History

Early Days: The 100 year history of Nepean High School

By Dave Allston A symbol of the emergence of Westboro into a popular, growing village...

Early Days: A 1940s Christmas at Byron House

By Dave Allston As the Christmas season is upon us, it is timely to look...

Protecting the past: How Kitchissippi’s heritage has changed over 20 years

By Dave Allston Heritage in Ottawa has always been an imperfect system. The first...

Early Days: How garbage helped build the parkway and saved Mechanicsville

By Dave Allston The creation of landfill along the Ottawa River, and the subsequent...

Early Days: From landfill to useable land: How the Ottawa River shoreline was built using garbage

By Dave Allston The waterfront along the Ottawa River in the west end of...

Early Days: The Kitchissippi-Parliament Buildings connection

By Dave Allston Some of Kitchissippi’s most famous residents of all time also qualify as...
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Early Days: The interprovincial LRT that nearly was

By Dave Allston In the late 19th century, most of Kitchissippi was not yet...

Early Days: How women’s hockey was started in Westboro

By Dave Allston The movie A League of Their Own brought to life the story...

Early Days: When Holland and Byron was mostly railways

By Dave Allston The intersection of Holland and Byron was for many years known...

Early Days: From Klondike to Westboro:How coal and lumber shaped western Ottawa

By Dave Allston Twenty years have passed since ground was broken for the Metropole...

Early Days: The forgotten legacy of Hintonburg’s first thrift store

By Dave Allston Ottawa Neighbourhood Services was once a Hintonburg mainstay. For nearly 90...

Early Days: Wartime history: Tracking down the “Hintonburg Howitzer”

By Dave Allston Somerset Square is in the heart of Hintonburg, a landmark meeting point...
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