Explore the rich Indigenous cultural of Canada’s first people.

Indigenous Experiences is situated on the grounds of the Canadian Museum of History.

It is located on the shores of the Ottawa River within the traditional territory of the Algonquin people.

Explore guided tours of their living history display and museum exhibits that explore Canada’s indigenous legacy.

Watch Pow Wow dance performances by indigenous dancers from around the country, participate in interactive craft, music and dance workshops.

Listen and learn the indigenous storytelling and songs.

Finally paddle down the Ottawa River in a voyageur canoe, this was selected as one of Destination Canada’s signature experiences.

From the sweep of the river, the Ottawa looks as majestic as when Champlain viewed it four centuries ago.

This trip has everything, fun, education and just enough excitement to be thrilled at the end of the run.

The Basilica is the oldest and largest church in Ottawa and the seat of the city’s Roman Catholic Archbishop.

Its twin spires and gilded Madonna are easily identifiable from nearby Parliament Hill and the surrounding area.

Renovated and restored in the late 1990s, services are held in both French and English.

Steeples are covered with tin, which is typical for French-Canadian churches, and house a peal of bells.

Exterior is fairly reserved, but the interior is far more ornate, designed by Georges Buillon.

Inside, the church is brightly painted and decorated with carved features, exquisite stained-glass windows and hundreds of statues.

Louis-Philippe Hébert completed thirty large wooden sculptures in the choir.

At the end of the choir, the Holy Family is completed with saints John the Baptist and Patrick.

As you know they are the patron saints of France and Ireland.