Friday was a lovely sunny day, a chance to re-visit Gateneau Park without the crowds. Our first stop was Pink Lake, the last time we were here it was so busy we could only look at the lake from afar. 
Going down the stairs to the lake shore.
Couple of shots of the lake, called Pink Lake after the family that lived here.
Back along the boardwalk to the parking.
Our next stop was the MacKenzie- King Estate, the first part of the walk went long side the Chute, a famous waterfall walk, as you can see there's not much water falling, why I don't know, after all the rain we have had over the last week you would have thought it would have been a raging torrent.
Our first sight of Moorside, Mackenzie-Kings summer residence. William Lyon MacKenzie-King was Canada's 10th. Prime Minister and served for 22 years in 3 spells from 1921 to 1948.
His hobby was rescuing bits of old buildings that were being demolished in Ottawa and rebuilding them in his garden. This is parts of some windows from The British North America Bank Note Company, called the garden window.
Looking through the window at an English Rock Garden.
He called this the Arc de Triomphe, I think this was the main door into The British North America building.
Another view of Moorside.
This collection of ruins he called the Abbey.
I wonder if Mackenzie-King was the original building material recycler.
A great idea for recycling , back then.
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