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Administrative region of Quebec, Canada
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The Outaouais (pronounced oo-tuh-WAY) is a region of the province of Quebec north of Canada's capital, Ottawa.
By car: Driving in Gatineau and Ottawa is fairly simple. Finding a parking spot is not a big problem maybe except downtown Hull and even so... it is nothing compared to Montreal.
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a municipality of 200,000 people with origins in the lumber industry that serves as a bedroom community for Ottawa
a largely residential, rural community, home to Gatineau Park
a picturesque municipality offering recreational tourism (vacation, cycling, hunting and fishing, mountain biking, snowmobiles, boating)
best known for the Château Montebello, a resort which is the largest log structure ever built, and for Montebello Rockfest, Canada's largest annual rock festival
a picturesque village with a covered bridge
the outdoor playground for Canada's national capital.
a group of rural communities along the shore of the Ottawa River, Wikivoyage covers this as a separate guide from the rest of the Outaouais.
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