History

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,...

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...
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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...

The fowl story of the Showler family 

By Dave Allston -  Like most of the original homes that front Wellington Street West,...

The history of Kitchissippi’s place in Ottawa’s dog sled races (plus bonus pics)

By Dave Allston - In many ways, Kitchissippi still had a very rural, village-like feel...
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