Ottawa arms 



OTTAWA 



ut M..ntivnl. It* length i 780 m. 



It is partly n;i\ ij/;ilili-. iiiul has been 

 made more HO by the conatnirtuui 

 <>f short i uuils. Its Hcvrriil fulls, 

 liotnlily tin < 'h.mdiriv and Kid- jiu. 

 .sii|i|ily w-iti-r power fur i -In -tn. it\. 



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Lake Ontario. It* i-ln.-f tulmtarira 

 are the Gatincau, Lievro, Coulonge, 

 Madawaska, and Ridcau ; most of 

 tin-in air lu in Ix-ring streams. 

 Ottawa. City and capital of 

 It i- in Carleton county, 

 pro\ of Ontario, at the point where 

 tin- Kidriiti joins 

 the Ottawa, 1 10 

 in. from Mon- 

 treal, and is 

 MT\rd by the 

 C.P.R., G.T.R., 

 C.N.R.,andNew 

 York Central 

 R 1 y. Electric 

 r 1 y s. run 

 through the 

 city and connect it with its suburbs 

 and with Hull across the Ottawa. 



The fine parliament house was 

 burned down in Feb., 1916, but 

 was rebuilt. The prominent feature 

 of the new building is its great 

 tower, called the Tower of Peace, 

 in which a memorial chamber, 

 commemorating Canada's 60,000 

 soldiers who fell in the Great War, 

 is to be erected. In 1921 a replica 

 of the chair in the British House of 

 Commons, the gift of the Empire 

 Parliamentary Association, was 

 formally presented by Lord Ulls- 

 water, the ex-Speaker of the House. 

 The National Museum, art gallery, 

 observatory, and Rideau Hall, the 

 official residence of the governor- 

 general, are notable buildings. 

 There are Roman Catholic and Ang- 

 lican cathedrals, many churches 

 and schools, a university, and fine 

 parks. 



Largely a residential city, Otta- 

 wa is also a centre of the lumber 

 industry, and there are manu- 

 factures of machinery, flour, paper, 

 etc. The falls near the city provide 

 plentiful water power. Ottawa was 

 founded about 1829 as a residence 

 for British engineers who were 

 working in the neighbourhood, and 

 was called Bytown. In 1854 its 

 name was changed to Ottawa, an 

 Indian name, and its importance 

 began when it was selected as the 

 capital of the Dominion on its 

 foundation in 1867. In 1911 its 

 population was 87,062 ; it is now 

 about 135,000, suburbs included. 



Ottawa, UNIVERSITY OF. Cana- 

 dian educational institution at 

 Ottawa. A R.C. establishment, it is 

 conducted by the Oblate Fathers 

 of Mary Immaculate. It was in- 

 corporated in 1849 as the college of 

 Bytown, the old name of Ottawa. 

 In 1861 it became the college of 



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OTTER 



Ottawa, Canada. Plan o! the capital of the Dominion 



Ottawa, and in 1866 a university. 

 Its chief departments are arts, 

 philosophy, and theology, and it is 

 equipped with museums, labora- 

 tories, and a library. 



Ottelia. Small genus of aquatic 

 perennial herbs of the natural 

 order Hydrocharideae. They are 

 natives of tropical and sub- 



Ottelia. Flowers and heart-shaped 

 leaves of the aquatic herb 



tropical regions. They have sub- 

 merged and floating leaves (the 

 latter heart-shaped) and six -parted 

 flowers. O. indica 

 is used as a pot- 

 herb in India. 



Otter (Lutra). 

 Aquatic c a r n i- 

 vorous fur-bear- 

 ing mammal, be- 

 longing to the 

 family Mustelidae. 

 Widely distri- 

 buted, being 

 found in Europe, 

 Asia, and 

 America, it is 

 usually about 2 ft. 

 long in body 



with a tail 18 ins. long, and is cat- 

 like in general form. It has thick 

 brown fur, which is of considerable 

 commercial value, especially in the 

 American species. The feet are 

 webbed, and the long flattened 

 tail assists in swimming. Otters 

 are not uncommon in secluded 

 waters of Great Britain ; but the 

 havoc they work among the fish, 

 of which they kill more than they 

 need, causes them to be remorse- 

 lessly persecuted. They live in 

 burrows in the river banks, but fre- 

 quently descend to the sea, where 

 they feed upon molluscs, crusta- 

 ceans, and fish. 



Otter hunting, which was an 

 organized sport in the time of 

 Henry II, takes place from May to 

 Oct., the only form of hunting 

 carried on during the summer in 

 the United Kingdpm. It is con- 

 ducted on foot with otter-hounds 

 (q.v.), of which there are a con- 

 siderable number of packs in Eng- 

 land and Wales, and a few in 

 Scotland and Ireland. 



Otter, Sra WILLIAM DILLON (b. 

 1843). Canadian soldier. Born Dec. 

 3, 1843, and educated at Toronto.he 



Otter. Common species of the aquatii 

 in Great Britain 



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mammal found 



