Petrie Island Contacts

City of Ottawa Information
(beach, parking, events)

The City of Ottawa operates the beach and parking, and handles group reservations.

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE SWIMMING BEACH, PARKING, GROUP USE, OR OTHER PUBLIC USE ISSUES, PLEASE CALL THE CITY OF OTTAWA:

3-1-1    or    (613) 580-2400

TOLLFREE 1-866-261-9799.

FOR PICNIC AREA RESERVATIONS, THE NUMBER TO CALL IS (613) 580-2595

For events on the beach (e.g. Canada Day, Carivibe, volleyball), contact the City of Ottawa at the numbers above.

Book your event at the beach. Contact City Wide Allocations at 613-580-2595 or e-mail sports@ottawa.ca.

For swimming conditions, see our water quality page.

Friends of Petrie Island Information
(naturalists, hiking trails)

The Friends of Petrie Island operate an interpretive center, special events tent (available for rental) and maintain the trail system.  We do NOT operate the beach or the parking lots.  We do NOT know about public events on the beach. See the box to the left.

Friends of Petrie Island Committee Members and Staff

Information on membership and volunteering is here: Get Involved. For further information on joining the Friends of Petrie Island, please contact chairman Al Tweddle at 824-1188.

You can also find out more information online here:

Friends of Petrie Island Facebook

Friends of Petrie Island Twitter
 

This site is maintained by David Villeneuve and Paul Le Fort.   If you have any comments or suggestions, please e-mail me . We would appreciate receiving any documents pertaining to Petrie Island, or suggestions for links.