(photo by Bob: 2005-09-21 - explore)
Oiseau Rock
View from the top of Oiseau Rock on the Ottawa River looking south-west. Oiseau Point and the Ottawa River can be seen in the foreground, while Lac des Allumettes can be seen in the distance.
Oiseau Rock is a sheer cliff of granite, about 150 m in height, situated on the Quebec shore of the Ottawa River at the bottom of the Deep River Reach. The cliff has been a sacred spot to the First Nations for thousands of years, as evidenced by pictographs, and tales of offerings left here. Tragically, many (most?) of the pictographs have been defaced by modern graffiti. The rock was much commented on by the European explorers. In the late 1800s, it was regularly visited by the steamboats plying the upper Ottawa. Currently, it is a favourite haunt of local boaters.
For more pictures and vistas from our trek to the top, see Oiseau Rock