Tulips in bloom. An annual rite of spring. And in Ottawa, the city celebrates with a three-week festival. The Canadian Tulip Festival in its 60th year for 2012 is another rite of spring. But it’s not just about the blooming of the flowers or marking the season. There is some very interesting history behind the tulips in Ottawa.
Growing up in Durham Region, I have to admit that I didn’t necessarily associate the area with more upscale travel. But I figured I had to be missing something. So I sat down with Kerri King, Manager of Tourism for Durham Region to find out what.
It’s cold. It’s snowy. It’s windy. It’s cloudy. You’ve got the mid-winter blahs. What better reason to have a party and celebrate winter? And that’s exactly what Ottawa does with the annual Winterlude festival.
The hills would be the area around the Niagara Escarpment in the Niagara Region where many of Ontario’s wineries are established. The gold would be the ice wine produced by the region’s wineries. And in more recent years rubies can also be found in the form of red ice wines.
