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Wakefield - Quebec
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Area Information
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Located a short 20 minute drive from downtown Ottawa, Wakefield is a popular tourist destination for visitors from the Nation’s Capital and points further afar. Wakefield is also a popular destination for Ottawa residents looking for a weekend getaway.
- One of the first villages to be established along the Gatineau River, Wakefield was founded in 1830 by mainly Irish immigrants with the help of a few Brits and Scots. With its ideal setting on the Gatineau River, Wakefield grew thanks to the lumber industry, whose history one can visit at the Wakefield Mill.
- Tommy Douglas, the “father of Canadian medicare”, had his home here and Lester B. Pearson, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is buried in the MacLaren cemetery. Wakefield.


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