Abbott's Guide to Ottawa and Vicinity/Earnscliffe

by George F. Abbott

 

EARNSCLIFFE.

Situated on a commanding position on the top of the bluff overlooking the Ottawa river, about half a mile below the Alexandra bridge, this picturesque house was chosen by the late Sir John A. Macdonald (see p. 22) as his residence, and here he died. His widow takes from it her title "Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe." It is now owned by Dr. Chas. A. E. Harriss, the well-known musical composer. The room where Canada's great citizen lived and worked is still kept as he occupied it.