Driving to Ottawa/Gatineau via Highway 416

Available in high quality.

This is a video of driving from the Highway 401/416 interchange (around 360 km east of Toronto) to Ottawa/Gatineau. Gatineau is a city located directly across the Ottawa river, in the French-speaking province of Quebec. Ottawa is located in Ontario and (for the unenlightened) is the capital of Canada.

The drive begins on Highway 401 (eastbound), then onto Highway 416 (majority of the video), then finally onto Highway 417, which is part of the Trans-Canada Highway. Upon arrival, the video also includes a brief drive through Ottawa and then Gatineau.

Notice the significant change in the style of traffic lights as one crosses from the province of Ontario (Ottawa) to Quebec (Gatineau). I find the Quebec lights to be somewhat amusing :)

The whole drive is around 90 km in length, and is sped up approximately 7 times.

This video (and several others following this one) were made by my new cheap miniDV camera. I still haven't figured out a decent mount, so the video includes lots of shaking and some zoom mishaps, so don't expect top notch quality.

The music is:
Chris Rea - The Road to Hell (Part 2)
Chris Rea - That's What They Always Say

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• driving
• ottawa
• gatineau
• highway
• 401
• 416
• 417
• ontario
• quebec
• canada
• capital
• car
• road

[thesimpsonfan270]

how did you speed it up like that?

[Kot1234]

@thesimpsonfan270 I used Corel VideoStudio, although most other video editors should be able to do it.

[MrBuckwilliam]

dam good vid with dam good driving music... :)

liked & saved

[Kot1234]

@MrBuckwilliam Thanks!

[lemonrind]

I live in Ottawa and I drive to Pennsylvania every year. On my way home, I always find the 416 to be the longest part of the journey. It feels like you're on an endless road to nowhere. I always expect Ottawa to be around the next corner, but there's just more road.

For a camera mount, you might try duct tape.

[Kot1234]

@lemonrind Thanks :) This video was made a long time ago. I actually now use velcro strips as a camera mount, and it works quite well (my last few videos in Canada were made that way). I will soon start making new videos with my new HD camera, so stay tuned :)

[bvivian]

good video.. i love driving alot but for some reason the 416 just drags on

[rattagous70099]

You drove right by my place and didn't stop for coffee! LOL Love the video and tunes :):):):)

[rattagous70099]

Awesome, were you going 120K?

[MrWaterengineer]

@captairborne yup, to a nearby Timmies to get some doughnuts

[Viktorsiable]

thank you very much for this beautiful movie ,this reminds me of my annual Ottawa

Embrun holiday

[luisarruda69]

good memories