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Posted in Attractions on Feb 23rd, 2009
The Museum of Canadian Civilization is Canada’s most visited museum. It’s located in Gatineau, Québec, just across the Ottawa river from Canada’s capital.
It’s worth visiting just for the building alone. Designed by Native-Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal it opened in 1989 to international acclaim.
The museum is split into several distinct areas:
Children’s museum is really a play [...]
Posted in Attractions on Feb 22nd, 2009
Canada’s houses of Parliament sit on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. They were completed early in the 20th century before being severely damaged by fire in 1916.
The parliament building is greatly inspired by those of the United Kingdom in London, UK, both in style and substance, whilst remaining distinctly Canadian.
It’s possible to tour the buildings. Free [...]
Posted in Attractions on Feb 21st, 2009
Ottawa, the capital of Canada is about 200km or 2 hours drive from Montréal, making it an excellent day trip destination.
Much smaller than Montréal, Ottawa has just over 1 million inhabitants. It’s in an officially bilingual area called the National Capital Region made up mostly of Ottawa itself and Gatineau just across the river in Québec.
Although officially bilingual, most people in Ottawa speak [...]
Posted in Attractions on Nov 14th, 2008
The holiday season is fast approaching and soon it will be time to decorate our houses with lots of Christmas decorations. If you’d like to go somewhere really special to select your favourite baubles, why not drive over the border to Burlington in Vermont? It’s just under two hours drive from Montréal.
Burlington itself is a [...]
Posted in Attractions on Oct 17th, 2008
Knowlton is the largest village in the town of Lac Brome in the Eastern Townships. It’s very much a tourist destination with pretty Victorian villas and various cafés and restaurants. Situated on the edge of Lac Brome, Knowlton is a wonderful destination for a weekend away from Montréal or even for a Sunday lunch out. [...]
Posted in Attractions on Oct 14th, 2008
Mont Orford is the highest peak and the largest national park in the Eastern Townships. It’s run by the Sépaq so has all the standard facilites including parking, a visitor centre, camp sites and trails.
In addition to the national park, the mountain also has an area reserved for alpine skiing, and when there is no [...]
Posted in Attractions on Oct 14th, 2008
North Hatley is a small village in the Eastern Townships on the north end of Lake Massawippi. It has a population of around 800 people and is one of the prettiest villages in this part of Québec.
Originally founded by loyalists fleeing an independent America, it is made up essentially of pretty villas overlooking the lake. There [...]
Posted in Attractions on Sep 28th, 2008
Only 40km from Montréal, Mont-Saint-Bruno park is a wooded delight. It’s managed by Parks Québec and thus is part of the Sépaq network.
The park consists of a lot of forest, some grassland, five ponds/lakes and some historical buildings. We took the kids on a 3.5km walk through the forest which was really nice. It was [...]
Posted in Attractions on Sep 20th, 2008
Oka park is just 40km from Montréal and offers a mix of a beach and forest trails. It’s part of the Sépaq network of national parks in Québec.
The beach area is one of the prettiest that I’ve seen in Québec. There is a magnificient and clean sandy beach on the Lac des deux montagnes. There [...]
Posted in Attractions on Sep 3rd, 2008
It’s the Labour Day holiday here in Canada and that marks the beginning of the apple picking season. For a great day out, you can drive down to the south west of Québec and visit one of the many orchards on the Route de la Pomme / Apple Route.
We visited Arthur’s Orchard which specialises in [...]