Harrington Lake Diefenbaker suggested that he needed a quiet place to go fishing, not too far from Ottawa. Later that year, Harrington Lake was chosen as the site for an official country residence and the buildings were formally designated as a secure residence for Canada’s prime ministers. During the first prime ministership of Pierre Trudeau, his then-wife, Margaret, added a vegetable garden; according to Kim Campbell's autobiography "Time and Chance", the garden still provided the house with fresh produce at the time of that writing. Campbell was the only Prime Minister to have spent her entire term in office residing at Harrington
Prime Ministerial Car sound system. The vehicle used to be classed as B7 level but under the new system is classed as VPAM9 and is understood to be capable of withstanding the blast of 15 kg equivalent TNT, and sustained attack by a variety of other armour piercing weapons. The car has a 5.0 litre supercharged petrol engine producing 503 bhp, with a top speed of , and is capable of reaching from stationary in 9.4 seconds, slower than the original due to the substantially greater weight of the vehicle. Prime Ministerial Car The Prime Ministerial Car refers to a number of British