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Flaming fall colors
surrounding Meech Lake
in Parc de la Gatineau

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GATINEAU Casino du Lac-Leamy

⌂ 1 Blvd du Casino
# 24 hours daily
k Ottawa International 7 miles (12 km) S of the city ∑ casinos.lotoquebec.com
@ 200 Tremblay Rd, Ottawa n 103 Rue Laurier; www.
tourismeoutaouais.com Three million visitors a year
are lured to this glittering
Gatineau (known as Hull until 1992) is based just across casino, which is equipped with
the river from Ottawa, in the province of Quebec, 1,800 slot machines and 64 Casino du Lac-Leamy
1 mile (1.5 km)
and is often considered to be a more relaxed and fun- gaming tables. Owned by the La Pataterie Hulloise BOULEVARD SACRÉ-COEUR
Macdonald-
loving counterpart to the national capital. Right from Quebec government, the 0.6 miles (1 km) Cartier Bridge
Hull’s establishment in 1800, the city’s liquor laws casino opened in 1996 and RUE EDGAR-CHENIER RUE CHAM PLAIN
is set in a park full of flowers
were far more lenient than Ottawa’s, so this was where and fountains. There’s 24-hour R U E S T - R É D E M P T E U R Parc
Ottawa politicians came to party. Gatineau is also entertainment, with first-rate RUE ST-HYACINTHE Dupuis RUE A-GUERT I N RUE DE VERDUN R U E L A U R I E R Parc
home to Canada’s most-visited museum, the Canadian restaurants, a buzzing R U E L A V A L R U E K E N T Jacques-
Cartier
Museum of History, which provides a fascinating tour nightclub, and a full-scale B O U L E V A R D D E S A L L U M E T T I È R E S M A I S O N N E U V E
RU E ST- ÉTI E NN E
RUE ST-ÉTIENNE
of the country over the past 1,000 years. on-site theater.
RUE CHARLEVOIX Alexandra
Parc de la Gatineau Parc Bridge
1 1.2 miles (2 km) Fontaine B O U L E V A R D
Parc de la Gatineau R U E P A P I N E A U R U E C H AM PL A IN R U E L A U R I E R
Les Brasseurs du Temps RU E DO LL AR D DE S OR ME AU X RUE DE NOTRE- DAME-DE-I'ÎLE
440 yd (400 m) Ottawa
⌂ 33 Scott Rd # Daily FRONTENAC (see p210)
RUE
∑ ncc-ccn.gc.ca R UE L AVA L RU E KE N T RUE VICTORIA Canadian
Museum
PL DU
This 140-sq-miles (360-sq-km) RUE ST-RÉDEMPTEUR R U E E D D Y R U E S T - J A C Q U E S RUE DE L’HÔTEL-DE-VILLE PORTAGE of History
Maison
oasis of lakes and rolling hills RUE WRIGHT PLACE du Citoyen
AUBRY
between the Gatineau and Promenade
Ottawa rivers is a weekend R U E W E L L I N G T O N du Portage
playground for city residents. PROMEN ADE DU PORTAGE
The park contains an estate Ottawa R i v e r
that belonged to the former R U E L A U R I E R
Canadian prime minister Edgar
William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1.2 miles (2 km) RUE ED DY 0 meters 500 N
within which you will find Nighttime view across the iluminated Pont
fragments of Gothic buildings. Alexandra Bridge, looking toward Gatineau Portage 0 yards 500
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