Dow's Lake in Ottawa, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

A Splash of Colour/Une explosion de couleur

Tulips in the Capital/Les tulipes de la capitale

— The Tulip Legacy/Les tulipes de l'amitié —

A Splash of Colour/<lang=fr>Une explosion de couleur</lang=fr> Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 14, 2025

1. A Splash of Colour/Une explosion de couleur Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Every year, the National Capital Commission (NCC) plants thousands of bulbs in tulip beds throughout Canada's Capital Region. Different varieties are selected - for colour, shape, height, texture and symbolic significance -and planted in the fall to bloom every spring. Because tulip varieties are bred and sold according to demand, the NCC chooses to plant certain symbolic varieties, such as Canadian Liberator, every year to ensure their continued existence.

"I have always felt proud to be able to say: All this is my country, and I am both fortunate and grateful to be a part of it."
Malak Karsh

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• The tulips in Major's Hill Park provide a stunning setting for the National Gallery of Canada and the Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica of Ottawa.

• Cheerful yellow and pink tulips planted in Commissioners Park.

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Chaque année, la Commission de la capitale nationale (CCN) plante des milliers de bulbes de tulipe dans les massifs de la région de la capitale du Canada. On choisit différentes variétés pour leur couleur, leur forme, leur hauteur, leur texture et

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leur symbolisme. On les plante à l'automne et elles fleurissent au printemps. Les variétés de tulipe sont produites et vendues selon la demande. C'est pourquoi la CCN choisit de planter chaque année certaines variétés symboliques, comme la Canadian Liberator (le libérateur canadien), pour assurer leur pérennité.

J'ai toujours été fier de pouvoir dire : "Tout cela est mon pays, et je suis à la fois chanceux et reconnaissant d'en faire partie". »
Malak Karsh

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• Les tulipes du parc Major's Hill créent un cadre éblouissant au Musée des beaux-arts du Canada et à la basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Ottawa.

• D'éclatantes tulipes jaunes et roses au parc des Commissaires.

Erected by Government of Canada.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Horticulture & Forestry • Parks & Recreational Areas • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Historic Sites and Monuments Board, and the Canadian Tulip Festival, Ottawa series lists.

Location. 45° 23.868′ N, 75° 42.129′ W.

The Tulip Legacy/<lang=fr>Les tulipes de l'amitié Markers<lang=fr> image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 14, 2025

2. The Tulip Legacy/Les tulipes de l'amitié Markers

Marker is in Ottawa, Ontario. It is in Dow's Lake. It is at the intersection of Dow's Lake Road and Madawaska Drive, on the right when traveling south on Dow's Lake Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ottawa ON K1S 5K7, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A Gift of Tulips/Le don de tulipes (here, next to this marker); The Occupation/L'occupation (here, next to this marker); "My Name Is Juliana"/« Je m'appelle Juliana » (here, next to this marker); Crown Princess Juliana/Juliana, princesse héritière (here, next to this marker); Posters and Pins/Affiches et épinglettes (here, next to this marker); Ottawa's Princess/La princesse d'Ottawa (here, next to this marker); Princess Margriet's Christening/Le baptéme de la princesse Margriet

Tulips at Dow's Lake image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 14, 2025

3. Tulips at Dow's Lake

(here, next to this marker); "Our Canadians"/« Nos canadiens » (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ottawa.

Also see . . . Canada Tulip Festival. (Submitted on June 1, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 14, 2025

4. Tulips at Dow's Lake

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 14, 2025

5. Tulips at Dow's Lake

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 14, 2025

6. Tulips at Dow's Lake

Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 1, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 85 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 1, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.