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Ottawa River Designated a Canadian Heritage River

| Parks Canada | news releases

Today, the Ontario Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, Kathryn McGarry, and the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, Catherine McKenna, designated the Ontario portion of the Ottawa River as a Canadian Heritage River for its outstanding cultural heritage values.


Camp Hughes

| Parks Canada | backgrounders

This former military training camp is the most intact First World War battlefield terrain, created for training purposes, remaining in Canada and one of a dwindling number worldwide. It retains – in whole or in part – many key features including the training trenches (approximately ten kilometres of the main battalion trench system), rifle range, grenade training grounds, artillery observation posts, building foundations, and a camp cemetery.


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2025-12-23