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Category: Early Days

Early Days of Wellington Village
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Celebrating 100 years of Wellington Village

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on June 3, 2019April 5, 2020

By Dave Allston –  Wellington Village turns 100 years old this year, and though now…

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  • Early Days

Long walks to primitive schools through the wilds of Nepean

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on May 6, 2019April 5, 2020

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

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  • Early Days

The fowl story of the Showler family 

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on April 9, 2019April 5, 2020

By Dave Allston –  Like most of the original homes that front Wellington Street West,…

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  • Early Days

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

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on March 15, 2019April 29, 2019

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

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The hidden history of Kitchissippi’s own pioneer house

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on February 4, 2019May 3, 2019

By Dave Allston – The Wellington Street/Richmond Road streetscape is in a constant state of…

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  • Early Days

A century’s worth of memories: The history of the Lululemon building

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on January 11, 2019March 8, 2019

By Dave Allston – The iconic Lululemon building in the heart of Westboro, on the village’s…

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  • Early Days

How the spirit of Christmas brightened one of the bleakest moments in Ottawa’s history

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on December 14, 2018January 29, 2019

By Dave Allston – The early growth of Kitchissippi, and indeed Ottawa as a whole,…

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  • Early Days

Francis Holmes Gilchrist: community builder, early Hintonburger

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on November 9, 2018January 7, 2019

By Dave Allston –  In the final quarter of the 19th century, Hintonburg began to…

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  • Early Days

McKellar-Bingham House has a unique history of its very own

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on September 27, 2018February 4, 2019

By Dave Allston –  As McKellar-Bingham House on Richmond Road begins to approach 200 years…

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  • Early Days

How television first came to Ottawa (Hint: it all started in Kitchissippi!)

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on August 30, 2018September 27, 2018

By Dave Allston –  Television’s arrival in Ottawa in 1953 was no doubt one of…

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  • Early Days

The dark history of Kitchissippi’s shanty town

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on July 26, 2018September 27, 2018

By Dave Allston –  A piece of Kitchissippi’s past has slipped away with time, so shocking…

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  • Early Days

Kitchissippi’s Hollywood connection

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on June 27, 2018July 25, 2018

By Dave Allston – The 1930s was an era of depression and lean times, but…

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  • Early Days

The hidden history of one of Westboro’s oldest homes

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on May 25, 2018June 22, 2018

By Dave Allston –  Just off Richmond Road, at 408 Tweedsmuir Ave., stands an impressive…

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  • Early Days

The glory days of Bate Island

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on April 27, 2018May 25, 2018

By Dave Allston –  Within Kitchissippi’s borders, nearly halfway between the shores of Ottawa and…

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  • Early Days

The untold story of the Hinton family, part 3

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on April 12, 2018April 27, 2018

[Need to catch up? Read part one and two.] By Dave Allston –  This is…

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