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The most fun Ottawa family activity remains skating on the Rideau Canal Skateway. For beginner and more experience skaters alike, Rideau skating is an outdoor adventure.

The Ottawa Winterlude Festival offers fun family activities to celebrate winter. Get away to a weekend of skating, marveling at ice sculptures, and eating beaver tails.

Completed in 1832 by the bare hands of men with only rough tools, the Rideau Canal is an engineering achievement of glory. Locks permitted travel uphill and downhill.

Home to Parliament Hill, the longest ice-skating rink in the world, and an array of museums and art galleries, Ottawa is a fantastic year-round destination.

Ottawa is Canada's showpiece. The Parliament Buildings and several major museums are centrally located. Accessibility is a high priority in this easy-to-explore city.

In 1801, Noah and Mehitable (Cross) Halladay, members of a large New England family, journeyed to Upper Canada.

History is made every day - let's have a snapshot at just what was taking place in Canada on August 31st.

Although replete with federal government buildings, downtown Ottawa is also packed with shops, malls, and markets for a fun Ottawa shopping excursion.

Beyond the Rideau Canal, Canada's capital city offers visitors an eclectic mix of art galleries and is steeped in history and culture.

If you enjoy visiting sites that have historical significance, then a trip to Old Fort Henry in Kingston won't disappoint. It's an active museum with lots to see.

Ottawa, Canada makes a great winter family vacation destination. Fun activities include skating on the Rideau Canal, touring Parliament, or exploring a national museum.

Being the Canadian capital, Ottawa is home to many museums within an easy walking distance of downtown and Parliament Hill. Most have great family activities.

Ottawa, Ontario makes a great destination for Canada Day (July 1) when the museums and parks of the Canadian capital offer many free family activities.

There are diverse options for transportation to Ottawa, Canada's capital. From planes and trains to automobiles, visitors will find it easy getting to this Ontario city.

Mormon missionaries' efforts to convert the population started immediately after publication of Joseph Smith's "Book of Mormon" in Palmyra, New York.

From tulips to sugar maples, there are many festivals in Ottawa that celebrate spring, offering fun and food for a family weekend getaway.

Parliament Hill tours give visitors an opportunity to see the Canadian government at work. For an Ottawa summer vacation visiting Centre Block is the perfect family trip.

From elaborate winter festivals to the world's largest skating rink, fun family-oriented winter trips in Eastern Canada that even the non-skier will enjoy.

Unable to defeat Britain in Europe, King Louis XIV sends his men to America to defeat Briton. The goal is to acquire more land for France.

Canada is a great place for recreational boating, cruising and paddling. Check up on current Canadian boating regulations before you leave.