What to do next?

I “planned” my route at home and most places were visited, but now when the last days are approaching I had to make choices. So I left Montreal for what it was, passed it and had a great view from the bridge and headed to Ottawa. The last days the temperature went up again and it’s now a staggering 35 degrees, with humidity factor feeling like 43 ... It was the hottest day in Ottawa since 1946 ... So not the best day to visit a huge city, but again not to be missed. To me it seemed to be the most relaxed of all.

Why Ottawa became Canada’s Capital?

In 1857, Queen Victoria was asked to settle a dispute between Quebec City, Montreal, Toronto, Kingston and Ottawa as to which city should be named Capital of the Province of Canada (made up of Upper and Lower Canada which consisted of parts of today’s Provinces of Ontario and Quebec). Queen Victoria chose the City of Ottawa as the seat of the new government. Work immediately began on the new Parliament Buildings on Barrick Hill (henceforth to be Parliament Hill) and between 1859 and 1866 the Centre, East and West Blocks were built. (The latter two Blocks were known as the Eastern and Western Departmental Buildings.)

One year after their completion, Ottawa became the Capital of the new Canadian Confederation composed of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and parts of present-day Quebec and Ontario. Ottawa’s population was 18,000 in an area of 760 hectares.

The parliament is located on top of the hill.

It took some time but here they are finally, found them in Ottawa for tourists only.

Although I should have ended up in Toronto, my room was already payed for, I did not, mainly due to the extreme weather and drove south to Kingston, located on Lake Ontario and stayed in a waterfront located inn.

I was the only guest, so again no complaints about the view.