Mitch Owens Road runs along the border primarily of the former city of Gloucester

Gloucester, Ontario

Gloucester is a suburb of and within the City of Ottawa. Gloucester Township was established in 1792 and originally included lands east of the Rideau River from the Ottawa River south to Manotick. It was incorporated as a township in 1850 and became a city in 1981...

 and Osgoode Township

Osgoode Township, Ontario

Osgoode Township is a former township that is now a part of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It encompassed the same area that is currently Osgoode Ward. The township along the Rideau River was established in 1798 and incorporated in 1850. It was an independent township in Carleton County until...

. It was named after former Gloucester mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 Mitch Owens

Mitch Owens

Mitch Owens was a city councillor and interim mayor of Gloucester, Ontario, Canada. Born in Hazelridge, Manitoba he joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1944. That same year he served on the St. Roch, during a part of its historic voyage through the Northwest Passage...

.

It runs from Manotick

Manotick, Ontario

Manotick, Ontario is an exurb in Eastern Ontario on the Rideau River, located on the south edge of Ottawa's urban area. Manotick is located immediately south of the booming suburbs Barrhaven and Riverside South and is about from downtown Ottawa. It has been part of the City of Ottawa since...

 to Highway 417

Highway 417 (Ontario)

King's Highway 417, also known as Highway 417 and the Queensway through Ottawa is a 400-series highways in the Canadian province of Ontario which connects Montreal with Ottawa. It is the backbone of the transportation system in the Ottawa region, where it forms part of the Queensway along with...

 in Vars

Vars, Ontario

Vars is a small village in eastern Ontario, Canada, located within the municipal boundaries of Ottawa. Vars has a French elementary school called St-Guillaume, two churches , and an outdoor skating rink located in the "Alcide Trudeau Park". There are few businesses, but there is a corner store, a...

. The speed limit is typically 80 km/h (49.7 mph) although in certain sections it can be as low as 50 km/h (31.1 mph). There is a gas station at the corner of Albion Road

Albion Road (Ottawa)

Albion Road is an important north-south road in the southern part of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The street begins in the north as Albion Road North, at Walkley Road....

and Mitch Owens.