page_title: Ottawa Rowing Club
section_title: Facilities
hierarchical_section_title: Ottawa Rowing Club / Facilities
caption_attribution_description: English: Finish line for the 1951 P. D. Ross Memorial rowing race at the Ottawa Rowing Club, Canada
context_page_description: The Ottawa Rowing Club is a rowing club based in the City of Ottawa. It is the oldest rowing club in Canada and is located on the south banks of the Ottawa River at 10 Lady Grey Avenue. It is a registered club with Rowing Canada and Row Ontario.
context_section_description: The Ottawa Rowing Club rows on the Ottawa river (Kitchissippi under its Algonquin name). The rowers launch racing shells with bow pointing westward upstream, and effectuate a loop from the Alexandra Bridge to the Rockcliffe Airport, rowing downstream on the Quebec side and upstream on the Ontario side. The full loop is approximately 12 kilometres.
  The ORC facilities includes two main buildings. The older building (est. 1896) houses members’ privately owned skiff on the ground floor. The second floor is an interpretation centre that also serves as banquet facilities rented out for weddings and other conventions. The building was renovated in 1999 by the City of Ottawa.
  The second shell house was built in 1987. It consists of a two-story building with four bays for shell and oar storage on the ground floor. Administrative offices, change rooms, and ergometers and weight room are located on the second floor.
caption: 1951 P.D. Ross regatta final in front of the Ottawa Rowing Club. Clubhouse left portion and house apartments above cliff no longer exist.
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