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Maplelawn is an historic house and former estate located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The house was built between 1831 and 1834 as the centre of a farming estate by the Thomson family. In 1877 the Cole family bought the estate and lived there until 1989.
There are 26 National Historic Sites in Ottawa, [1] of which two (Laurier House and the Rideau Canal) are administered by Parks Canada (identified below by the beaver icon ). [2] The Rideau Canal, which extends to Lake Ontario at Kingston, was designated in 1925 and was the first site designated in Ottawa. [3]
The Garden of the Provinces and Territories (French: Jardins des provinces et des territoires) is a 4-acre (1.6 ha) site along Confederation Boulevard in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital city. It is bounded by the Sparks Street escarpment on the south, Wellington Street on the west and north, and Bay Street to the east [ 1 ] between Christ ...
Experimental Farms Service (July 30, 2010), Guide To Central Experimental Farm: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada by Canada Experimental Farms Service, Ottawa, Ontario: Nabu Press This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. Smith, Helen; Bramley, Mary (1996), Ottawa's farm : a history of the Central Experimental Farm, General Store Pub.
As the name indicates, the gardens are centrally located in and now surrounded by the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The 8-acre (3.2 Ha) garden is a National Historic Site and Cultural Heritage Landscape. [1] The original intent was to be used as a test facility for the development of winter hardy roses, weigela and peonies. [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 ...
Parkwood's architectural, landscape and interior designs are based on those of the 1920s and 1930s. The national Historic Sites and Monuments Board describes it as "a rare surviving example of the type of estate developed in Canada during the inter-war years, and is rarer still by its essentially intact condition, furnished and run to illustrate as it was lived within."
Booth House is a prominent heritage building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada located at 252 Metcalfe Street, just south of Somerset in Downtown Ottawa.The house was built by lumber baron John R. Booth in 1906, and it was designed by John W.H. Watts, who did a number of other Ottawa buildings.