We went to Gatineau Park last Friday. It was a drizzling day. Air was so fresh in the forest, I can't help inhale a mouthful of cool air which greatly refreshed me.This time we mainly spent our time on visiting Mackenzie King's estate - the previous Canadian Prime Minister's cottages.
Mackenzie King fell in love with the wild landscape the moment when he first visited to the Gatineau Hills as a young civil servant. In 1903, he bought land near Kinsmere lake and built himself a modest cottage. After becoming PM, he moved to a larger residence near Moorside, where he laid out ornamental English gardens and ruins. He also created a good number of the trails on his estate. When Mackenzie King died in 1950, he bequeathed his property at Kingsmere to the people of Canada. Thanks him for his generous gift to offspring.
inside the cottage
ornamental English Garden and the ruins behind
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