Dominion Arboretum

The Dominion Arboretum is an arboretum part of the Central Experimental Farm of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Originally begun in 1889, the Arboretum covers about 26 hectares of rolling land between Prince of Wales Drive, Dow's Lake and the Rideau Canal. Carleton University is located at the opposite side of the Canal.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carleton University and Ornamental Gardens.

Carleton University

University

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Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World War II veterans. Carleton University is situated 1 km southeast of Dominion Arboretum.

Ornamental Gardens

Park

Photo: Wood2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Ornamental Gardens are an agricultural facility that emphasizes research, education, and beauty as part of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Central Experimental Farm. Ornamental Gardens is situated 360 metres southwest of Dominion Arboretum.

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Museum

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The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum is a national agricultural museum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Occupying several buildings within the Central Experimental Farm, the museum operates as a "working farm", and provides public programs and exhibitions on agriculture sciences, and on the history of agriculture in Canada. Canada Agriculture and Food Museum is situated 530 metres southwest of Dominion Arboretum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Little Italy and Civic Hospital.

Little Italy

Neighborhood

Photo: Earl Andrew, Public domain.

Little Italy is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and the cultural centre of Ottawa's Italian community. Situated in Centretown West, its main commercial area is along Preston Street, with the heart of the community being at the corner of Preston and Gladstone Avenue.

Civic Hospital

Neighborhood

Civic Hospital is a neighbourhood in Kitchissippi Ward in central Ottawa, Canada. It is named after the Ottawa Civic Hospital, which is located in the neighbourhood.

The Glebe

Suburb

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The Glebe is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located just south of Downtown Ottawa in the Capital Ward. As of 2016, the neighbourhood had a population of 13,055.

Dominion Arboretum

Type: Park
Description: arboretum in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Categories: arboretum and recreation area
Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

45.39077° or 45° 23′ 27″ north

Longitude

-75.70466° or 75° 42′ 17″ west

Open location code

87Q697RW+84

OpenStreetMap ID

way 5231447

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q5291030

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Japanese—“Dominion Arboretum” goes by many names.

French: “arboretum du Dominion”
French: “Arboretum du Dominion”
Japanese: “ドミニオン樹木園”

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