Ottawa -- Ottawa's Rideau Canal is well known as a skating rink, but many may not know that it is the graveyard of hundreds of Irish immigrants who died there, as well as thousands who were injured while working to build it between 1826 and 1832.
Ottawa -- Ottawa's Rideau Canal Rideau Canal (rēdō`, rē`dō), 126 mi (203 km) long, S Ont., Canada, connecting the Ottawa River at Ottawa with Lake Ontario at Kingston. The canal, which has 47 locks, follows the course of the Rideau River. is well known as a skating rink, but many may not know that it is the graveyard of hundreds of Irish immigrants who died there, as well as thousands who were injured while working to build it between 1826 and 1832. The Celtic Cross Memorial Committee is negotiating with Parks Canada Parks Canada (now also known as the Parks Canada Agency) is a Government of Canada agency that is mandated to protect and present nationally significant examples of Canada's natural and cultural heritage and foster public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment in ways that to erect a Celtic Cross, long a symbol of Christianity in Ireland, Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. , Scotland, and Brittany, as a memorial.
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