OTTAWA RIVER

There is an island under Portage bridge
named Victoria island
and it belongs to natives. 
You can see great totem and also find the Old Flour Mill.



CANADA INSIGHT GUIDES


Closer to the Chaudière bridge
there is also the old Carbide Factory.
 

There is a legend that says that Joseph Monferrand beat up 150 Irish guys at the same time holding one of them by the feet and hitting the others that felt in the river.
Joseph Montferrand IN WIKIPEDIA


Rivers of the Upper Ottawa Valley


You can get a great view of the cities of Ottawa such as the Parliament Hill and Hull ; the Museum of Civilization in Hull.


ULYSSES OTTAWA-HULL

 

There was also a great fire that destroyed most of Hull in 1900.
It started in a chimney in Hull went through the Chaudière bridge made of wood and destroyed one fifth of Ottawa.



Capital Dining:
Anne DesBrisay's
Guide to Ottawa Restaurants




ACCOMODATION
IN OTTAWA - HULL 

 

Touring Eastern Canada:
Driving Holidays and Rail Journeys in Ontario,
Quebec, and the Atlantic Provinces
Thomas Cook Touring Guides





OTTAWA RIVER
PHOTO 1 : @M-J 2006

A view of the Ottawa River from Gatineau Park.