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Category: Early Days

A black and white picture from 1911 of outhouses behind houses on a snowy day in Hintonburg.
  • Early Days

Night soil and honey wagons: Kitchissippi’s role in early Ottawa sanitation

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on April 14, 2022April 19, 2022

By Dave Allston Every home in Kitchissippi has a bathroom. Most probably have two or…

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A black and white picture of a department store window featuring two manaquins wearing fur coats and several pictures in frames.
  • Early Days

The tail of the Hampton Park lynx

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on March 12, 2022May 6, 2022

By Dave Allston For a brief period a century ago, excitement—and probably a little bit…

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A black and white photo of a group of six men holding guns. There is a stack of trophies in the middle of them. The photo is from the late 1800s.
  • Early Days

Westboro’s renowned gun club of the early 1900s

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

By Dave Allston Some of the lesser-known events of the summer Olympics are the shooting…

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A clipping of a black and white article from 1899
  • Early Days

Change in the air: Christmastime in 1899 Westboro

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on December 10, 2021February 4, 2022

By Dave Allston The enduring traditions of Christmas in Canada largely originate from the Victorian…

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Teenage players gather around a pool table in a black and white photo from 1976
  • Early Days

Brews and billiards: The history of the Herb & Spice building

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on November 5, 2021December 3, 2021

By Dave Allston One of the landmark businesses on Wellington West is Herb and Spice.…

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A black and white aerial photo from 1925 showing Champlain Park in Ottawa
  • Early Days

Robert H. Cowley’s vision and the birth of Champlain Park

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on October 12, 2021October 12, 2021

By Dave Allston Champlain Park is one of Ottawa’s most beautiful neighbourhoods, long a hidden…

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A black and white photo of a streetcar on Holland Avenue in 1964.
  • Early Days

The history of Holland Avenue: A story of two brothers

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on September 9, 2021September 9, 2021

By Dave Allston Holland Avenue is one of Kitchissippi’s most significant streets, one which has…

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  • Early Days

Loads of history: If the walls of Laundry Land could talk

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on August 9, 2021September 9, 2021

By Dave Allston Laundry Land has been a staple atop of the Churchill Avenue hill…

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A black and white photo from 1935 showing two men standing outside of Kelmans Bookstore on Wellington West Street
  • Early Days

A welcoming place: The growth of Kitchissippi’s Jewish community in the 20th century

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on June 4, 2021June 5, 2021

By Dave Allston Though Kitchissippi’s first Jewish residents had arrived in 1903, by the onset…

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A sepia tone photo of the Lieff family is seen in 1910
  • Early Days

A new home: Kitchissippi’s first Jewish residents

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on May 5, 2021June 4, 2021

By Dave Allston The Jewish community in Ottawa has a deep appreciation for its past,…

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A black and white article from the Ottawa Journal in 1899 discussing the purchase of land for an abattoir.
  • Early Days

The story of the short-lived Tunney’s Pasture stockyards and slaughterhouse

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on April 10, 2021

By Dave Allston Tunney’s Pasture will see a major redevelopment in the relatively near future,…

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A black and white newspaper clipping discussing the debate about the placement of the Ottawa cemetery in the April 22 edition of the Ottawa Daily Citizen
  • Early Days

How Beechwood Cemetery nearly called Westboro ‘home’

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on March 3, 2021

By Dave Allston Beechwood Cemetery is a picturesque cemetery that, for the past 148 years,…

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A black and white illustration of people skating in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
  • Early Days

Winter ward fun: The history of outdoor recreation in Kitchissippi

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on February 4, 2021March 1, 2021

By Dave Allston As we approach a full year of living in a pandemic, one…

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A picture of a black and white painting of Stewart farm in the 1870s.
  • Early Days

Home for the holidays in 1880s Hintonburg

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on November 30, 2020February 1, 2021

By Dave Allston 140 years ago, Christmastime arrived in Hintonburg. The villagers gathered with their…

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A photo of the Nepean Police station on a sepia postcard from 1947.
  • Early Days

Early Days: The 20th century tale of the Churchill Avenue police station

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on November 16, 2020November 16, 2020

By Dave Allston Now a neighbourhood in central Ottawa, there was a time when Westboro…

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