Archive 1997-2016
Behind the Parliament Buildings, atop a stone pedestal – cast in bronze and wearing one of those peculiar beards without mustaches that were popular in the 19th century – stands a statue of Thomas D’Arcy McGee, one of Canada’s most controversial fathers of Confederation.
Standing proudly on the southeast corner of Parliament Hill, Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, glances pensively out at the nation’s capital, glasses in one hand, scattered papers in the other.
The statue of Sir Wilfrid Laurier stands at the corner of Parliament Hill, eternally staring out over a grassy lawn and the road behind it. With one hand at his waist and his eyes looking towards Wellington Street, the figure of Canada’s first francophone prime minister seems to almost survey what he helped create – a vibrant downtown Ottawa.
Sir Galahad is a fictitious character, one of the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend.