Harrington Lake Harrington Lake Harrington Lake () is the name of the summer residence and all-season retreat of the Prime Minister of Canada, and also the name of the land which surrounds it. The property is located near Meech Lake—where the Meech Lake Accord was negotiated in 1987—approximately 35 kilometres northwest of Ottawa, in Gatineau Park, amidst the Gatineau Hills in Quebec. The property is not open to the public, but the Mackenzie King Estate, the retreat of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King at Kingsmere, is a tourist attraction located 2 kilometres south in the park. Since 1986, the 5.4-hectare (13-acre)
Orielton, Harrington Park using the train to Campbelltown to shoot over "Orielton's" land and attend the adjacent "Harrington Park" race track. The Peisley family knew the Davy family who occupied Harrington Park from 1852-70. During the early 1870s the sport of coursing (the pursuit of live hares by greyhounds across the countryside) was introduced to "Orielton" which became a popular activity at both the Orielton and Harrington Park estates. By the 1870s "Harrington Park" house had established a reputation as a gentleman's country seat, with "hospitality, picturesqueness and the hunt bringing interesting associations to the English eye". In 1874, Harrington Park and Lot