Ottawa's Building and Monument Stones
Gatepost near East Block, Parliament Hill.
Photo: Contrasting colors of stone, Parliament Hill gatepost.
Starting on Parliament Hill with the Centennial Flame, Centre and East blocks, and the statue of Laurier, we will walk to the Rideau Canal bridge and then the National War Memorial. Next we will walk down Elgin St. examining the Langevin Building, Post Office, J.M. Flaherty Building, Lord Elgin Hotel, Place Bell Canada, and then cross Elgin St. to the Ottawa Courthouse and, finally, City Hall. Participants will hear something about the history of these buildings and monuments, but mostly about the wide variety of rock from which they were constructed and the local, provincial, and foreign localities from whence they were quarried.