1890 Mappa Perron OTTAWA, CAPITALE DEL DOMINIO DEL CANADA (#163)

(1875-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. The rivers served as passageways for explorers and traders over the following two centuries. Ottawa might still be a modest city had not political quarrels between Quebec city and Toronto and between Montreal and Kingston induced leaders to call upon Queen Victoria to designate a capital for United Canada.

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