Dave went on a 30km cycle around the city, along the Rideau Canal, through the Experimental Farm (a large area where they do agricultural testing not far from the city centre), and along the Ottawa River. The rock statues seen below were displayed along the river.
The next photo is a statue near downtown which celebrates the contribution aboriginal people have made in the Canadian armed forces. 
This massive spider is an artwork which stands outside the National Art Gallery.
The next photo is a statue of a Canadian hero, Terry Fox. He was a young man who got cancer in the 1980s, and instead of giving in to it decided he would run across the country. 
He made it from the East coast all the way to Thunder Bay, a run of 5,300km, doing a marathon a day! All of this with a prosthetic leg. He then got too sick from his illness and had to stop running, dying a year later. He has been a rallying-point for cancer research ever since, and a national hero. We saw several statues, a mountain named after him, roads named after him and plenty of exposure of his legacy on our trip.
Finally here is a snap of one of the Canadian Parliament buildings during a gathering of fire fighters who were commemorating 9/11.
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