Major’s Hill Park
Major's Hill Park is a park in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. The park stands above the Rideau Canal at the point where it enters the Ottawa River. The parliament buildings can be seen across the canal to the west, to the north of the park is the National Gallery of Canada, and to the east are the United States embassy and the Byward Market.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Gallery of Canada and Bytown Museum.
National Gallery of Canada
Art gallery
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The National Gallery of Canada, located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum. The museum's building takes up 46,621 square metres, with 12,400 square metres of space used for exhibiting art. National Gallery of Canada is situated 270 metres north of Major’s Hill Park.
Bytown Museum
Museum
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The Bytown Museum is a museum in Ottawa located in the Colonel By Valley at the Ottawa Locks of the Rideau Canal on the Ottawa River, just below Parliament Hill. Bytown Museum is situated 160 metres south of Major’s Hill Park.
Parliament Hill
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Parliament Hill, colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern bank of the Ottawa River that houses the Parliament of Canada in downtown Ottawa, Ontario.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include ByWard Market and Lower Town.
ByWard Market
Neighborhood
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The ByWard Market, is a retail and entertainment district in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located east of the government and business district.
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.
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. Across the Ottawa River is Gatineau, Quebec.
Major’s Hill Park
- Type: Park
- Description: park in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Categories: urban park and recreation area
- Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
45.42725° or 45° 25′ 38″ northLongitude
-75.69749° or 75° 41′ 51″ westOpen location code
87Q6C8G3+W2OpenStreetMap ID
way 639268732OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q3363862
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Major’s Hill Park” goes by many names.
- French: “parc Major’s Hill”
- French: “Parc Major’s Hill”
- Italian: “Major’s Hill Park”
- Italian: “Parco Major’s Hill”
- Korean: “메이저스 힐 공원”
- Russian: “Мейджорс-Хилл”
- Russian: “Парк Мейджорс-Хилл”
- Russian: “Холм майора”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Major’s Hill Park”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.