Talk:Rideau Hall

100 acres or 1000 acres?

The article on Thomas mcKay mentionned he purchased 1,000 acres of land but the Rideau Hall article mentions 100 acres. Which one is it?

McKay purchased the 100 acre[16] site overlooking both the Ottawa and Rideau Rivers and built a stone villa where he and his family lived until 1855 and which became the root of the present day Rideau Hall

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_McKay

Thomas McKay became quite wealthy and in 1837 he bought 1100 acres (4.5 km2) east of the village — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.16.117.88 (talk) 05:13, 6 July 2021 (UTC)

Canadian viceregal's residence subsection's images

The viceregal (governor-general) residence subsection, has three images in it. However two of three images are primarily the monarch (Elizabeth II). Considering the name of the subsection, shouldn't all images be of only governors general & their spouses? PS- There must be a better place in this article, to put the two images-in-question. The monarch isn't a viceregal. GoodDay (talk) 17:48, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

I understand the sentiment, but the issue is with the availability of images again. Having looked through the Commons, there simply isn't a photo of a Canadian GG at Rideau Hall for the period covered in that section (1950 to 1980). The only images I could find that feature the GG is the privy council one already in the article and this Massey one (taken during the same time as the privy council one). The only other images of Rideau Hall I could find from 1950 to Sauve's tenure were ones that didn't include the GG and weren't that relevant for the section (Interior, 1950, Guard mounting, 1959, Front gate, 1960). Leventio (talk) 18:34, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

It's also just a non-issue. There is no "viceregal (governor-general [sic]) residence" subsection. There's a subsection titled "Canadian viceregal residents", but it doesn't say anything about the monarch being evicted from her Canadian home, leaving only the viceroy as resident. Indeed, the subsection includes, "in 1957, Elizabeth was again in residence, though for the first time as queen. The Queen also stayed in her Ottawa government house and held audience with an influx of 53 foreign heads of state and government during Expo 67, held in Montreal, and Canada's centennial celebrations." Two images in the subsection illustrate both of those moments. --₪ MIESIANIACAL 18:51, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

I've re-named the subsection to better reflect the content & images. The other option - Dividing the sub-section itself into two sub-sections (one for the regal & the other for vice regal), would require a heck of a lot of untangling of info. GoodDay (talk) 19:02, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

It was nonsense. The first Canadian royal resident was George VI in 1939, which is covered in the preceding section. --₪ MIESIANIACAL 19:56, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

No problem, as long as we've removed the disconnect between the initial subsection title & its content/images. GoodDay (talk) 20:34, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

"Royal residences"

No, not that edit -- well, not directly at least -- the the remaining references such as "It is one of two official royal residences maintained by the federal Crown". Does this make sense in the context of the current lede sentence? Yes, the GG is royal-adjacent in an administrative sense, but even that's rather opaque in the current wording. 109.255.211.6 (talk) 03:29, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Rideau Hall is the vice-regal estate. No official sources refer to it as a "royal residence". Wellington Bay (talk) 21:52, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

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