What was Jacques Cartier searching for when he arrived at the Ottawa River that would give him a passage to the Pacific Ocean?
Jacques Cartier Park:  It is named for French explorer Jacques Cartier, who arrived at the mouth of the Ottawa River while he was looking for the Northwest Passage. Northwest Passage: The Northwest Passage (abbreviated as NWP) is, from the European and northern Atlantic point of view, the sea route to the Pacific Ocean through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
Northwest Passage