OTTAWA and MAINE

Getting ready for Halloween at the ByWard Market in Ottawa, Ontario.  The city was founded by Colonel By and used to be called Bytown

    

Looking over the Rideau Canal (engineered by Colonel By) in Ottawa, with Parliament behind

                    

Locks joining the Rideau Canal to the Ottawa River, with Gatineau, Quebec across the river

    

Former home of William Lyon Mackenzie-King in Gatineau Park.  King was a three-time Prime Minister of Canada.  He left his home and estate to the country on his death in 1950

                      

Autumn colours in Gatineau Park

    

Do squirrels know how cute they are?

Lookout in Gatineau Park, the granite mountains of the Canadian Shield fading into the distance

             Parliament house and locks on the canal

             Locks on the Rideau Canal to the left, 

             Parliament to the right

  The Ottawa River

Falls on the Rideau River as it joins the Ottawa River at Ontario.  These impassable falls are the reason why the Rideau Canal and locks were built to enable boats to navigate between the rivers

   

A typical town hall in New Hampshire, USA

 We were driven through Vermont, New Hampshire and

  Maine at the height of the autumn season

  

Sunset reflected in the Union River outside the home where we stayed in Ellsworth, Maine

             

Granite sculpture in Blue Hill, Maine

 Waterfront buildings in Blue Hill

  The harbour in Belfast, Maine

  Main Street of Belfast, Maine

On top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island, Maine

  

The view from the top of Cadillac Mountain, before the mist closed in again

Bubble Pond in Acadia National Park

 Laurie and Michael Leblanc on the Bubble Pond track

             

Silver birch in full colour along Bubble Pond track

                         

Carriage road and granite bridge in Acadia National Park