Depending upon which side you stand or which language you speak, the river is called the Outaouais (Oo-ta-qua) or the Ottawa (ought-ta-wa). Both sides of the river are in the same country, but the official language is English on the south bank and French on the northern one. Gatineau is the fraternal francophone twin to anglophone Ottawa and since language is the root of culture it should come as no surprise that one feels quite different from the other. As the capital of Canada, Ottawa gets the international spotlight leaving its twin across the river in relative obscurity. I’m as guilty as the next person, visiting the capital city on an annual basis, but never having been to the other. This time I’m going to Gatineau. Route 148 runs from Montreal, Quebec to Pembrooke, Ontario and
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