The Aviation Parkway is a scenic

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Route description

The parkway begins at Highway 417 and proceeds north, passing beside Ken Steele Park and

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's only French college, Collège La Cité. It continues north, passing beside the national headquarters of the

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, crossing

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, and passing beside the

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. It ends at the Canadian Aviation Museum and Rockcliffe Airport. The parkway is bordered on either side by significant woods and fields that are the property of the National Capital Commission.

History

The Aviation Parkway is the youngest of the NCC's scenic parkways, having been built in 1988. Being a federal roadway, the Aviation Parkway is patrolled by the

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instead of the local police force. The northern terminus of the parkway is a contentious candidate for the site of Ottawa's easternmost interprovincial bridge. The bridge would cross the

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via Kettle Island, connecting Ottawa to Gatineau, Quebec. A bridge has been proposed at this site dating back as far as 1888, and proposals have been put forward and shelved regularly in the modern era.

References

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