The Rockcliffe Parkway is a parkway

Parkway

The term parkway has several distinct principal meanings and numerous synonyms around the world, for either a type of landscaped area or a type of road.Type of landscaped area:...

 in Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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The parkway begins at the end of Sussex Drive and follows the Ottawa River, through Rockcliffe Park

Rockcliffe Park, Ontario

Rockcliffe Park is one of the wealthiest neighbourhoods in Ottawa, Ontario, and is one of the most prosperous enclaves in Canada. From 1926 until 2001 it was an independent village, but was amalgamated with the rest of the city January 1, 2001...

 and past the Canada Aviation Museum

Canada Aviation Museum

The Canada Aviation and Space Museum is Canada's national aviation history museum. The museum is located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, at the Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport...

. About 200 m after passing Lower Duck Island, it turns towards the south, passing over Regional Road 174

Regional Road 174

Ottawa Regional Road 174, commonly referred to as Highway 174, is a regionally maintained road in the city of Ottawa which serves the eastern suburbs of Orléans and Cumberland. Although the road continues through the towns of Rockland and Hawkesbury to the Quebec border, the portion east of the...

. It ends at the intersection between St. Joseph Boulevard and Bearbrook Road.

Being a federal roadway, the Rockcliffe Parkway is patrolled by the RCMP

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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instead of the local police force.