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MONUMENTS - Women as Persons Inaugurated on October 18, 2000, the memorial is a tribute to Nellie McClung,...
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Queen Elizabeth II has reigned as Canada's monarch since 1952. She is depicted here on her...
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Sir John A. Macdonald (1815-1891) As one of the Fathers of Confederation and Canada's first Prime Minister,...
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The base of the monument
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Alexander Mackenzie (1822-1892) was described by Sir Wilfrid Laurier as "One of the truest and strongest...
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Queen Victoria (1819-1901) chose Ottawa as Canada's capital in 1858. Nearly forty years later, a...
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Lester B. Pearson (1897-1972) When Lester B. Pearson became Canada's 14th Prime Minister, he had...
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Police Memorial Pavilion (1994) behind the Parliament buildings. The granite stone at the base of the...
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National War Memorial in the center of Confederation Square near Parliament Hill. Originally...
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in somber black & white Although it was designed to commemorate those who died in the "war to end...
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Aboriginal War Memorial (2001) is located near the National War Monument in Confederation Park (on...
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Terry Fox Statue (1983) is located on Wellington Street across from Parliament Hill. Terry Fox,...
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CENTER BLOCK & Peace Tower The best known building in the complex is the Centre Block, with its...
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View from the east The original Centre Block, which was completed in 1878, was designed in...
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West end of the Center Block The Centre Block was entirely destroyed in a fire in 1916, except for the...
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Peace Tower & Centennial Flame at sunset At one second past midnight on January 1, 1967, Lester B. Pearson launched...
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The Peace Tower completed in 1927, commemorates the end of the First World War. It is...
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Distinctive entrance Like the entire interior and exterior of the building, the tower is decorated...
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The East Block was built in two stages in 1867 and 1910. The main section went up at...
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West Block & Centennial Flame, at dusk The West Block was built in 1865. Two extensions to the original...
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The Library of Parliament (1876) This unique circular building, with its massive flying buttresses, galleries,...
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The Confederation Building (1931) This massive Gothic revival office building is located just west of the...
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with fall foliage It originally housed workers in a number of departments, with the...
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View from the west Plans to clean & refurbish the masonry of the building are scheduled to...
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Reflected in the Bank of Canada building across the street on Wellington.
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