The few days back that we had in Ontario were pretty hectic (...more so for Nik - I was floating on the OttawaRiver in Pembroke with my family, hitting up Nad's wedding and chilling in the GTA!!). We had to do a bunch of running around linking our ...
... . We make it a mission to visit things that are offered for free! We did an enjoyable river cruise on the OttawaRiver first and got dropped off near the museum. The museum gave us a wonderful overview of Canadian history and especially filled in the ...
... at 7.15am. After a trip of about one and half hours we and a couple of bus changes we got to our destination on the Ottawariver. We were in a boat with a British family which was cool as a lot of the people there were loud yank idiots screaming 'come ...
... the historical library, the statues, the colourful trees and the beautiful river. The view of the Ottawariver was spectacular. In the background, the Alexandra bridge could be seen as well as the Museum of ...
... and had a fairly early night. The next day, after my brilliant breakfast, I took beautiful walk through some parks and along the OttawaRiver. After raining all day Friday, for the rest of the weekend there was barely a drop; so it while it was quite ...
... through, it takes one and a half hours to do the 8 locks at the entrance to the canal leading from the OttawaRiver. The idea was to provide a link between the Ottawa and Kingston in case the Americans took control of the St ...
... through their selection of collector coins. Stroll along the Rideau Canal The Rideau Canal, opened in 1832, connects the OttawaRiver to Lake Ontario. Opened as a precautionary means in the case of a war with the United States, the intent of the canal ...
... , its like being in the med, unfortunately we had no water so we were totally dehydrated. We managed to make it over the Ottawariver to the Museum of Civilisation which was quite nice, stuff about Canadas history etc etc. Then a long walk back to the ...
... buildings from another angle. We then checked out what was going on Winterlude wise in Jacques-Cartier park which runs right along the Ottawariver. We will definitely go back there when it is a little warmer as it looks nice. This area of Winterlude was ...
... We stood there for a while and watched the ice disappear off the edge, the water over the falls didn't get far though as the OttawaRiver was still frozen. The biggest thing about this day however was that it was a balmy 6 degrees and we both took ...