The future of the Queen Elizabeth Driveway.

"About 30 permanent gates, that are easy to open and close, would be installed at roads ending on QED between Laurier Avenue and Dow's Lake." ("Reimagining the Queen Elizabeth Driveway, NCC Parkways for People Series, November 2021.")

"The NCC has a long-standing policy to retain federal riverfront land." (The Hon. Ron Stewart, Official Land Use Policy in City of Ottawa-June 1984.")

Report of the Federal District Commission, 1949, page 14/75  "The Federal District Commission is justly famous for the utilization of the scenic beauty of the federal capital. Wherever possible, parks and driveways are and will be located along the banks of the Rideau and Ottawa rivers, the Rideau Canal and Dow's Lake."

Land adjacent to the Rideau Canal is part of the NCC's National Interest Land Mass. NILM holdings include "The national institutions and symbols, rivers and canal banks, Confederation Boulevard, parkway corridors, Gatineau Park and the Greenbelt. Land forming the NILM will be retained by the NCC in perpetuity." 

 The scenic parkways in Ottawa cannot be de paved, off-limits to motor vehicles, given away or converted to parks.

1.) Ottawa River Parkway, Wellington Street to Carling Avenue. Also known as the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. 254 ha.

2.) Rideau Canal lands from downtown to Hog's Back Rd. 90 hectares or 222 acres. The views of the Rideau Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site cannot be jeopardized by the loss of Queen Elizabeth Drive as a scenic highway route.

3.) Airport Parkway. 120 ha.

4.) Eastern Parkway, Hemlock Road to Hwy 417. 72 ha.

5.) Eastern Driveway and Rockcliffe Park from Sussex Drive to Greenbelt. 255 ha.

6.) Ottawa River shoreline proposed Voyageur Parkway. 184 ha. (Google: 1988-09-15-TB-re-NCC.)

Scenic Driveways in Ontario, March 31, 1985.

• Ottawa River
• Airport
• Eastern Driveway
• Colonel By
• Eastern Parkway
• Queen Elizabeth Driveway
• Hog's Back Road
• Rockcliffe Parkway
• Queensway
• Island Park
• Station Boulevard
• Experimental Farm (Information is from the 1984-85 Report of the NCC, page 32/70.)

"Federal, scenic highways and parks in the National Capital Region are dedicated to the memory of Canadian soldiers who died fighting in foreign wars. They will be owned by the citizens of Canada in perpetuity." (The Greber Report of 1950, page 228/395.)

Queen Elizabeth Drive may be converted to a park: