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Camp Hughes was designated as a National Historic Site of Canada in 2011. It features an intact World War I battlefield terrain, which was created for training purposes by the Canadian Department of Militia between 1915 and 1916. It is now one of the only World War One era trench systems remaining in the world. [1]
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 ...
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 ...
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.
City of Ottawa Art Galleries - includes ASP, Barbara Ann Scott, Centrepointe Theatre, City Hall, Gallery 112, Karsh-Masson, Studio and Trinity galleries [2] Currency Museum - in the Bank of Canada Diefenbunker - at CFS Carp
Former Ottawa Teachers' College (Ottawa Normal School) Ottawa ( Ottawa City Hall ) ON 45°25′12″N 75°41′27″W / 45.42000°N 75.69083°W / 45.42000; -75.69083 ( Former Ottawa Teachers' College National Historic
Capture of Regina Trench; Capture of Stuff Redoubt; 1 October–11 November 1916 Battle of the Ancre. Capture of Beaumont-Hamel; 13–18 November 1916 Battle of Arras: Battle of Vimy Ridge: 9–12 April 1917 First Scarpe, 1917 9–14 April 1917 Second Scarpe, 1917 Attack on La Coulotte; 23–24 April 1917 Battle of Arleux: 28–29 April 1917 ...
France ceded to Canada the perpetual use of a portion of land on Vimy Ridge on the understanding that Canada use the land to establish a battlefield park and memorial. Wartime tunnels, trenches, craters, and unexploded munitions still honeycomb the grounds of the site, which remains largely closed off for reasons of public safety. Along with ...