History

Early Days: Checking out — Motels, hotels and the end of a historic era. 

By Dave Allston The closure and pending demolition of Webb’s Motel on Carling Avenue represents...

Quick to act: How Ottawa quelled the Spanish flu in 1918

By Dave Allston In a short span of time, the COVID-19 virus has changed all...

Early Days: Fisher Park celebrates 100 years

By Dave Allston 2020 is a historic year for Fisher Park, the centerpiece of Kitchissippi....

Early Days: Furniture store thrived in early Hintonburg

By Dave Allston The intersection of Gladstone and Loretta is steeped in history, as many...

Eearly Days: The life and times of Patrick Mears, Westboro’s ‘Mr. Everything’

Blacksmith, community-minded citizen and fire chief instrumental in building the neighbourhood By Dave Allston When Patrick...

Early Days: History continues for Elmgrove Arena

By Dave Allston One of Kitchissippi’s hidden gems is Lions Park, a recreational outdoor park,...
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Kitchissippi’s early automobile pioneers

Westboro, Hintonburg businesses thrive as the ‘oil age’ arrives in Ottawa By Dave Allston One hundred...

Digging into Kitchissippi’s vault of banking history

By Dave Allston - These days, the Wellington-Richmond corridor through Kitchissippi features a bank seemingly...

The Wellington Village neighbourhood that never was

  By Dave Allston - History fever has hit Wellington Village this summer as the neighbourhood...

The early days of Kitchissippi pizza parlours

By Dave Allston -  The 1960s yielded many crazes, like go-go boots, Ouija boards, bellbottoms,...

Celebrating 100 years of Wellington Village

By Dave Allston -  Wellington Village turns 100 years old this year, and though now...

Long walks to primitive schools through the wilds of Nepean

By Dave Allston -  There’s a wide variety of schooling available for children living in...
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