Road Trip out East, May 16, 2019

From Ottawa to Upper Canada Campground with a stop at a chi-stand on the way.

“Originally built to house the offices of senators and members of Parliament, the East Block held the offices of Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir George-Étienne Cartier. Today, it still houses the offices of senators and their staff. The building also contains faithful recreations of the offices of its famous occupants from the 19th century.

In 1859, the architects Thomas Stent and Augustus Laver designed the East Block in Gothic Revival-style.They added a wing in 1910 to meet the needs for more government office space. The new wing linked the ends of the original building and was designed differently. At one time, the wing contained six huge vaults that stored the nation’s financial treasures. Afterwards, the vaults were converted to office space, but the original doors were saved.” from

https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/citeparlementaire-parliamentaryprecinct/decouvrez-discover/est-east-eng.html