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  Gatineau Town & City Reviews: Town & City Reviews in Gatineau, Quebec
Gatineau is perhaps best known as the city across the river from Ottawa, Canada's capital city, but what many may not realize is that Gatineau is a destination worth visiting in its own right, not merely as a minor distraction for visitors to Ottawa.
Gatineau is situated in the Outaouais region of Quebec, a region that is known for its vast supplies of lumber, and in its early days, Hull/Gatineau was largely run by wealthy lumber barons that exploited and profited from the land.
Gatineau is the home of the celebrated Canadian Museum of Civilization, which honours Canada's human history, from the early days of the First Nations people to the present-day population.
www.gatineau.worldweb.com /FeaturesReviews/TownCityReviews/8-145885.html   (1474 words)

  
 Gatineau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gatineau name was voted by the citizens of the new city in a referendum, despite the fact that "Hull-Gatineau" was the most popular choice in opinion polls, because the transition committee excluded hyphenated names from the ballot, and despite the fact that the Hull name had represented the earliest urban development in the area.
Gatineau is the city of license for several television and radio stations, although many more stations licensed to Ottawa are also available in the area.
Gatineau is also served primarily by daily newspapers published in Ottawa, including the French Le Droit and the English Ottawa Citizen, although a number of weekly community newspapers are published in Gatineau.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gatineau,_Quebec   (1269 words)

  
 National Capital Commission :: Gatineau Park
Finally, in the 1930s, when loggers were harvesting the forests of the Gatineau Hills, local residents, summer cottagers and weekend skiers got together and encouraged the government to take action.
Gatineau Park is an important nature preserve, measuring 36,131 hectares and anchored to the Capital — the fourth-largest urban community in Canada.
Gatineau Park is a precious legacy of the natural world and of early conservation efforts in the Capital region.
www.ncc-ccn.gc.ca /bins/ncc_web_content_page.asp?cid=16300-20445&lang=1&bhcp=1   (582 words)

  
 Gatineau Hills   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gatineau Park Visitors Centre, I purchased a season's pass for the Park.
Gatineau Park is a gem in the crown of park lands which surround the Ottawa area.
Despite criticism from politicians and the media for some of their urban projects, I have to commend them on their extraordinary vision with regards to the Park and the activities therein contained.
homepage.mac.com /peterlevesque/iblog/C1888010889/E1132945427/index.html   (688 words)

  
 Gatineau Park   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gatineau Park is located in the Gatineau Hills of Quebec.
The Gatineau Hills are the roots of the Laurentian Mountains.
During glaciation much of the sedimentary rocks from the Ordovician have been scraped away leaving the Laurentian Rocks once again and the Gatineau Hills.
hoopermuseum.earthsci.carleton.ca /pinklake/gatineau.html   (81 words)

  
 Gatineau Hills Hiking Trails - GoStartCamping.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Gatineau Hills is located just outside of Ottawa, just to north of...
The Gatineaus contain a large number of skiing and hiking nature trails, many cottages, public beaches...
Cycle Cape Breton's Cabot Trail; Ski Hut-to-Hut in the Gatineau Hills...
www.gostartcamping.com /gatineau-hills-hiking-trails.htm   (484 words)

  
 Outaouais Tourism - Official tourist Information Website - Ottawa - Quebec - Canada - Gatineau
A few steps away from Parliament Hill, experience the liveliness of the city of Gatineau, where two cultures meet and create a cultural atmosphere that is absolutely unique.
On January 1, 2002, the new city of Gatineau was born when the former municipalities of Aylmer, Buckingham, Gatineau, Hull and Masson-Angers merged.
The city of Gatineau is a perfect blend of nature and culture: breathe in the fresh air of Gatineau Park and experience thrills and chills at the Hippodrome d’Aylmer, one of the largest recreational centres in the Outaouais.
www.tourisme-outaouais.ca /visit/discover_urban_getaway_e.asp   (348 words)

  
 The Celtic Connection - About Us | Gatineau
When I was a child growing up in the Gatineau Valley north of Ottawa, my family was particularly attuned to the cycle of the seasons.
While the Great Hunger was imbedded in the consciousness of the small rural villages in the Gatineau Hills, during my childhood it was a distant memory as the farmers thrived and children sprouted everywhere.
Martin's was built at the top of a hill - visible as you approached from the south.
www.celtic-connection.com /about/gatineau/maura.html   (1137 words)

  
 Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais
The territory of Les Collines-de-l’Outaouais is part of the National Capital Region and is bordered by the City of Gatineau at the South, by the MRC Vallée-de-la-Gatineau at the North, Pontiac at the Northeast and Papineau at the East.
Already known as the « Gatineau Hills », les Collines-de-l’Outaouais has always been the playground of the National Capital Region residents.
The coming of the Gatineau Park in the late 1950’s has furthered the development of trail networks, camp sites, and also fauna, flora and heritage interpretation and information services.
www.collines-outaouais.org /enbref-ang.htm   (649 words)

  
 Gatineau Gliding Club
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The Gatineau Gliding Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting motorless flight in Canada.
The club was founded in 1942 and originally started flying from the Gatineau hills, north of Ottawa.
www.gatineauglidingclub.ca   (119 words)

  
 AIR SPORTS INTERNATIONAL
The region is very picturesque with old Quebec homes, the Gatineau and Ottawa rivers filled with pleasure craft, many parks and a back drop of the Gatineau Hills only a few miles north.
This is the area that the Festival de montgolfieres de Gatineau has called home for the last 11 years and has expanded from a 30 balloon informal event to a host of an international armada of 16 airships and 105 hot air balloons.
The task was a pylon race up into the Gatineau Hills so that the launch site could be freed up for the 105 hot air balloons to put on their colorful show.
airsports.fai.org /oct98/oct9801.html   (1240 words)

  
 Deluxe Hotel Ottawa Wakerfield Auberge Moulin Country Inn Luxurious Heritage Accomodation
Built in 1838 as a flour mill, the heritage-designated country inn is conveniently located twenty-five minutes from downtown Ottawa-Hull, in the Gatineau Park and the Village of Wakefield.
The inn's public areas are decorated with scenes from the rich history of the Outaouais region and the Gatineau hills.
The cross country skiing in Gatineau Park is spectacular, and the auberge is the only accommodation on the route of the Keskinada Loppet.
www.tourscanada.com /auberge/ottawa.html   (387 words)

  
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The Gatineau Memorial Hospital is a level 1 community hospital with a staff of family doctors and a visiting psychiatrist.
Wakefield is located amidst the beautiful Gatineau Hills.
Next door to the hospital, there is a downhill ski resort, with cross-country skiing nearby in the Gatineau Park.
www.medicine.mcgill.ca /familymed/postgrad_gatineau_memorial_hospital_centre.htm   (311 words)

  
 Gatineau Hills - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The view from Luskville Falls in the Gatineau Hills.
They are also the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains which stretch east through Quebec, beginning north of Montreal and joining up with others into Vermont and New Hampshire.
Downhill skiing is also available, at locations including Camp Fortune, Mont Cascades, and Vorlage.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gatineau_Hills   (302 words)

  
 The Celtic Connection - About Us | Gatineau
What I remember of that drive were the logs floating down the river, the rolling hills, the lilac bushes, and the crackling sound of a may breeze through poplar trees.
I tried to see things he might have seen: the sweep of the land; the hills, the church, for sure, with the two-storey rectory beside it, which would have been right across the road from his house; to the south, two houses in a glen.
The Kealeys of Low Township in Gatineau County, which encompasses Martindale, and the villages of Low, Fieldville, Brennan’s Hill, and Venosta, descended from an Irish immigrant who sailed to Canada in the early 1800s.
www.celtic-connection.com /about/gatineau/omalley.html   (2684 words)

  
 Darren's Outdoor Page - Skiing Trip: Gatineau Park   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gatineau Park is located just North of Ottawa, Ontario, in the Province of Quebec.
It was the first time either of us had been to Gatineau, and also the first time either of us had skiied this season.
We crossed the mighty Ottawa River, and were soon passing the entrance to Gatineau Park.
dmcope.freeshell.org /gatineau1.htm   (933 words)

  
 Notes on XC-skiing in the Gatineau Park
Many of the trails in The Gatineau Park can be challenging for people who are new to cross-country, and this applies to some of the so-called easy (green) trails.
The Park is located in the Gatineau Hills, and hills is exactly what you'll find on most of the ski trails.
The added effort and skills required to ski up and down these hills may even come as a surprise to experienced cross-country skiers who are used to relatively flat terrain.
mcgoldrick.ca /xc-skiing/park-notes.html   (1594 words)

  
 If you go: Ottawa
Parliament Hill, with its three grand federal edifices and sweeping view of the Ottawa River, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the city of Hull/Gatineau and, in the distance, the Gatineau Hills.
The Canadian Museum of Civilization, where a thousand years of Canadian history are on display across the Ottawa River in Gatineau, including many dioramas and artifacts, costumed interpreters and an Omnimax cinema.
Gatineau Park, in the hills a 20-minute drive northwest of Ottawa, is a huge, wedge-shaped preserve of more than 100 square miles, with dozens of lakes tucked among the forested hills and laced with more than 100 miles of cross-country ski trails, both set tracks and back-country trails.
www.post-gazette.com /travel/20040222ottawago0222trp6.asp   (548 words)

  
 Julien's Photo Gallery - Gatineau Oct2k5   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The city of Gatineau, Ottawa, are in the distance.
Gatineau Park36 viewsView as I\'m walking along the trail in Gatineau Park.
Gatineau Park33 viewsView as I\'m walking along the trail in Gatineau Park.
www.jmcardle.com /gallery/thumbnails.php?album=12   (103 words)

  
 City of Gatineau Group Tour Planner: Planning Group Tours in City of Gatineau | Specializing in providing tour ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
There are plenty of attractions in Gatineau and surrounding area, including the Canadian Museum of Civilization, with its majestic curves evoking the emergence of the North American landmass, along with many other great national museums and the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa.
Plan your tour during the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival and your groups will be dazzled by hot-air balloons of all shapes and colours, from all over the world: Canada, the United States, Holland and Brazil.
Gatineau Park is a giant wedge of land covering 361 square kilometres to the northwest of Canada’s Capital Region, only 15 minutes from downtown.
www.grouptourplanner.com /City_of_Gatineau.cfm   (790 words)

  
 Ottawa Hiking - The Ottawa Adventure Guide
Within minutes, tourists can visit Gatineau Park, an historic and scenic wilderness area that provides thousands of visitors and especially camera buffs, with spectacular views of the surrounding lakes and countryside throughout the year.
Gatineau Park encompasses roughly 35,000 hectares in Quebec's Gatineau Hills, an oasis of wilderness on the doorstep of Canada's National Capital.
The hills themselves are roots of the ancient Laurentian Mountains.
www.ottawakiosk.com /adventure5.html   (261 words)

  
 realontario.ca - Search Results
Dunnderosa is an 18 hole course, at 2518 yards, situated on a scenic 50 acres near the Gatineau hills.
The Gatineau Golf Club is an 18 hole semi-private course, par 71 and 6115 yards.A 15 minute drive from Downtown Ottawa/Gatineau along the Upper Aylmer Road will get you to the...
This is a scenic country setting overlooking the Gatineau River and Hills, and only 30 minutes from downtown Ottawa.
www.realontario.ca /listingsearch/search_results.asp?category=101®ion=67   (401 words)

  
 National Capital Commission :: Gatineau Park
Gatineau Park is a wedge of land measuring 361 square kilometres to the northwest of Canada’s Capital Region.
In the Park, the NCC protects plants and animals and manages facilities and trails so that the public may enjoy outdoor activities in every season.
Notice to users: cougar sighting in Gatineau Park
www.canadascapital.gc.ca /gatineau   (51 words)

  
 City of Gatineau
"Gatineau residents will be walking in the streets until the end of winter because the city has given up on plowing sidewalks.
However, in a separate article in “La Revue” (March 12, 2008 edition) Gatineau Police have announced that they will be ticketing pedestrians that they consider to be unsafely walking in the streets.
However for walk-in clinics to turn away an 18 month old walk-in patient (2 because they are too busy, and one because they “do not open new files”) is deplorable.
city-gatineau.blogspot.com   (1238 words)

  
 The Hills
The idea of creating a park in the Gatineau Hills goes back to the beginning of the 20th century.
In 1913, the Hold Commission returned to the idea of a national park, and recommended the acquisition of 30,000 to 40,500 hectares of land to the north and west of Ottawa-Hull.
In 1934, the Federal Woodlands Preservation League persuaded the federal government to acquire 10,000 hectares of land in the Gatineau Hills in order to put a stop to the systematic destruction of the forest.
www.ghboatworks.com /the_hills.htm   (814 words)

  
 Cottage Rentals Ontario, Cottages For Rent Canada USA - Private Vacation Cottage Rentals, Directory of Cottages For ...
We are situated on 250 acres of rolling forested land in the Gatineau Hills of Quebec on a small quiet lake.
You are sitting up on the side of a hill with a magnificent view of the lake and 400 ft from the shore.
With over two hundred and fifty acres of lakefront, stream, hills and forest, it is the ideal spot for anyone interested in bird watching or tracking.
www.cottageportal.com /Detail.cfm?recordID=678   (606 words)

  
 Linda Wright Chelsea Artist
Linda Wright is a Chelsea, Quebec artist known for her images of figures in motion, cyclists and skiers in full stride, and children running and hiding.
As the artist's family grows, Wright has returned to landscape imagery of the Gatineau Hills, the farms and skies, rivers and ancient trees.
Today, with her landscapes, she is employing a new understanding of form and colour as she explores the play of light over these hills, farms and riverbeds.
www.lindawright.ca /index.htm   (169 words)

  
 Wakefield travel guide - Wikitravel
Wakefield is a picturesque village on the Gatineau River in the Gatineau Hills near Ottawa.
The train leaves near the casino in Gatineau (Hull) and takes visitors to the station in Wakefield where they are welcomed to a tour of the village before the train returns.
Gatineau Park can be accessed from the village and from several other locations nearby.
wikitravel.org /en/Wakefield_(Quebec)   (1505 words)

  
 Log Home For Sale - Home
There are 3 ski hills, a water park and a golf course, within minutes of the house.
There is also access to the Gatineau river for boating and swimming.
The house is number 8 Burnt Hill Trail on the right at the end of the cul-de-sac.
houseinwakefield.com /index.html   (334 words)

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