Island Park

This river view with the inuksuks and Canada geese is just a couple of km from the parliament buildings in the centre of Ottawa, Canada's capital city. With two rivers converging into one, there are numerous views similar to this within the city limits.

Many thanks for dropping by.

[Ramesh Chand]

This is very nice looking scene Anne!!!!!!!!!!!! Great!!!!!!!!!!!

[bkb in the city]

nice shot Anne

[K J Buehl]

Terrific spot to capture! Like the composition! Nicely composed, Anne!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

I love how you captured this. The rocks looks so interesting stacked the way they are.

[Howard Steele]

great shot

[GreyFeather]

Did you stack the rocks? :)

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Lovely shot :)

[Rick Schies]

Very cool image Anne.

[carol white]

Super shot!! Like those little stone piles!!

[Carole Imes]

Lovely scene.....so calm and natural!

[Allison Maltese]

Such an idyllic, and yet unusual scene with the inuksuks. I bet the river is beautiful year round.

[Lyn]

How cool...we usually call these cairns...I love this, Anne!

[Ann Jones]

Beautiful view!

[Anne ❀]

@lyno thank lyn! yes, cairns are stacks of stones and inuksuks are a specific Canadian version of stones stacked to resemble the form of a person. They're becoming more and more a national symbol of Canada, representing strength, fortitude, determination and friendship. They played a big role in the Olympic promotions when the winter Olympics were held in Vancouver.

[scooter]

Great shot!

[Livia]

Beautiful composition, and I like seeing the stacks of rocks. Lovely shot! 8)

[Dione Giorgio]

Gorgeous scene and shot, Anne. Would be great to go kayaking on this river.

[Terry]

you can see the turbulence where the waters meet.

[👑 AnaZad]

Very nice composition with the geese and the stone piles.

[Kass]

Great view! I've been seeing many inuksuks lately.

[Leana Niemand]

What a great place so close to the city!

[Margaret Tryon]

I love the stone piling.
Very cool. Beautiful area.

[Beth]

Beautiful scene. The rock piles are interesting.

[Elyse Klemchuk]

They do resemble people! Thank you for explaining about them to me! This is gorgeous!

[Judith Johnson]

I like how they rise up out of the water and almost mimic the birds. Lovely scene.

[summerfield]

wonderful shot, anne. the sky must've been so blue to make the waters have that blue-ish tint.

[Stacey]

A slice of Canadiana, geese and Inukshuks!

[❀ Lynn]

Isn't it fun how people build these anywhere they find free rocks. Nice view.

[Lisabell]

I first saw inuksuks when I went to my brother’s cabin in Wawa. They were everywhere up the coast of Lake Superior. I never knew they had a name until I read this so now I can go research the history behind them! Beautiful shot! I know Canada is more than lumberjacks and wilderness, but boy you’ve got some gorgeous places worth bragging about.