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TEXT BY NICOLE VALOIS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN FRENCH. TRANSLATED BY NANCY DUNTON
Garden of the Provinces and Territories Owner: Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) Location: Wellington Street, Ottawa Construction: 1962 Design: Don Graham under the supervision of Edward I. Wood, National Capital Commission (NCC) Sculpture: Tree Fountain / Fontaine arborescente, Norman Slater, industrial designer, Montreal, 1961-62 Fountain of the Great Lakes / La fontaine des Grands Lacs, Emil G. van der Meulen, designer, Adjeleian and Associates, Consulting Engineers, 1962 Restoration: 2005, cost $2.5 million, Ivan Matrtaj, project manager PWGSC. Scope of work: addition of ramps for accessibility and new pumping system, rehabilitation of Tree Fountain, and repointing of masonry “Views of Gatineau Hills and Ottawa River are seen to the north and west. It is a spot of green open space for pedestrians in a busy section of the city. It provides a transition from large Government Buildings along Wellington Street to the smaller scale of the City to the west. “ —Fact sheet on the Garden of the Provinces, by D. W. Graham, Assistant Landscape Architect, April 2, 1962. Personal archives of Don Graham.
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Recent (2013) view of the upper terrace of the Garden of the Provinces and Territories with Fountain of the Great Lakes in the background
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National Capital Commission
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Elevation drawing, circa 1961
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Don Graham personal archive
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Night view of Fountain of the Great Lakes, circa 1962
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Don Graham personal archive
