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The city’s Parliament
Buildings overlooking
Ottawa River at sunrise

2 Parliament. On July 1, which is
Canada Day, Parliament Hill is
OTTAWA the site of a large outdoor
concert and celebration.

k 11 miles (18 km) S of the city £ 200 Tremblay Rd,
3347 Fallowfield Rd @ 265 Catherine St, 200 Tremblay Rd 2
n Capital Information Centre, 90 Wellington St; www. Cathédrale
ottawatourism.ca
Notre-Dame
Ottawa was a compromise choice for Canada’s capital, ⌂ 385 Sussex Dr §(613)

picked in part because of the rivalry between the English 241 7496 # 11:30am–6pm
and French, and the cities that grew into today’s Toronto Mon, 10am–6pm Tue–Fri, 2–
and Montreal. Named capital of the Dominion of Canada 6pm Sat, 8am–8:30pm Sun Cartier Bridge Canada Aviation and Space Museum 0 meters 500 N
Macdonald-
3 miles (5 km)
in 1857, Ottawa has a fine setting on the banks of the Built between 1841 and 1865, 0 yards 500
Ottawa and Rideau rivers and an identity all its own. the twin­spired Cathédrale Jacques BOTELER ST LOWER ST PAT R ICK ST
Cartier
Notre­Dame is Ottawa’s best­ Park SUSSEX D R I V E TOWN
1860. Located on a 164­ft known Catholic church. It is Gatineau C A T H C A R T S T R E E T CUM
1 '= (50­m) hill, the Parliament situated in the ByWard Market (see p282) B R U Y E R E S T R E E T B EA USO L E I L D R I V E
R I D E A U S T R E E T I D E A U S T R E E T
Parliament Buildings offers a view of the Ottawa Royal Canadian DALHOUSIE STREET
ST PATRICK STREET
River. Its buildings are distinctly Mint K I N G E D WA R D AV E N U E
⌂ Parliament Hill, 111 reminiscent of London’s Champlain Cathédrale
ST ANDREW STREET BERLAND STREE
Wellington St # May Statue Notre-Dame MURRAY STREET R AUGUSTA STREET
N E L S O N S T R E E T
& Jun: 9am–7:30pm daily; Westminster, both in their Alexandra CHAPEL STREET
Y O R K S T R E E T
Bridge
Jul–Apr: 9am–4:30pm daily Neo­Gothic style and in their National CLARENCE STREET T FRIEL STREET Laurier
Andaz Ottawa
¢ Jan 1, Jul 1, Dec 25 position. Largely destroyed in Canadian Gallery of Byward Market B E S S E R E R S T R E E T
Canada
a fire in 1916, all the buildings
∑ parl.gc.ca Museum MARKET SQ ByWard DALY ST R E ET House
are now restored to their of History Hill Park M ACK E NZ I E AVE Market ST E WA RT STR E ET
Major’s
BYWARD
Dominating the skyline, the former grandeur and can be GEORGE W I L B ROD ST R E E T
country’s government build­ toured year round. Visitors Bytown Museum STREET WA LLE R ST CUMBERLAND STREET
S U S S E X D R I V E
ings overlook downtown can climb the Peace Tower for O t tawa Rive r Fairmont SANDY RUSSELL AVE
Château
Ottawa in a stately manner. glorious views of the city, and Centre Laurier Conference NICHOLAS STREET L A U R I E R A V E N U E E A S T
HILL
Block
Centre
Undaunted by the skyscrapers watch proceedings of the Parliament East National
that have crept up around Senate and House of Commons Buildings Block Arts Centre K I N G E D WA R D AV E
them in the 150 years since whenever they are in session. Supreme Court West University NELSON STREET
Block
they became Ottawa’s center Hand­carved sandstone and of Canada WELLINGTON STREET Confederation of Ottawa
of power, the East and West limestone characterize the SPARKS ST E LG I N Park COLONEL BY DRIVE
blocks glow green above the interior of the government METCALFE ST Elgin QUEEN ELIZABETH DRIVE Ottawa Station
2 miles (3 km)
NICHOLAS STREET
city due to their copper roofing. chambers. In summertime, The stunning arched Canadian War Museum DOWNTOWN O ’CO N N O R ST Lord ST R E E T Canada Science and
The Gothic Revival sandstone Mounties patrol the neat, ceiling of Cathédrale 700 yd (650 m) LAURIER AVE WEST Ottawa Rideau Technology Museum
buildings were completed in grassy grounds outside the Notre-Dame KENT ST ALBERT ST City Hall Canal 3 miles (5 km)
BANK ST
Canada Agriculture
and Food Museum Bus Station Canadian Museum of Nature Windsong Manor B&B
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