Rideau Canal Celtic Cross

The granite Celtic cross has five engraved symbols: an Irish harp; a pick and shovel; a mosquito; a wheel barrow, and an explosion.

It is erected close to Lock #1, in the Colonel By Valley, below Major's Hill Park and Château Laurier Hotel.

The committee included representatives of the Workers Heritage Centre Museum and the Irish Society of the National Capital Region.

Upon the unveiling of the cross at the canal's first lock at the Ottawa River, the committee disbanded.

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