Fontaine – Strathcona Park fountain – Ottawa

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Fontaine – Strathcona Park fountain – Ottawa – Canada

Informations :

Sculpteur 1: MOREAU Mathurin
Fondeur: VAL D'OSNE
Adresse ou lieu-dit: Strathcona Park
Localité: Ottawa
Pays: Canada
Continent: Amérique
Matériau: Fonte
Type d'oeuvre: Fontaines et vasques
Morphologie: fontaine
Titulaire(s) et droits sur les photos:
Author=D. Gordon E. Robertson Date=2010-04-23

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Fontaine – Strathcona Park fountain – Ottawa – Canada

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Fiche créée ou mise à jour par : Dominique Perchet le 23 mai 2010

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Adresse : 457-459 Laurier Ave E, Ottawa, ON K1N 6R4, Canada

Strathcona Park is a large park in Ottawa, Canada. It lies on the west bank of the Rideau River and marks the eastern edge of the Sandy Hill neighbourhood.

The area of the park was originally the swampy floodplain of the river, and was impossible to build on. The site first became home of the Dominion Rifle Range, where soldiers had trained before departing for the Second Boer War. This history is preserved in the name of Range Road, which runs along the west of the park. The area was turned into a park by the Ottawa Improvement Commission between 1904 and 1907. It was named after Lord Strathcona, a Canadian businessman and politician who had financed his own regiment in the Boer War.

The most prominent feature of the 15-acre (6.1 ha) park is the fountain standing atop the hill that was donated by Lord Strathcona in 1909, scupted by Mathurin Moreau