The park is a popular stopping off point for boaters cruising the Rideau Canal. The Rideau Canal links the Rideau and Cataraqui rivers, a 202km navigation route between Kingston and Ottawa. Completed in 1832, the Rideau is North America's oldest, continuously operated canal.

Running for some 2.3 km along the waterway, the reforested farmland was consolidated as a park in 1959. Silver maples and pines predominate. The park is home to mourning doves, bluejays, nuthatches, black-capped chickadees and various warblers and owls. Great blue heron, American bittern, red-winged blackbird and a variety of ducks can be spotted along the riverbank, along with turtles and frogs. White-tailed deer are sometimes spotted in the woods.