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Ottawa General Interest
• A WorldWeb.com Travel Guide to General Interest in Ottawa, Ontario.
The best wines in the world seem to come from temperate, warm places like France, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, South America and California. It sometimes comes as a surprise to people, then, that Canada—often associated with cold, harsh weather patterns—has a booming wine industry that has been producing world-class vintages for decades. Canadian wine has garnered the country international recognition as a producer of fine, award-winning vino.
Known as the cultural hub of Canada, Ottawa is home to a vast array of art galleries, museums, fine dining, architecture and shopping. It is also one of the country's most picturesque cities with well-maintained parks, gardens and pedestrian pathways. Despite all the amazing amenities and attractions Ottawa has to
The coolest season in the world is a Canadian winter—and not just because it gets so darned cold here. Simply put, Canada is a big place with unlimited wintertime possibilities. The country spans from Newfoundland and the Atlantic Ocean to Vancouver Island and the Pacific, with borders that reach from
In the past few decades, Canada has started to shed its image as a frigid land of vast wilderness in favour of a sophisticated, urban persona. Canada's major cities are now being seen for what they are—vibrant, modern hubs of activity. The country's urban centres boast many attractions, one of the most significant being their world-class shopping facilities.
Employing the skills of thousands of artisans over the course of months, if not years, architecture is far and away society’s most complex form of artistic expression. From complex pedestrian walkway systems to elegant Victorian hotel resorts, the following WorldWeb.com travel guide will point out ten of Canada’s greatest architectural wonders.
When it comes to Christmas, no one does it better than Canada. The holiday season brings blankets of thick white snow, a multitude of holiday traditions and, thanks to Canada’s northerly location, plenty of darkness. So it should come as no surprise that a favorite holiday practice in the Great North, is setting up beautiful light displays.
Exhibiting the flora of Canada's vast landscapes and often exotic species from afar, the country's public gardens foster an appreciation of the planet's diverse, precious and vital plant life, and offer brightly coloured, sweet-scented and lovingly tended natural sanctuaries for anyone to enjoy. The Great White North's publicly accessible gardens bloom among the world's best and here are WorldWeb.com's Top 10 picks.
Canada has the reputation of the frozen north, but to Martin Luther King and thousands of other black Americans, Canada was a sort of North Star—a gleaming beacon of hope that they followed and fought their way to. From 1840 to 1860, Canada emblemized freedom from oppression, and it was there that many brave enslaved people risked their lives to enter. This struggle was known as the Underground Railroad.
An ailing man in his 80s, once physically strong but still strong in spirit, stands silently, listening to his own breath that inhales the air of freedom as he stands on Canadian soil remembering the land that he fought for. With courage, he remembers friends, family and allies whose breaths were taken away by war.
From the sub-arctic muskeg surrounding Hudson Bay to the fertile soils and temperate climate of the Kawarthas,
Ontario is a diverse landscape. Each part of the province offers something different. Northwestern Ontario is a land of lakes and open space, home to Hudson and James Bay and an abundant wildlife population. Northeastern Ontario is filled with
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