It’s always amazing to me how many Ottawans have never heard of the Carlington Woods. How do you hide a 22-hectare urban forest?
If you’ve ever driven eastbound on the Queensway, past the Carling/Kirkwood exit, you’ve probably seen that big hill. Once a ski slope, the hill is part of Carlington Park, a public park developed in the 1960s on top of an old landfill, and that includes one of the city’s largest drinking-water aquifers.