THE TULIP LEGACY / LES TULIPES DE L'AMITIÉ display at the Canadian Tulip Festival / Festival Canadien des Tulipes in Commissioners Park at Dows Lake on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa Canada
The Canadian Tulip Festival / Festival Canadien des Tulipes in Ottawa the capital city of Canada
The Canadian Tulip Festival began after the Second World War, when Princess Juliana of the Netherlands presented Ottawa with 100,000 tulip bulbs as a token of friendship in 1945.
Canada had provided asylum for the Dutch royal family during the war and played a strong role in the Netherlands’ liberation. While the royal family sought refuge in Ottawa, Princess Juliana gave birth to Princess Margriet on January 19th 1943 at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. The Canadian government temporarily declared the room “Dutch soil,” to ensure that the Princess would remain in line for the throne.
The Netherlands continues to give Ottawa 20,000 tulip bulbs every year.
Ottawa’s first Canadian Tulip Festival took place in May 1953 and opened with an inauguration ceremony at Parliament Hill.
The Canadian Tulip Festival has grown into the largest annual display of tulips in North America.
The Canadian Tulip Festival is also a celebration of the return of spring, with over a million tulips in 50 varieties blooming in public spaces across the National Capital Region.
Images are from:
Tulip Legacy 70th Anniversary 1945 - 2015 / Patrimoine tulipe 70e anniversaire 1945 - 2015
Visiting Commissioners Park at Dow's Lake on the Rideau Canal which is a major tulip viewing area and Parliament Hill / Colline du Parlement
For more information on The Canadian Tulip Festival visit:
Ottawa founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as "Ottawa" in 1855
For more information on Ottawa visit:
Canada was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867
Canada became a country when the British colonies of Canada ( Ontario and Québec), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were federally united into one Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867. July 1st is a federal holiday known as Canada Day / Fête du Canada
Canada is a Commonwealth Realm member of the Commonwealth of Nations (formerly the British Commonwealth) that have have Queen Elizabeth II as the reigning constitutional monarch while operating as an independent country from the UK United Kingdom.
Canada has two official languages French and English
For more on Canada visit:
us-keepexploring.canada.travel
********** About This Trip *********
2-Day Canada Ottawa Tulip Festival Tour from Boston Tour Code: 678-1105
Boston - Ottawa (427 miles)
Guests will be picked up in Boston in the morning. After lunch, we will arrive in Ottawa, ON to see the Canadian Tulip Festival. After, we will head to ByWard Market for food and shopping. We will transfer to the hotel after dinner.
Ottawa, ON Located on the Ottawa River in eastern Ontario, Canada's capital city is also its center of technology and politics. This historic city features many museums, art galleries, and performance centers as well as other attractions like the Rideau Canal.
Canadian Tulip Festival This massive flower festival held annually in Ottawa, Ontario bills itself as the largest tulip festival in the world with more than one million of the flowers on display. It gets more than 500,000 visitors every May.
ByWard Market This massive indoor market is one of Ottawa's biggest tourist attractions. It contains representatives from more than 500 business, at least half of them local artisans and farmers. It sees the most traffic during the summer months.
In the morning we will leave the hotel. On our way back to Boston we will stop at Ottawa's Parliament Hill to see sights such as the Peace Tower. We will arrive back in Boston in the evening. See "Departure and Return Details" for pickup and dropoff information.
Parliament Hill, located on the banks of the Ottawa River Canada's capital city, is home to the Canadian Parliament. The gorgeous location and dramatic architecture make this a huge tourist location-- more than 3 million people come every year.
The Peace Tower is a large clock tower in Ottawa, Ontario that sits at the center of Parliament Hill. This iconic Canadian building appears on both the fifty- and twenty-dollar Canadian bills. It is more than 300 feet tall.
Visit:
Ottawa Capital of Canada
Canadian Tulip Festival
ByWard Market
Parliament Hill
Peace Tower clock tower
Montréal drive though with view of L'oratoire Saint Joseph du Mont Royal / Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
Duty Free / Hors Taxes shopping in Philipsburg Canada
Border crossing from Alexandria Bay, New York USA to Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Ontario, Canada
Border crossing from Saint-Armand Philipsburg, Québec, Canada to Highgate Springs, Vermont, USA
For more information on 2-Day Canada Ottawa Tulip Festival Tour from BostonTour Code: 678-1105
www.taketours.com/boston-ma/2-day-canada-ottawa-tulip-fes...
Fore more information on Take Tours visit:
Host company
Sunshine Travel Boston
12 Tyler St Boston, MA 02111
www.sunshineboston.com/english/
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Ottawa capital city of Canada, Ontario Province, Canada Country, North America Continent
May 9th 2015
THE TULIP LEGACY / LES TULIPES DE L'AMITIÉ display at the Canadian Tulip Festival / Festival Canadien des Tulipes in Commissioners Park at Dows Lake on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa Canada
The Canadian Tulip Festival / Festival Canadien des Tulipes in Ottawa the capital city of Canada
The Canadian Tulip Festival began after the Second World War, when Princess Juliana of the Netherlands presented Ottawa with 100,000 tulip bulbs as a token of friendship in 1945.
Canada had provided asylum for the Dutch royal family during the war and played a strong role in the Netherlands’ liberation. While the royal family sought refuge in Ottawa, Princess Juliana gave birth to Princess Margriet on January 19th 1943 at the Ottawa Civic Hospital. The Canadian government temporarily declared the room “Dutch soil,” to ensure that the Princess would remain in line for the throne.
The Netherlands continues to give Ottawa 20,000 tulip bulbs every year.
Ottawa’s first Canadian Tulip Festival took place in May 1953 and opened with an inauguration ceremony at Parliament Hill.
The Canadian Tulip Festival has grown into the largest annual display of tulips in North America.
The Canadian Tulip Festival is also a celebration of the return of spring, with over a million tulips in 50 varieties blooming in public spaces across the National Capital Region.
Images are from:
Tulip Legacy 70th Anniversary 1945 - 2015 / Patrimoine tulipe 70e anniversaire 1945 - 2015
Visiting Commissioners Park at Dow's Lake on the Rideau Canal which is a major tulip viewing area and Parliament Hill / Colline du Parlement
For more information on The Canadian Tulip Festival visit:
Ottawa founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as "Ottawa" in 1855
For more information on Ottawa visit:
Canada was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867
Canada became a country when the British colonies of Canada ( Ontario and Québec), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were federally united into one Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867. July 1st is a federal holiday known as Canada Day / Fête du Canada
Canada is a Commonwealth Realm member of the Commonwealth of Nations (formerly the British Commonwealth) that have have Queen Elizabeth II as the reigning constitutional monarch while operating as an independent country from the UK United Kingdom.
Canada has two official languages French and English
For more on Canada visit:
us-keepexploring.canada.travel
********** About This Trip *********
2-Day Canada Ottawa Tulip Festival Tour from Boston Tour Code: 678-1105
Boston - Ottawa (427 miles)
Guests will be picked up in Boston in the morning. After lunch, we will arrive in Ottawa, ON to see the Canadian Tulip Festival. After, we will head to ByWard Market for food and shopping. We will transfer to the hotel after dinner.
Ottawa, ON Located on the Ottawa River in eastern Ontario, Canada's capital city is also its center of technology and politics. This historic city features many museums, art galleries, and performance centers as well as other attractions like the Rideau Canal.
Canadian Tulip Festival This massive flower festival held annually in Ottawa, Ontario bills itself as the largest tulip festival in the world with more than one million of the flowers on display. It gets more than 500,000 visitors every May.
ByWard Market This massive indoor market is one of Ottawa's biggest tourist attractions. It contains representatives from more than 500 business, at least half of them local artisans and farmers. It sees the most traffic during the summer months.
In the morning we will leave the hotel. On our way back to Boston we will stop at Ottawa's Parliament Hill to see sights such as the Peace Tower. We will arrive back in Boston in the evening. See "Departure and Return Details" for pickup and dropoff information.
Parliament Hill, located on the banks of the Ottawa River Canada's capital city, is home to the Canadian Parliament. The gorgeous location and dramatic architecture make this a huge tourist location-- more than 3 million people come every year.
The Peace Tower is a large clock tower in Ottawa, Ontario that sits at the center of Parliament Hill. This iconic Canadian building appears on both the fifty- and twenty-dollar Canadian bills. It is more than 300 feet tall.
Visit:
Ottawa Capital of Canada
Canadian Tulip Festival
ByWard Market
Parliament Hill
Peace Tower clock tower
Montréal drive though with view of L'oratoire Saint Joseph du Mont Royal / Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
Duty Free / Hors Taxes shopping in Philipsburg Canada
Border crossing from Alexandria Bay, New York USA to Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Ontario, Canada
Border crossing from Saint-Armand Philipsburg, Québec, Canada to Highgate Springs, Vermont, USA
For more information on 2-Day Canada Ottawa Tulip Festival Tour from BostonTour Code: 678-1105
www.taketours.com/boston-ma/2-day-canada-ottawa-tulip-fes...
Fore more information on Take Tours visit:
Host company
Sunshine Travel Boston
12 Tyler St Boston, MA 02111
www.sunshineboston.com/english/
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#Canada #Canadian #Ottawa #OttawaCanada #Ontario #OntarioCanada #KingdomoftheNetherlands #Netherlands #Holland #Dutch #Tulip #Tulips #TheCanadianTulipFestival #CanadianTulipFestival #FestivalCanadiendesTulipes #Canadien #Tulipes #CanadeseFestivalvandeTulp #Canadese #Tulp #flower #flowers #spring #springflowers #WelcomeSpring #Canadiangovernment #NorthAmerica #NorthAmerican #Canadiangovernment #ILoveCanada #JaimeleCanada
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Ottawa capital city of Canada, Ontario Province, Canada Country, North America Continent
May 9th 2015