Ottawa

Ottawa is a locality in Ottawa, Ontario. Ottawa is situated nearby to the suburb Centretown, as well as near the neighborhood Chinatown.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Library and Archives Canada and Canadian Museum of History.

Library and Archives Canada

Library

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Library and Archives Canada is the federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving, and providing accessibility to the documentary heritage of Canada.

The Canadian Museum of History is a national museum on anthropology, Canadian history, cultural studies, and ethnology in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. The purpose of the museum is to promote the heritage of Canada, as well as support related research.

Canadian Museum of Nature

Museum

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The Canadian Museum of Nature is a national natural history museum based in Canada's National Capital Region. The museum's exhibitions and public programs are housed in the Victoria Memorial Museum Building, a 18,910-square-metre structure in Ottawa, Ontario.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ottawa and Gatineau.

Ottawa

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Ottawa is Canada's capital. With over a million citizens, it is Canada's fourth-largest city, and Ontario's second-largest city. Visitors often come to Ottawa to see Parliament Hill and Canada's national museums, but the city also has much shopping, many restaurants, and lively nightlife.

Gatineau

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Gatineau is a city in the Outaouais region of Quebec, on the north shore of the Ottawa River, across from Canada's capital, Ottawa. It is part of the official National Capital Region which constitutes the fourth largest urban area in the country, after Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.

Vanier

Suburb

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Vanier is a neighbourhood in the Rideau-Vanier Ward of the east end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Historically francophone and working class, the neighbourhood was a separate city until being amalgamated into Ottawa in 2001. Vanier is situated 3½ km northeast of Ottawa.

Ottawa

Type: Locality
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

45.4168° or 45° 25′ 1″ north

Longitude

-75.6993° or 75° 41′ 58″ west

Elevation

77 metres (253 feet)

Open location code

87Q6C882+P7

GeoNames ID

6094816

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