Snap Shots on the Ottawa River and Rideau Lakes: With Many Illustrations of Interesting Places and Scenes (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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With the addition thereto of the population of Hull, which is practically a suburb of the political metropolis, of 1 the population of Ottawa stands at the present moment at No other city east of Winnipeg has shown such a marvelous rate of growth, and war rants the belief that at the same rate of increase it will not be long before Ottawa will take third place among the cities of the Dominion. She now ranks second in Ontario. In point of wealth and commercial expansion and importance the development and increase go hand in hand.

The front portions of the-city of Ottawa stand on a succession of blufis, and when viewed from the river are seen to great advantage. From the high cliffs, on which its noblest buildings have been erected, can be witnessed scenes of natural beauty unsurpassed by any on the continent; rich in all the varied charms of mountain.

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