Tourist information for Ottawa-Gatineau, and getaways
This section gives you all of the tourist information for Greater Ottawa
and Gatineau Quebec, including city and Ottawa Valley attractions, accommodations, or city maps,
as well as get-away travel from Ottawa.
The Rideau River and the Rideau Canal are not only strong parts of the city history, but they form part of the city's social fabric even today. In the summer, boating tourists navigate on the Rdeau Waterway to the Rideau Lakes and to Lake Ontario. And in the winter, civil servants commute to work, and students skate to school to two unviiersities and a college on the Rideau Canal Skateway.
Visit our sister site, TransCanadaHighway.com, for coast-to-coast travel info.
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There is lots to see and do around Ottawa in the city. Take a tour of the city's shoreline, either from land or by boat.
You can visit a museums, lots of parks and waterfront greenspace,
and activities and sports to keep anybody busy (and happy).
We even have a page that has tips on hundreds of things to do with kids.
Major Annual festivals:
Winterlude
Tulip Festival
Canada Day
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The Ottawa Valley is big, wide, and lush. In the summer there's river rafting up the Valley at Beachburg. At Pembroke, see Canada's first hydro-electric plant and the many murals around the downtown. At Chalk River, see the Nuclear Research Station. At Petawawa you pass Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, a major military training ground and a Forestry Research Station. Finally, at Mattawa, see the confluence of the Mattawa River, which was the major fur trading route to the west, now followed by the Trans-Canada Highway all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
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There are many accommodation options in the area, from first class hotels, to motels, beds & breakfast, long-term accommodation, wilderness lodges and camping.
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We even have lots of tips for getting away, including other countries' Online Travel Offices, links to travel guidebooks' web sites. We even have links to sites that can help you plan a honeymoon, eloped wedding, or romantic getaway. To round things out we have information about Canada & US Customs, a listing of Canadian embassies and consulates around the world, and an overview of our airport(s) and links to airports around the world (so you can check what to do during connections between flights)
2008 Beijing Olympics Information
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For those travelling between Canada & the US, those entering (or re-entering) the U.S.A. BY AIR are required to present a valid passport,
Air NEXUS card, or U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Document. As of January 31, 2008, these rules include those entering the USA BY LAND OR SEA.
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