Abbott's guide to Ottawa and vicinity . nal history ; its monuments bearwitness to this. Of these, two are erected to commemorate miltary eventsand others are intimately connected with the citys history, beginning withthe late beloved Queen Victoria, who chose this place as the site of theCapital. One statue of her late Majesty will be found in the library of Par-liament, the other is described below. Queen Victoria, Parliament Hill. An heroic statue of QueenVictoria is outlined against the sky, north-west of Parliament square. Thework is by Louis Philippe Hebert, a Canadian sculptor, who has
Abbott's guide to Ottawa and vicinity . nal history ; its monuments bearwitness to this. Of these, two are erected to commemorate miltary eventsand others are intimately connected with the citys history, beginning withthe late beloved Queen Victoria, who chose this place as the site of theCapital. One statue of her late Majesty will be found in the library of Par-liament, the other is described below. Queen Victoria, Parliament Hill. An heroic statue of QueenVictoria is outlined against the sky, north-west of Parliament square. Thework is by Louis Philippe Hebert, a Canadian sculptor, who has skillfullydelineated the British lion in an attitude of protection of the motto is Constitutional Liberty. The statue was unveiled by KingGeorge V. (then Duke of Cornwall), when he visited the city in 1S99. Sir John A. Macdonald, Parliament Hill. This statue, by Hebert,which stands at the east end of the Parliament Buildings, is a life-like figureof the first premier of the Dominion of Canada. Sir John Macdonald may be 22. QUEEN VICTORIA MONUMENT called the founder of the Confederation of the provinces of Ontario, Quebec,Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. He was Prime Minister from 1867 to1S73, and from 1878 to his death, in 1891. Sir George Etienne Cartier, Parliament HiU. A co-worker with SirJohn Macdonald in bringing about Confederation, his statue, by Hebert, isproperly placed at the opposite (west) end of the buildings, a fitting spot forthe leader of the French-Canadians. Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, Parliament Hill. In a less pretentiousposition, between the last named statue and the library, we find the statue (byHebert and Hamilton MacCarthy) of the Scotch stone-mason who becamePremier of Canada. Leader of the Liberal Party, he was Prime Ministerfrom 1873 to 1878. Mgr. Joseph GuigueS, (First () Bishop of Ottawa, in the groundsof the Basilica, north-east corner of Sussex and St. Patrick streets. Sharp=Sh0Oters Monument, Majors Hill Park. A bronze figure ofa
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