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Major's Hill Park is a park in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. The park stands above the Rideau Canal at the point where it enters the Ottawa River. The parliament buildings can be seen across the canal to the west, to the north of the park is the National Gallery of Canada, and to the east are the United States embassy and the Byward Market.
On 6 May 2020, Pope Francis amalgamated the Archdiocese of Ottawa and the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall to create the Archdiocese of Ottawa–Cornwall. [1] The Diocese of Bytown was erected on 25 June 1847. Its name was changed to the Diocese of Ottawa on 14 June 1860. It was elevated to archdiocese status on 8 June 1886.
The Library of Parliament, situated behind Centre Block.All the parliament buildings are designed in a Gothic Revival style. This collection is one of the world's most important examples of the Gothic Revival style; while the buildings' manner and design are unquestionably Gothic, they resemble no building constructed during the Middle Ages.
Winnipeg is named after nearby Lake Winnipeg, 65 km (40 mi) north of the city.English explorer Henry Kelsey may have been the first European to see the lake in 1690. He adopted the Cree and Ojibwe name win-nipi (also transcribed win-nipiy or ouenpig) meaning "murky water" or "muddy water" [11] [12] [13] (modern Cree: wīnipēk, ᐑᓂᐯᐠ).
Vars is a compact rural community [1] in Osgoode Ward in the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. According to the Canada 2021 Census , the population of Vars was 1,579, [ 2 ] using the boundaries defined in the Vars neighbourhood planning study area.
Almonte (/ ˈ æ l m ɒ n t / AL-mont; Spanish:) is a former mill town in Lanark County, in the eastern portion of Ontario, Canada.Formerly a separate municipality, Almonte is a ward of the town of Mississippi Mills, which was created on January 1, 1998, by the merging of Almonte with Ramsay and Pakenham townships. [2]
This is a list of neighbourhoods and outlying communities within the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.In 2001, the old city of Ottawa was amalgamated with the suburbs of Nepean, Kanata, Gloucester, Rockcliffe Park, Vanier and Cumberland, and the rural townships of West Carleton, Osgoode, Rideau and Goulbourn, along with the systems and infrastructure of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa ...
Navan is a community in Orléans South-Navan Ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located about 20 km east of the city of Ottawa and the centre of the town is Colonial Road (Ottawa Road #28) and Trim Road. [1] It is located southeast of the suburban community of Orleans. About 1,864 people live in the vicinity of Navan as of 2021. [2] [3]