Abbott's Guide to Ottawa and Vicinity/Rockcliffe Park

ROCKCLIFFE PARK.

Lying high up and low down along the south bank of the Ottawa for more than a mile are 185 acres of one of the finest natural parks on the continent. Its picturesque winding avenues have left nature unchanged with its varied viws, both inland and river-wards. Looking through the trees and across the river the Laurentian range of mountains clothed with sombre verdure in the summer makes an impressive background for the little village on the opposite shore, seemingly almost at one's feet. The view at sunset through the trees and across the river is picturesque and beautiful, particularly in the fall of the year when the Laurentian hills appear clothed in the gorgeous colouring of the autumn tints, which harmonize so well with the glint of the sun where it touches the spire of the little church of Gatineau Point.