Best Dog Park Ottawa Near Me

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"Plenty of space to run around and parking all along Stanley Avenue."

"The best dog park and amazing people around and the cutest dogs"

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The park (including the trans Canada Trail in front of the park) is now being routinely cleaned up by regulars making it a more enjoyable experience and something our community can be proud of. - bhs


I live in Stittsville and have been walking in this area for 16 years and I have enjoyed meeting dog owners with their pets. Walking a dog is a very therapeutic exercise for you and your four legged pet. It would be very upsetting if the town does nothing to prevent this; or if they cannot prevent then they should find a place to replace it. Housing is important, but Stittsville has grown very quickly and possibly not considering one important thing......listening to the people ...it is time to get help in this situation and not just think of the money making machine. - lm

It is hard to find places that we can walk our dogs off leash. It would be a shame to lose this area completely to housing. Nothing compares to the exercise our dog gets by socializing with other dogs off leash. We were thrilled when we heard of the dog park in Manotick (we try to avoid the overcrowded Bruce Pit) but to get to Manotick on a regular basis isn't feasible. The informal Stittsville Dog Park is a valuable recreational area to the west end. We live in Kanata and make the drive so our dog can socialize with others. If we can't keep a segment of this land for exercising our dogs, then there should be a designated replacement found in or on the outskirts of town. And by replacement we don't mean a fenced in field you walk circles in. - bsa


With 1 in 3 families being dog owners (therefore taxpayers), it would be fantastic to have a formal west end Ottawa off leash park. Comparable properties limited to Bruce Pit And Conroy Pit - both a significant distance away. It has been many years since the NCC designated most of its park trails as 'no dogs allowed' on leash or otherwise. For me, that significantly reduced the enjoyment I had communing with nature whilst providing my dogs with their required exercise. Both the humans and the pups benefit from the socialization off leash parks provide. Given the aging population demographic, it strikes me that more and more people will be looking for more of such places. From a cost perspective, I believe many such folks would be willing to pay a nominal user fee. Very much hope this proposal gets serious consideration at the local government level. - bks

It would be a real shame to lose this park, for both the dogs and the community at large. - anon


The beautiful fields & trails, woods, streams and nature, are located next to the Trans Canada Trail route and Hydro tower installations on Abbot St (& Shea Rd) in Stittsville, ON. Some, aptly refer to this area as either the "Stittsville Woods", "Shea Forest" or "Stittsville Forest".


"Cavanagh is starting tree clearing on December 7 in preparation for sewer construction along the future Cope Drive right away. In this episode, Councillor Glen talks about what's involved with the tree cutting, how it's funded, and what the City is doing to protect and preserve Shea Woods."


"The approved Fernbank Community Design Plan includes a 7-hectare forest proposed to be protected as an Urban Natural Area. However, these lands - known as the Shea Woods - are still owned by the developpers and the City will need to buy the lands back from the developers in order to protect them.


Since the City has already identified the conservation of the Shea Woods as a priority, protecting this forest is something that can realistically be accomplished. All that is needed is a strong voice from the community when the City has to make a decision regarding the purchase of the land, likely in 2015.

For those familiar with these lands, the Shea Woods includes most of the forested area in the lands bordered by Iber, Abbott, Shea and Fernbank. A stand of sugar maple trees to the south east of the Shea Woods is also proposed to remain protected as a neighbourhood park."

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