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![]() ![]() About Canada by DesignThis exhibition was conceived to encourage research into the vast architectural, photographic and documentary resources available at Library and Archives Canada (LAC). If you would like to know more about the history of Parliament Hill, the government of Canada or Canada's rich documentary heritage, start your research at LAC. We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of the Department of Canadian Heritage, whose financial assistance through the Canadian Culture Online (CCO) initiative made this work possible. ![]() PhotographsThe photographs featured in this exhibition are selected from many important collections, including the William Lyon Mackenzie King collection, the Sir Sandford Flemming collection, the Samuel McLaughlin collection and others. Additional Parliament Hill photographs are available online. Start your search at: www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html Archival descriptions for some photographs may be updated periodically to reflect more recent information about items featured in this exhibition. Architectural DrawingsThe drawings featured in this exhibition are selected from the Parliament Buildings construction, addition and renovation plans transferred to LAC from the Department of Public Works in 1962. Additional Parliament Hill architectural drawings are available online. Start your search at: www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html TextThe texts featured in this exhibition are edited selections from Hand Book to the Parliamentary and Departmental Buildings, Canada by Joseph Bureau (Ottawa: G.E. Desbarats,1867), Ottawa Past and Present by A.H.D. Ross (Toronto: Musson Book Company, 1927) and Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa by T. Morris Longstreth (New York: The Century Co., 1933). Additional textual materials about Parliament Hill can be consulted at LAC or through interlibrary or inter-institutional loan. Start your search at: www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html Further ResearchFor more information about the design and history of Canada's Parliament Buildings, please visit these sites: "The Parliament Buildings." About Parliament. Parliament of Canada.
"Canada's Parliament Buildings." By Executive Decree. Library and Archives Canada.
"Tragedy on the Home Front. Fire of the Parliament Buildings -- 4 February 1916." Canada and the First World War. Library and Archives Canada.
The House of Commons Heritage Collection. Parliament of Canada.
"The Memorial Chamber." Parliament of Canada.
"Parliament Hill." Ottawa Kiosk.
A Treasure to Explore: Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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