Aviation Parkway (Ottawa)

The Aviation Parkway is a

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. The parkway begins at Highway 417 and proceeds north, passing beside Ken Steele Park and

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's only French college,

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. It continues north, passing beside the national headquarters of the

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, crossing Montreal Road, passing beside the Montfort Hospital, and ending at the Canadian Aviation Museum. The parkway is bordered on either side by significant woods and fields that are the property of the

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. Being a federal roadway, the Aviation Parkway is patrolled by the

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instead of the local police force. Roads in Ottawa Parkways in Ontario {{Ottawa-stub