A watercolour and bodycolour view of part of the city of Ottawa and the river from Barrack Hill, with the site of the new Parliament Buildings. There are four vertical folds running down the sheet, which has a curved top. Reproduced in the Illustrated London News of 29 September 1860.

George Henry Andrews worked for the Illustrated London News between 1856 and 1860, and in May and June of 1860 was sent to Canada to make a series of watercolours to be reproduced as illustrations to the newspaper's coverage of the Prince of Wales's tour to Canada and the United States. This watercolour dates from that first visit. Andrews then accompanied the royal party on the tour, made between July and October of 1860, as the representative of the Illustrated London News and made many sketches on the spot.

The Prince of Wales laid the corner-stone of the new Parliament Buildings during his visit to Ottawa. Whilst there, he also went down the falls on a raft similar to the one in the foreground of this watercolour (see also RCIN 920974), wishing that the falls had been "at least a mile longer".

Along with other works by Andrews documenting the Prince's tour, this watercolour was originally mounted in a volume in the Royal Library before being incorporated into the newly-created Souvenir Album XI c.1930.