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Somerset Ward. Victoria Island[4] (French: Île Victoria, Algonquin: Asinabka) [5] is an island in the Ottawa River, located north of LeBreton Flats, 1 km west of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The island is "a place of special significance" to the local Algonquian peoples, [2] who use the island for ceremonial purposes and for protests. [6]
Brighton is a town in Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada, [1] approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) east of Toronto and 100 km (62 mi) west of Kingston. It is traversed by both Highway 401 and the former Highway 2. The west end of the Murray Canal that leads east to the Bay of Quinte is at the east end of the town.
Presqu'ile Provincial Park is a park in southeastern Northumberland County on the north shore of Lake Ontario near the town of Brighton in Ontario, Canada. [1] The park occupies an area of 9.37 km 2 (3.62 sq mi). The name of the park is the French word for peninsula, or literally "almost island", and was believed to be named by Samuel De ...
Victoria Island, part of Chaudière Island on lower left, Ottawa mainland on right, and Parliament Hill in background Victoria Island ( 45°25′16″N 75°42′44″W / 45.421151°N 75.712228°W / 45.421151; -75.712228 ) is located in Ontario between Ottawa and Gatineau on the Ottawa River, where it narrows near the Canadian War ...
View of islands in Lake Huron between Manitoulin Island (left) and the northwestern tip of the Bruce Peninsula (right). North is oriented towards the upper left in this photo taken from the International Space Station on April 10, 2022. The largest island completely shown is Fitzwilliam Island on the left side. This is a list of islands of Ontario.
This is the outline of the geography of the city of Ottawa, the capital of Canada. Ottawa's current borders were formed in 2001, when the former city of Ottawa amalgamated with the ten other municipalities within the former Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton. Ottawa is now a single-tiered census division, home to 1,017,449 people.
As of 2021, [update] Ottawa had a city population of 1,017,449 and a metropolitan population of 1,488,307, making it the fourth-largest city and fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. [ 14 ][ 15 ] Ottawa is the political centre of Canada and the headquarters of the federal government.
154 km 2 (59 sq mi) Established. 1987. Visitors. 460,435 (in 2022–23 [ 1 ]) Governing body. Parks Canada. Bruce Peninsula National Park is a national park on the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario, Canada. Located on a part of the Niagara Escarpment, the park comprises 156 square kilometres and is one of the largest protected areas in southern ...