Canadian Tulip Festival Totally Explained

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Tulip Sites

Commissioners Park - Dow's Lake
Garden of the Provinces, Parliament Hill - Capital Infocentre
Major's Hill Park

Attraction Sites

Canadian Museum of Nature

National Gallery of Canada

Royal Canadian Mint

Library and Archives Canada

Canadian War Museum

Canadian Museum of Civilization Partner Sites

Rideau Hall

Mackenzie King Estate (Gatineau Park)

Trivia

Because of the ongoing Canadian support for the Netherlands during the war, Seymour Cobley of the Royal Horticultural Society actually donated 83,000 tulips to Canada from 1941–1943, several years before the Royal Family followed suit.(External Link

) Photographer Malak Karsh became widely known for his photographs of the Tulip Festival.
While the Netherlands continues to send 20,000 bulbs to Canada each year (10,000 from the Royal Family and 10,000 from the Dutch Bulb Growers Association), by 1963 the festival featured more than 2 million, and today sees nearly 3 million tulips purchased from Dutch and Canadian distributors.(External Link

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Attractions

Commissioners Park

Commissioners Park in the Dows Lake area is a major centre of activity for the Tulip Festival. The largest concentration of tulips in the National Capital Region — some 300,000 — can be found planted along a section of the lakeshore.
Commissioners Park also features buskers and musicians, and artists demonstrating their skills. On the final weekend of the festival, a parade of lighted boats is held on the lake, and followed by a fireworks display. In 2007 this event, the Ottawa Flotilla was taken over by a new volunteer committee with the blessing of the Tulip Festival organizers.

Man With Two Hats

The statue Man with Two Hats stands in Commissioners Park. An explanatory plaque contains the following text: ť During the Second World War, Canadian soldiers played a crucial role in the liberation of the Netherlands. With the donation of this monument - an expression of joy and a celebration of freedom - the Netherlands pays lasting tribute to Canada.

A statue identical to this one stands in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands. The twin monuments symbolically link Canada and the Netherlands; though separated by an ocean, the two countries will forever be close friends. ť Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands unveiled the monument in Ottawa on May 11, 2002, and the other in Apeldoorn on May 2, 2000.

Artist: Henk Visch

Major's Hill Park

In addition to tulip beds and buskers, Major's Hill Park features a large tented International Pavilion with culture, food and entertainment from a number of different countries. Crafts and activities for children are offered by some of the international pavilions which are operated by embassies and local community groups.
Varying international exhibits have been featured during many years of the festival's history, but international representation was expanded to 15 countries in 2007.

Other sites thoughout the National Capital Region

The Garden of the Provinces and Territories, located directly across from Library and Archives Canada on Wellington Street is one of many sites that the National Capital Commission plants with thousands of tulips. Others include Parliament Hill, the banks of the Rideau Canal, and in Gatineau, Jacques Cartier Park, Montcalm-Taché Park, and the Malak flowerbed behind the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
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