The
Chaudière Falls are a set of cascades and
waterfall in the centre of the
Ottawa-
Gatineau metropolitan area in
Canada where the
Ottawa River narrows between a rocky escarpment on both sides of the river. The location is just west of the
Chaudière Bridge, northwest of the
Canadian War Museum at
LeBreton Flats and south of the
E.B. Eddy complex. The islands at Chaudière Falls are Chaudière Island immediately to the east and Victoria Island east of that. The falls are about wide and drop . The area around the falls was once heavily industrialized, especially in the 19th century, and provided a significant contribution to the growth of the surrounding cities.