid. Right-click to save. 180k

OziExplorer file

*** DISCLAMER ***

Just in case there's a mistake somewhere, don't rely on these for navigation.

Links to other sites

Rideau Canal lockstations - rideau-info.com (not in an uploadable format)

(OziExplorer format)

Lake Ontario (not in an uploadable format)

Other parts of the world - Joe & Jacks list of links, SwopNet Waypoint DataBank

To look up individual places in Ontario or anywhere else, use the NIMA gazeteer . Accuracy is within 1000m.

Arial photographs of the Ottawa area - 1:15,000

MapQuest - type in the coordinates and get a map

Looking for an excuse to use your GPS receiver? Here's a couple

• Go on a treasure hunt. People go out to remote areas and hide something. They provide the latitude and longitude. It's called GeoCaching. Click here for a complete, up-to-date list.
  

• Grab your camera, find a spot where lines of latitude and longitude meet, and take a few pictures. It would be your contribution to the Degree Confluence Project.

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