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An exceptional example of 19th-century cemetery design, containing a concentration of mausolea, monuments, and markers of significant importance to the history of Canada, Ontario and Ottawa; the cemetery was declared the national cemetery of Canada in 2009. It has served as the national military cemetery since 1944 and the RCMP's national ...
National Research Council Canada Laboratories 100 Sussex Drive Ottawa (Lowertown) ON Federal More images: National Research Council of Canada, Building M-20 1200 Montreal Road Ottawa (Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward) ON
A railway station representative of the larger stations erected for the newly formed Grand Trunk Railway along the key Toronto to Montreal line during the mid-19th century, it is the oldest continuously operating passenger train station in Canada Bethune Memorial House [25] 1880 (completed) 1996 Gravenhurst
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography - closed in 2006, collections now at the National Gallery of Canada Canadian Postal Museum - closed in 2012 Canadian Ski Museum - moved to Mont Tremblant, Quebec 2013
Ceremonial Guard stand watch over Canada's national memorial, The Response, with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the foreground.. Canadian war memorials are buildings, monuments, and statues that commemorate the armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Canada, the role of the Canadian military in conflicts and peacekeeping operations, and Canadians who died or were injured in a war.
Since 1940, [4] the National War Memorial is the site of the national Remembrance Day ceremony, organized every year by the Royal Canadian Legion for 11 November. Along with Canadian war veterans, the ceremony is attended by the governor general, sometimes members of the Canadian royal family, the prime minister, the Silver Cross mother, representatives of the Canadian Armed Forces and Royal ...
Canada accepted the convention on 23 July 1976. [3] There are 22 World Heritage Sites in Canada, with a further 10 on the tentative list. [3] The first two sites in Canada added to the list were L'Anse aux Meadows and Nahanni National Park Reserve, both at the Second Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Washington, D.C., in 1978. [4]
The Canadian War Museum (CWM) (French: Musée canadien de la guerre) is a national museum on the country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.The museum serves as both an educational facility on Canadian military history and a place of remembrance.