Our last morning in Ottawa we were up bright and early to get to the Parliament Buildings for the first tour of the day. We still had a long drive ahead of us back to Guelph so there was no sleeping in this day! We were so early, in fact, that we were there before the...
The Canadian War Museum is Canada’s national museum of military history and is one museum I’d highly recommend to everyone that visits Ottawa. Laid out in chronological order it features galleries starting with exhibits and artifacts from the first recorded deaths by...
Having never visited the capital city of my home country while I lived in Canada, I was really looking forward to our time in Ottawa during our trip over the New Year. Of course, I’ve seen many, many photos of Parliament Hill during my life but to finally get to visit...
Found on the “Canadian Signature Experiences” list, Diefenbunker really is a unique type of museum and tourist site and was our first stop in Ottawa as we made our way into the city. Designed and built in secrecy from 1959-61, during the height of Cold War fear, the...
Kingston City Hall is one of the finest 19th-century buildings in Canada and is designated as a National Historic Site. It remains the centre for administering and governing the City of Kingston since 1844 and it was here that we found ourselves for a self-guided tour...
Sir Henry Pellatt is the man behind Toronto’s now famous landmark, and North America’s only full-sized castle. Born in Kingston, ON in 1859, he grew up to become a very astute businessman. At the same time that Thomas Edison was developing steam-generated electricity,...
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