Jacques Cartier Park
Jacques-Cartier Park is a park in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, along the Ottawa River. The park is more than 22.68 hectares large and is located at the base of the Alexandra Bridge, facing the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: parc in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
- Also known as: “Jacques-Cartier Park”
- Address: 162 Rue Laurier
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Monastère des Servantes de Jésus-Marie and Canadian Museum of History.
Monastère des Servantes de Jésus-Marie
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monastère des Servantes de Jésus-Marie is a church.
Canadian Museum of History
Museum
Photo: Taxiarchos228, CC BY 3.0.
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 History is situated 790 metres south of Jacques Cartier Park.
Macdonald-Cartier Bridge
Bridge
Photo: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Macdonald-Cartier Bridge is a bridge connecting Ottawa, Ontario, with Gatineau, Quebec. The bridge is a 618-metre-long continuous steel box girder bridge and carries six lanes of traffic. Macdonald-Cartier Bridge is situated 380 metres east of Jacques Cartier Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gatineau and Lower Town.
Gatineau
Photo: Óðinn, CC BY-SA 2.5 ca.
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.
Lower Town
Suburb
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Lower Town (also spelled "Lowertown" is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Vanier Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to the east of downtown. It is the oldest neighbourhood of the city, with construction beginning in 1826.
ByWard Market
Neighborhood
Photo: Trappy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The ByWard Market, is a retail and entertainment district in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to the east of Parliament Hill and Major's Hill Park.
Jacques Cartier Park
- Categories: urban park and recreation area
- Location: Gatineau, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.437° or 45° 26′ 13″ northLongitude
-75.70799° or 75° 42′ 29″ westOperator
NCCOpen location code
87Q6C7PR+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 139581495OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q6120480
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Satellite Map
Discover Jacques Cartier Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Jacques Cartier Park” goes by many names.
- French: “parc Jacques-Cartier”
- French: “Parc Jacques-Cartier”
- Spanish: “parque Jacques-Cartier”
- Spanish: “Parque Jacques-Cartier”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Charron House and CEGEP de l’Outaouais - Campus Louis-Reboul.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Laurier/Sacré-Coeur est and ESAP - Jacques-Cartier Pumping Station.
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