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It took a team of 10 people, led by sculptor 5 S 12 OSMOSISI LADY ABERDEEN DRIVEWAY Jack Harman over 2 years to create this larger-than- R SKATING RINK & Susan Stromberg created- this contemporary sculpture Canada’s first governor general, Lord Monck, designed G Lady Aberdeen was the spouse of Lord Aberdeen, WINTER PAVILION L life monument. of steel and brass. It Esymbolizes the convergence of the winding, tree-lined route to the residence. I O governor general from 1893 to 1898. Her dedication to S Skating has been a tradition at Rideau Hall since the G Canada’s different cultures.R social causes changed our society. Find out about her A G R 2 VISITOR CENTRE 13 1870s. Open to the public on weekends during the E many achievements here. R - O Once the Gardener’s Cottage, today’s Visitor Centre 6 CANADIAN HERITAGEÉ GARDEN This inuksuk (pronounced “inook-shook”) made by Inuk winter. (The rink and Winter Pavilion are accessible A T D offers an exhibition on the role of the governor general I E only to those who wish to skate.) The Canadian Heritage EGarden is a sweeping arc 10 FOUNTAIN OF HOPE artist symbolizes Canada’s N U and family activities. Seasonal opening from May to RIVER of roses that tells the storyN of the cultural mosaic of N North. Find out about its importance to and Arctic RIVIÈRE DES OUTAOUAISOriginally built in 1982, in honour of TerryE Fox and his E U September. Wifi available. Play structure nearby. E The grounds of Rideau Hall, its gardens and historic buildings are Canadian society. You can sit down here for a quiet V N travellers here. - Marathon of Hope for cancer research, the fountain C A E preserved and managed by the National Capital Commission on V C moment of reflection andA rest. is a symbol of the positiveS changeA that a single S behalf of the . H 3 R S 14 MACKAY WALK E S E T GATE LODGE individual can bring about throughE determination. M I C C 7 I The original route leading to the MacKay residence E CRICKET PITCH N Built in 1867-1868, it housed the gatekeeper, who N R The fountain wasN renewed inI 2017.

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