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Tag: Bob Grainger

This illustration by Bob Prescott of LAC Image depicts James Skead's second sawmill at Westboro Beach.
  • Early Days

Loss of life, loss of jobs

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on March 10, 2015November 22, 2015

By Bob Grainger – On the morning of November 1, 1871, the residents of the…

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  • Early Days

All Saints’ Church celebrates 150
 years in the heart of the village (plus bonus photos)

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on January 23, 2015November 22, 2015

By Bob Grainger – On the second Tuesday of June 1865, there was a ceremony…

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  • Early Days

The devastation of early fires in Kitchissippi and the region

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on December 15, 2014February 18, 2016

By Bob Grainger – Fire was a serious and ever-present fact of life in the…

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A fire at a home on Marjorie Street (now part of Westhaven Crescent) in 1955 claimed the lives of five children and their mother.
  • Early Days

Home heating history in Kitchissippi, part two (plus bonus web-only content)

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on November 18, 2014February 18, 2016

By Bob Grainger – Last month’s column was about the use of wood as a…

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This 1948 clipping from the Ottawa Journal was about a cottage fire at Westboro Beach that claimed the lives of two young victims.
  • Early Days

Home heating history in early Kitchissippi: Deadheads, house fires, and exploding chimneys

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on October 23, 2014February 18, 2016

By Bob Grainger – In the latter part of the nineteenth century and the first…

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  • Early Days

This 101-year old company began with one great idea

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on September 18, 2014

It is hard to remember what used to exist on the northwest corner of Richmond…

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A shaky start for Parkdale Market, 90 years ago

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on August 8, 2014

This summer the Parkdale Market became a nonagenarian; 90 years old and as lively as…

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  • Early Days

A Kitchissippi history mystery: Why were there two roads to the Champlain Bridge?

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on July 11, 2014September 27, 2015

This photo was taken on May 5, 1933 and shows an area bounded by Carleton…

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Click image to enlarge. This aerial photo of McKellar Park Golf Club shows the area it occupied in 1932. Carling Avenue, at the bottom of the photo, was the southern boundary. The eastern boundary of the club was a line mid-way between Fraser and Denbury Avenues. The western boundary is approximated by Redwood Avenue in the north, a piece of present-day Sherburne Avenue in the middle, and Manitou Drive in the southern part. The northern border of the golf club was quite irregular, falling between Dovercourt and Keenan Avenues. Windemere Avenue, previously known as 4th Avenue, divided the golf club into two parts, with the front nine holes to the east of Windemere and the back nine holes to the west.
  • Early Days

18 holes in McKellar Park

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on May 1, 2014December 21, 2015

By Bob Grainger – For years, residents of McKellar Park have been unearthing golf balls…

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  • Early Days

Life on Banting Avenue: gypsies, apple trees, and dirty laundry

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on April 4, 2014

This final column about Banting Avenue focuses on the day-to-day life of the neighbourhood. In…

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The Jones house was rented to the First Secretary to the High Commissioner of New Zealand, and was the site of many summer garden parties. Photos courtesy of Library and Archives Canada. Click photo to enlarge.
  • Early Days

Gone but not forgotten: A closer look at the residents of Banting Avenue

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on March 7, 2014September 27, 2015

Last month, in Part I of this examination of the disappearance of Banting Avenue, the…

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This street map of Ottawa published by the Tourism and Convention Bureau in 1963 shows where Banting Avenue used to be.
  • Early Days

The street that time erased

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on February 10, 2014September 27, 2015

This column is dedicated to the memory of a good friend, Grace (Waterman) Soubliere. For…

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  • Early Days

Hot times for Westboro Beach

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on January 16, 2014February 18, 2016

The focus of last month’s column was the Trocadero dance hall at Westboro Beach. This…

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  • Early Days

Late nights at “the Troc”

  • by editorkitchissippicom
  • Posted on November 25, 2013

We’re very happy to introduce a new local history column by Bob Grainger. Bob is…

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