At about 1:45 am on Saturday morning I woke up to some drag racer ripping it down the 417 across the river in Kanata. It was a calm night and yes, the sound carries all the way to Aylmer across the water.
Sounds like this is a nightly occurence in Ottawa.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ottawa/comments/1fh2zn3/why_do_i_need_to_listen_to_race_car_driving_every/