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Gatineau Park Visitor Centre sign. Gatineau Park (French: Parc de la Gatineau) is a federal park located in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada.Administered by the National Capital Commission as part of the National Capital Region, Gatineau Park is a 361 square kilometres (139 sq mi) wedge of land extending north and west from the city of Gatineau.
The view from Luskville Falls in the Gatineau Hills Gatineau Hills across Ottawa west end and Ottawa river Ottawa valley at the skirts of the Gatineau Hills. The Gatineau Hills (French: Collines de la Gatineau) are a geological formation in Canada that makes up part of the southern tip of the Canadian Shield, and acts as the northern shoulder of the Ottawa Valley. [1]
Map of green spaces in Paris. Paris today has more than 421 municipal parks and gardens, covering more than three thousand hectares and containing more than 250,000 trees. [1] [verification needed] The following is a partial list of public parks and gardens in the city.
The network of the Trans Canada Trail is made up of more than 400 community trails. Each trail section is developed, owned, and managed locally by trail groups, conservation authorities, and by municipal, provincial, territorial, and federal governments, for instance in parks such as Gatineau Park or along existing trails such as the Cataraqui Trail and Voyageur Hiking Trail.
One encircles Dow's Lake and path users frequently cross to the other side near Carleton University, just south of the lake. The trail extends to Hog's Back Falls which also provides a crossing. This is the point where the canal meets the Rideau River. A multi-use trail continues on its east side past Mooney's Bay Park to Walkley Road.
Meech Lake (French: Lac Meech) is located within Gatineau Park in the Municipality of Chelsea, Quebec, Canada. It is located about 20 km northwest of Gatineau. The lake was named after Reverend Asa Meech, an early settler in the area. Near the lake, on Meech Creek, are the ruins of a fertilizer plant built by Thomas "Carbide" Willson during the ...
Solid yellow line - current boundary of Gatineau; Dashed yellow line - boundaries of former municipalities until 2002, now corresponding to sectors; Dashed orange line - boundaries of former municipalities until 1975; 1 - Aylmer, Lucerne, Deschenes 2 - Hull 3 to 9 - City of Gatineau (1975 to 2002) 3 and 3A - Touraine 4 - Pointe-Gatineau
An X marks a trail or direction that deviates from the GR path. Trailside marker and local observers alongside GR 76A. The GR footpaths are a network of long-distance walking trails in Europe, mostly in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain.