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Category: Early Days

  • Early Days

Early Days: Fisher Park celebrates 100 years

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on March 6, 2020April 5, 2020

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

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An aerial photo from 1933 which shows the Standard Bread factory on the top and Olivers on the bottom, with Gladstone running between them. National Aerial Photo Library image
  • Early Days

Early Days: Furniture store thrived in early Hintonburg

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on January 31, 2020April 5, 2020

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

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An old photo of Patrick Mears, a community leader in the early 1900s.
  • Early Days

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

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on December 2, 2019

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

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The Elmgrove Arena on opening day of skating, December 23 1959.
  • Early Days

Early Days: History continues for Elmgrove Arena

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on November 3, 2019

By Dave Allston One of Kitchissippi’s hidden gems is Lions Park, a recreational outdoor park,…

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This 1920s era photo of the Westboro Garage inspired this month’s column. 
Photo courtesy Mike Krzyzanowski
  • Early Days

Kitchissippi’s early automobile pioneers

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on October 4, 2019April 5, 2020

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

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  • Early Days

Digging into Kitchissippi’s vault of banking history

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on September 3, 2019October 4, 2019

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

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  • Early Days

The Wellington Village neighbourhood that never was

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

  By Dave Allston – History fever has hit Wellington Village this summer as the…

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Archive photo of pizza parlours
  • Early Days

The early days of Kitchissippi pizza parlours

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on July 2, 2019April 5, 2020

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

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Early Days of Wellington Village
  • Early Days

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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  • Early Days

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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