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Timber Slide, Ottawa c. 1880

Black and white photograph taken from above a canal with Ottawa's parliament buildings in the distance; in the canal are men on a logging raft.

Library and Archives Canada MIKAN 3211182

A frequent sight on the canal, and not far from the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, was that of timber slides going over the Chaudière Falls, c. 1880-1900.