The Dow’s Lake swimming dock is open daily from sunrise to sunset, and it’s free. However, it’s unsupervised and lacking amenities, with no changing area, washroom, snack bar, parking or ...

Swimming at Dow’s Lake is now permitted in the first time in more than a century. The inauguration of the Dow’s Lake recreational dock began with a splash on Thursday as politicians, National ...

Grab your goggles and water wings, Ottawa: Swimming is now permitted from a recently installed dock at Dow's Lake. New buoy lines marking off the deep-water swim area were unveiled Thursday, with ...

The weeds of Dow’s Lake also hide a resident population of muskellunge: an apex predator and one of North America’s most prized — and elusive — fish.