Heritage Harbor Ottawa

Great marina, been there since 2016

We absolutely love it here!

We stayed at the Marina April 24,2025. We have to say this is a wonderful place to stay. The staff was friendly and helpful everyone of them. The food was amazing. The facility was clean. We will be back. Wonderful place for kids as well.

I’m a yearly member and looking forward to the 2025 season

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Simply the best. Especially Sharon!

Better than most harbors on the Illinois River.

Beautiful marina, very well maintained, nice launch ramp and very courteous staff! Lots of amenities and clean facilities. The Sand Bar has outdoor entertainment and is really awesome in the summer!

The marina is really nice. The staff was friendly and professional. They were always willing to go above and beyond. Thank you! Teresa and Sean on Meant To Be.

The good: The staff are awesome, friendly,helpful. The docks are in great shape. The cost is very reasonable. They have a courtesy car. Bryce gives an excellent briefing of the trip downstream for Loopers. The not so good: The showers were in need of cleaning. Overall, this place is a must stop. I highly recommend it. They go out of their way to make your stay excellent!!!

Kristy and crew are top-notch. Our stay was amazing and they were all ready to assist in any way possible. Available depth for to come into the Marina was borderline, Kristy talked us through the right approach and we made it I. With no problems. Thank you all, Knot home

Harbormaster and deck hands were quick and amazing. Harbormaster was so accommodating, even lending out her personal vehicle because the marina vehicle was being used. We had a large flotilla come in and ahe was able to get everyone a dock to be safe during the storm. Also, this community is so cute! Highly recommend.

The marina goes above and beyond for their boaters!

Excellent stay. Expertly and efficiently handled 11 Loopers who arrived together. Friendly, courteous, and helpful staff. Great nightly briefing for the continuation of our trip downriver. Marina is clean with nice onsite restaurant and ship's store. Offers free truck to make provision run. Area has nice walking trails too.

Great staff, nice facilities, floating docks and lots of space for kids and pets.

Great facility!!! The staff were the absolute best yet!! Christie, the Dockmaster was absolutely amazing…. Organized and helpful…..arranging 10 boats in at the same time!!!!!! Full amenities with the exception of laundry , but 2 courtesy vehicles!!!! Great little restaurant on site. Bryce, the Harbor Host, was awesome…..assistant lock master at Marseilles, Harbor Host , Towboat US and also gives an amazing briefing for your travel from Heritage Harbor to Green Turtle Bay !!! This was an absolute pleasure to get the info and he was amazingly thorough!!! We can’t say enough about this facility and their staff and would recommend this to anyone,Looper or otherwise, as a wonderful stop!!!!!

In redible group of people we were a large flotilla, Bruce met us at the Lock, had prepped a float plan,got us sorted , tied off and through in no time. Christy and lots of dock hand met each of us on the dock. Tied us down. Hooked up, water connected and pumped out. Then came back to check on us. All day Christy made sure we ALL had whatever we needed. That evening Bryce gave us the absolute best briefing we’ve reviewed on the loop. Cannot thank this Marina enough for above and beyond service

Very nice Marina. Dock Hands helped us tie up (and) helped us plug in our electric and water. They held a very informative briefing on our waterways ahead for the Great Loopers. Lots of good info, take notes. Then we enjoyed dinner on their waterside deck, all dishes ordered were very good. Tip: if you have a handicapped person on board who cannot walk very far, you may want to inform office while making booking. We did not do that. Walk to restaurant was “very far” from our dock but office did provide a gulf cart for us to transport him. GREAT STAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY!!

Very nice facilities. The staff was very helpful. The showers were a tad bit far from our slip but we could use the walk anyway.

Heritage Harbor was a top 5 marina for us after 4,000 miles of travel around the Loop. Excellent people on the docks, in the office, and a fantastic Harbor Host who catches lines and welcomes visitors. Wonderful facilities - bath house, pool, Tiki Bar area, cornhole boards, etc. Well stocked ships store with many provision “essentials” without leaving the marina. Nice restaurant with great covered deck overlooking the marina. Easy access to the fuel dock and an efficient young man running it. Easy access to Uber for major provisions ( Super Walmart, Kroger, Aldi, Blains Farm and Fleet located in one area of town. Nightly Captain’s Brief covering the river travel ahead, anchorages, marinas, etc all the way to KY Lake. Excellent brief by very knowledgeable instructor- very much appreciated! We will plan a longer stay on our next trip, for sure.

Heritage Harbor was like a home away from home. All of the staff was very friendly and more than helpful. The amenities were fantastic. Would definitely recommend and we will be back!

Your Marina is beautiful! Thanks for a great long weekend.

It was amazing. From entering the canal with 6 other loopers and all the deck hands were awesome getting us all in there. Nice place looks new.

Great place. Clean and fun

Beautiful marina! Deckhand very helpful, nice pool, restaurant and showers.