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Laurier Avenue
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Laurier Avenue is a central east west street running through Ottawa, Canada. Originally known as Maria Street and Theodore Street, it was renamed in honour of Canadian Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Laurier House, the residence of Prime Ministers Laurier and William Lyon Mackenzie King, is located at the corner of Laurier Avenue East and Chapel Street. Bronson Avenue to the Rideau Canal Laurier runs through the heart of downtown Ottawa, the south side of Laurier from Bronson east is almost all high-rises, starting with residential towers at Bronson, and commercial and government office buildings further to the east. Located on the side of Laurier, between Bank Street and OConnor is the main building of the Canadian Department of Finance. Next door to Ottawa City Hall is the Armoury, from which the daily Changing of the Guard procession begins, the north side of Laurier, across from City Hall, is Confederation Square. Laurier Avenue was selected in 2011 as the first street in Ottawa to feature a fully segregated bike lane and it then goes through the neighbourhood of Sandy Hill, passing near many embassies. The embassy of Angola is prominent on the corner of Laurier, the street finally ends at Charlotte just before it meets the Rideau River, at Strathcona Park, quite near to the Russian embassy
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The Glebe
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The Glebe is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located just south of Ottawas downtown area in the Capital Ward with its northern border being demarcated by the Queensway highway and it is bounded by the Rideau Canal to the south and east. Many maps show the western edge as Bronson Avenue, but some include the triangle farther west formed by Bronson, Carling Avenue. The Glebe Community Association uses the latter definition, as of 2011, the areas population was 11,184. The Glebe has a community association which, in addition to running a large community centre, lobbies the local government on issues such as traffic calming. The Glebe has a community newspaper, Glebe Report, that has published independently since 1973. The Glebe is mostly populated by families, the area has many children, the Glebe lies in the federal riding of Ottawa Centre, and the same provincial electoral district. The stretch of Bank Street that runs through the Glebe is one of Ottawas premier shopping areas, with small stores. Much of the rest of the Glebe consists of detached homes, some of these homes are owner-occupied family residences, while others have been subdivided into multiple rental apartments. The Glebe is home to Lansdowne Park which contains TD Place Stadium, where Ottawas Canadian Football League football team and the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees play their home games. Lansdowne Park also contains the Ottawa Civic Centre, which is the permanent home of the Ottawa 67s and was the home for the Ottawa Senators before Canadian Tire Centre was completed. The area that became the park was purchased from farmers in 1868 by the City of Ottawa Agricultural Society. From the canal two bodies of water jut into the Glebe, Patterson Creek and Browns Inlet and these areas are surrounded by parks and some of the citys most expensive homes. Sellers are expected to donate a portion of the proceeds to a designated charity, the area is called the Glebe because in the initial 1837 survey of Ottawa the area of 178 acres was deeded by the Crown to St. Andrews Presbyterian Church as Clergy Reserve. The word glebe means church lands, and the area was known as the glebe lands of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. When the area was opened for development in 1870, real estate began to refer to it simply as The Glebe. The initial area was bounded by Carling Avenue and Fifth Avenue on the north and south sides, the original city limits on the south side had been set at Gladstone Avenue when the city was incorporated. Annexation in 1889 extended the new limits to the Rideau Canal, by Act of the Provincial Legislature, the Glebe became part of a small but growing city
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Ottawa
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Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It stands on the bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, the two form the core of the Ottawa–Gatineau census metropolitan area and the National Capital Region. The 2016 census reported a population of 934,243, making it the fourth-largest city in Canada, the City of Ottawa reported that the city had an estimated population of 960,754 as of December 2015. Founded in 1826 as Bytown, and incorporated as Ottawa in 1855, the city name Ottawa was chosen in reference to the Ottawa River nearby, the name of which is derived from the Algonquin Odawa, meaning to trade. The city is the most educated in Canada, and is home to a number of post-secondary, research, and cultural institutions, including the National Arts Centre, Ottawa also has the highest standard of living in the nation and low unemployment. It ranked second out of 150 worldwide in the Numbeo quality of life index 2014–2015, with the draining of the Champlain Sea around ten thousand years ago the Ottawa Valley became habitable. The area was used for wild harvesting, hunting, fishing, trade, travel. The Ottawa river valley has archaeological sites with arrow heads, pottery, the area has three major rivers that meet, making it an important trade and travel area for thousands of years. The Algonquins called the Ottawa River Kichi Sibi or Kichissippi meaning Great River or Grand River, Étienne Brûlé, the first European to travel up the Ottawa River, passed by Ottawa in 1610 on his way to the Great Lakes. Three years later, Samuel de Champlain wrote about the waterfalls of the area and about his encounters with the Algonquins, the early explorers and traders were later followed by many missionaries. The first maps of the area used the word Ottawa to name the river, philemon Wright, a New Englander, created the first settlement in the area on 7 March 1800 on the north side of the river, across from Ottawa in Hull. He, with five other families and twenty-five labourers, set about to create a community called Wrightsville. Wright pioneered the Ottawa Valley timber trade by transporting timber by river from the Ottawa Valley to Quebec City, the following year, the town would soon be named after British military engineer Colonel John By who was responsible for the entire Rideau Waterway construction project. Colonel By set up military barracks on the site of todays Parliament Hill and he also laid out the streets of the town and created two distinct neighbourhoods named Upper Town west of the canal and Lower Town east of the canal. Similar to its Upper Canada and Lower Canada namesakes, historically Upper Town was predominantly English speaking and Protestant whereas Lower Town was predominantly French, Irish, bytowns population grew to 1,000 as the Rideau Canal was being completed in 1832. In 1855 Bytown was renamed Ottawa and incorporated as a city, William Pittman Lett was installed as the first city clerk guiding it through 36 years of development. On New Years Eve 1857, Queen Victoria, as a symbolic, in reality, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald had assigned this selection process to the Executive Branch of the Government, as previous attempts to arrive at a consensus had ended in deadlock
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Ontario
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Ontario, one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada, is located in east-central Canada. It is Canadas most populous province by a margin, accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians. Ontario is fourth-largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and it is home to the nations capital city, Ottawa, and the nations most populous city, Toronto. There is only about 1 km of land made up of portages including Height of Land Portage on the Minnesota border. Ontario is sometimes divided into two regions, Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario. The great majority of Ontarios population and arable land is located in the south, in contrast, the larger, northern part of Ontario is sparsely populated with cold winters and is heavily forested. The province is named after Lake Ontario, a thought to be derived from Ontarí, io, a Huron word meaning great lake, or possibly skanadario. Ontario has about 250,000 freshwater lakes, the province consists of three main geographical regions, The thinly populated Canadian Shield in the northwestern and central portions, which comprises over half the land area of Ontario. Although this area mostly does not support agriculture, it is rich in minerals and in part covered by the Central and Midwestern Canadian Shield forests, studded with lakes, Northern Ontario is subdivided into two sub-regions, Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario. The virtually unpopulated Hudson Bay Lowlands in the north and northeast, mainly swampy. Southern Ontario which is further sub-divided into four regions, Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, Golden Horseshoe, the highest point is Ishpatina Ridge at 693 metres above sea level located in Temagami, Northeastern Ontario. In the south, elevations of over 500 m are surpassed near Collingwood, above the Blue Mountains in the Dundalk Highlands, the Carolinian forest zone covers most of the southwestern region of the province. A well-known geographic feature is Niagara Falls, part of the Niagara Escarpment, the Saint Lawrence Seaway allows navigation to and from the Atlantic Ocean as far inland as Thunder Bay in Northwestern Ontario. Northern Ontario occupies roughly 87 percent of the area of the province. Point Pelee is a peninsula of Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario that is the southernmost extent of Canadas mainland, Pelee Island and Middle Island in Lake Erie extend slightly farther. All are south of 42°N – slightly farther south than the border of California. The climate of Ontario varies by season and location, the effects of these major air masses on temperature and precipitation depend mainly on latitude, proximity to major bodies of water and to a small extent, terrain relief. In general, most of Ontarios climate is classified as humid continental, Ontario has three main climatic regions
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Canada
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Canada is a country in the northern half of North America. Canadas border with the United States is the worlds longest binational land border, the majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its territory being dominated by forest and tundra. It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, One third of the population lives in the three largest cities, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Its capital is Ottawa, and other urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg. Various aboriginal peoples had inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Pursuant to the British North America Act, on July 1,1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick and this began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion to the present ten provinces and three territories forming modern Canada. With the Constitution Act 1982, Canada took over authority, removing the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state. The country is officially bilingual at the federal level and it is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. Its advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources, Canadas long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture. Canada is a country and has the tenth highest nominal per capita income globally as well as the ninth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, Canada is an influential nation in the world, primarily due to its inclusive values, years of prosperity and stability, stable economy, and efficient military. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the origins of Canada. In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the village of Stadacona, from the 16th to the early 18th century Canada referred to the part of New France that lay along the St. Lawrence River. In 1791, the area became two British colonies called Upper Canada and Lower Canada collectively named The Canadas, until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the name for the new country at the London Conference. The transition away from the use of Dominion was formally reflected in 1982 with the passage of the Canada Act, later that year, the name of national holiday was changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day
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Wellington Street (Ottawa)
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Wellington Street is a major street in Ottawa, notable for being one of the first two streets laid out in Bytown in 1826, but also because of the adjacent Parliamentary Precinct. The street runs from Booth Street to the Rideau Canal where it connects with Rideau Street and it is named after the Duke of Wellington, in recognition of his role in the creation of the Rideau Canal, and therefore of Ottawa. Starting at its easternmost point, Wellington forms the edge of Confederation Square. West of the intersection with Bank Street, are located the Confederation Building, beyond Parliament Hill, the Supreme Court of Canada is situated west of the Justice building, and opposite St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. The East and West Memorial Buildings can be next, respectively standing east and west of Lyon Street. West of the Supreme Court is the National Library and Archives of Canada main building, between the Supreme Court and the National Library is a large open area that is today a mix of park land and large parking lots. Until the 1970s this was home to a cluster of buildings that had been erected in the Second World War to provide much needed office space. In the 1970s there was a plan to both a home for the Federal Court and the National Gallery. A design competition was held for the National Gallery. Both sections of Wellington are four-lane historic urban arterial roads with a limit of 50 km/h. A number of proposals have made to change the streets name, some as recent as 2010. From Bronson Avenue until Rideau Street, Wellington is also known as Ottawa Road #34, from Western Avenue to Somerset Street, Wellington is known as Ottawa Road #36. Wellington Street from Bay Street to the Rideau Canal showing the prominent structures located along it, see Downtown Ottawa for a map of the entire area. City of Ottawa map showing Wellington Street downtown, accessed 15 November 2006 West Wellington Community Association, accessed 15 November 2006 List of Ottawa roads
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Centretown
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Centretown is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward, in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Traditionally it was all of Ottawa west of the Rideau Canal, the total population of Centretown was 23,823 according to the Canada 2016 Census. Centretown is marked by a mix of residential and commercial properties, the main streets such as Bank Street and Elgin Street are largely commercial, while the smaller ones, notably MacLaren and Gladstone are more residential. Much of the area consists of original single family homes. A construction boom began in the late nineties significantly increased the number of condominiums. Landmarks include the Canadian Museum of Nature, Dundonald Park, Jack Purcell Park, the Ottawa Curling Club, the Sens Mile, according to the Canada 2006 Census. Defined as the area of Ottawa bounded on the west by Bronson, north by Gloucester Street, east by the Rideau Canal, population,20,513 Change, -3. 1% Total Private Dwellings,14,040 Land Area,2.1 km². Precise numbers are difficult because of the contingent of transient residents in the neighbourhood. Since that time, the study has come to encompass the entirety of Centretown, the design plan is targeted for completion in the fall of 2012. McGiverin, Liberal, Ottawa Albert Allard, Liberal, Ottawa Alfred Ernest Fripp, Conservative, Ottawa John Léo Chabot, Conservative, Ottawa West from 1935 George McIlraith, Liberal, Ottawa West to 1968. Barnabas, Apostle and Martyr First Church of Christ, Scientist First United Church Holy Korean Martyrs Parish Metropolitan Bible Church Salvation Army Gladstone Community Church St
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Old Ottawa South
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Old Ottawa South is an older urban neighbourhood in Capital Ward in Ottawa, Canada. Old Ottawa South is a small and compact neighbourhood, located between the Rideau Canal and the Rideau River. The eastern boundary is Avenue Road, Bronson Avenue forms the western border of the residential neighbourhood. Carleton University is on the side of Bronson but the campus can be considered to be geographically within Old Ottawa South as the campus is also nestled between the river and the canal. According to the Canada 2011 Census, the population of the neighbourhood was 6,293 Today, proximity to the university has meant that the neighbourhood has been a haven for professors and students, although rising housing prices are driving out the latter. It is also one of Ottawas more politically progressive neighbourhoods and has been a stronghold for the New Democratic Party, many neighbourhood businesses line Bank Street, including several pubs, the Mayfair Theatre, and some Lebanese stores towards the Southern end. This section of Bank Street is also known for its antique stores. As part of a 2004 Bank Street redesign, inlaid metal maple leaves were added to the sidewalks inscribed with the names of Canadian folk musicians, other new features included the removal of over-head powerlines, traffic calming measures, and the addition of more brick to the sidewalks. The area was settled around 1814 by American and British settlers. In those years, even after the construction of the canal the area was sparsely populated. The larger community south of the Rideau River around the Billings estate exerted more influence over the community than the city of Ottawa did in those days. Shortly after Confederation in 1867 a bridge was built over the canal increasing access from the city to the north. The area was tentatively called Rideauville at the time, after the turn of the century the area grew very rapidly. Rideauville was incorporated as a village in 1905 and was annexed to Ottawa in 1907. The streetcar tracks were extended to the area around 1910, again encouraging rapid growth, the old streetcar ran along a route roughly similar to todays bus route #7, turning around in what is now Brewer Park. Hopewell school was built around this time, the architectural style is mostly Craftsman, with many houses in the American Foursquare style popular in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of these houses have been upgraded and added to over the years, since the 1920s, the streetcars have been replaced by buses, stores have changed, and Carleton University has been constructed on the site of an old garbage dump. Many of the streetscapes and much of the housing has been preserved however, in the 1920s, the area opened Brighton Beach, a public swimming venue on the shore of the Rideau River
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Alta Vista (Ottawa)
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Alta Vista is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its boundaries can be described as, Smyth Road in the north, St. Laurent Boulevard in the east, Walkley Road and Heron Road in the south. However, the name is ambiguous, as there are several sub-neighbourhoods in this area, as well as a core Alta Vista area, Alta Vista Drive is a major street running through the neighbourhood, and shares its name. Both are named for their height, as the neighbourhood is generally higher than most of the city. Alta Vista is a residential neighbourhood with a strong community, several schools, churches. It also has a vast amount of greenspace and parks, much of which is part of the Alta Vista Transportation Corridor Environmental Assessment. The OC Transpo Transitway also runs through Alta Vista, with two stations in the neighbourhood itself as well as two just outside, serving as a transit link to the rest of the city. There are two shopping malls in and around Alta Vista, the Billings Bridge Plaza Shopping Centre at Bank Street and Riverside, Alta Vista had a population of about 24,047 as of the Canada 2011 Census. These two census tracts had a population of 10197. Of those 10197,2185 live in Ridgemont, which is south of Heron Road and this corresponds to Dissemination areas 35061702,35061701 and 35061700. List of Ottawa neighbourhoods Geography of Ottawa
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Blossom Park, Ontario
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Blossom Park is a neighbourhood in Gloucester-Southgate Ward in the south-end of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Before the 2001 city of Ottawa amalgamation it was a suburb of the city of Gloucester, the current limits of the neighbourhood are, Hunt Club Road to the north, Airport Parkway to the west, Conroy Road to the east and the Greenbelt to the south. According to the Canada 2011 Census, the population of the neighbourhood was 14,060, the area was cleared and farmed by settlers who began to arrive in the early decades of the 19th Century. Early settlers included Charles Kinmond, a native of Perthshire, Scotland, James Spratt, Leonard Wood and his wife Martha and John Halpenny who hailed from Wicklow, Ireland. Their farms were accessed by the Metcalfe Road, later known as Highway 31 which became a major thoroughfare by the middle of the century. A street grid was established but little development took place and the area remained rural through the first half of the 20th Century. Lots on the side of Queensdale between the future site of the Sawmill Creek Housing Co-op and Conroy were sold piecemeal for residential development beginning in 1960. Lots fronting on the east side of Highway 31 were severed by farmer John W. Goth, saint Bernard Roman Catholic Parish was established in 1957. The Kmart Plaza opened in 1970, transit service was extended to the community by the Ottawa Transportation Commission in 1972. The Quail Ridge subdivision was constructed in the late 1970s followed by Bernard Court, the Gloucester Presbyterian Church, which was built in 1928 and stood on the west side of Highway 31 near Sieveright Road was demolished in 1990. The Aladdin Drive-In on Albion Road was a local attraction from 1951 until its closure in 1993. Blossom Park residents welcomed Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip when their motorcade passed through the community during the royal tour commemorating the centennial of Confederation in 1967, former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker visited Blossom Park Public School in 1971. Ski Jumper Horst Bulau who competed on the World Cup circuit and represented Canada at four Olympics grew up in the neighbourhood, originally anchored by Kmart, the mall now features Farm Boy, Giant Tiger, a dentist, hair dresser, Telus store and the Kallistro Greek restaurant. A KFC outlet opened on the northeast corner of the intersection of Bank, originally a take-out location, a seating area and drive-thru were added later. A Top-Valu service station was built around the time on the opposite side of Queensdale. The site is now occupied by an auto dealership, the Top-Valu station is now Pioneer. Dairy King, a fast food and ice cream store, was a neighbourhood landmark on the southeast corner of Bank. Chips & Dairy, an establishment, was opened on the west side of Bank at Kingsdale in 2004
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Greely, Ontario
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Greely is a quickly growing rural community in Osgoode Ward in the southern end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Prior to amalgamation in 2001, it was part of the Township of Osgoode and it has been a part of the City of Ottawa since. Greely is currently the largest rural village in terms of land area, according to the Canada 2011 Census, the population within these boundaries was 9,049. It is in the riding federally and provincially of Nepean-Carleton. Greely is home to a set of tight-knit and unique communities throughout the village, most homes sit on ½ acre to 2-acre lots. Some developers offer condominium-like amenities such as pools, tennis courts, man-made lakes, beaches, the Greely Community Centre hosts meetings and activities for the entire rural town. Every year, they organize a Winter Carnival and a renowned Canada Day celebration, throughout the last eight years Greely has seen a 58. 7% increase in the number of dwellings. Greely’s increasingly rapid growth can be attributed to its rural atmosphere, furthermore, Greely presently has several large areas of undeveloped land within its boundaries. Greely’s boundaries currently contain enough land for approximately twenty-two years of growth based on current development patterns. Greely has a commercial district housing many small and medium manufacturing. It has a spattering of businesses to provide the community with essentials, including 2 gas stations,3 pizzerias, a 24-hour Grocery Store located on Meadow Drive, residents are eagerly anticipating new commercial developments around Parkway Road and Bank St. All Saints Anglican Church Parkway Road Pentecostal Church Our Lady of the Visitation Castor Valley Elementary School Greely Elementary School St, during the 1990s, the Osgoode Township Library Board received a grant from the Ontario government to build a new branch, but the building never came to fruition. In 2009, the community secured funding for a brand new 3, the new facility opened its doors on March 14,2011. Greely Community Association Greely Community Design Plan
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Metcalfe, Ontario
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Metcalfe is a population centre located in Osgoode Ward, in the rural south-end of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Prior to amalgamation in 2001, the community was in Osgoode Township, according to the Canada 2011 Census it has a population of 1,763. Colonel Archibald Macdonell, believed by some to be the first settler in Osgoode Township, the village was originally called Osgoode, but in 1877 it was renamed to Metcalfe in honour of Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, Governor General of Canada from 1843 to 1846. In its early days, Metcalfe was a stop on the route from Ottawa to Cornwall. The village of Metcalfe was bypassed in the construction of railway lines, the railway line to Cornwall passed to the east, through the town of Russell, while another to Prescott passed to the west through Osgoode Village. By 1866, Metcalfe was a post village with a population of 250 of the township of Osgoode, nine miles from the Osgoode station on the Ottawa and Prescott Railway, and twenty miles from Ottawa. The village contained four stores, an ashery, one wagon shop, five boot and shoe shops. The 6th Division Court was held here, at the Victoria Hall and it contained the Metcalfe grammar school, and a common school, three churches, the Church of England, the Free Church of Scotland, and the Wesleyan Methodist. 205, met on the second Tuesday in each month while No,688, met on the first Tuesday in each month. In the fall of 2008, parts of Metcalfe were used as sets in the filming of the Syfy television film Carny, Metcalfe Public School St. Catherine Catholic School Community Christian School Osgoode Township High School - The only high school in the township of Osgoode. The village is home to sports facilities, most notably the Metcalfe Community Centre which bears the name of former Montreal Canadiens all-star defenceman Larry Robinson. The Centres arena houses the local Junior B hockey team, the Metcalfe Jets, notable Jets alumni include Larry Robinson and two of his brothers, as well as Boston Bruins Marc Savard. It also hosts the Metcalfe skating club for figure skating and canskate, the small community also boasts the home to one golf course, seven baseball fields, a tennis court, curling club, and various soccer fields. The village today serves largely as a community for the City of Ottawa. The local agricultural fair, the Metcalfe Fair, has held each fall since 1856
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Vernon, Ontario
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Vernon is a compact rural community in Osgoode Ward in the southern part of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Prior to amalgamation in 2001, Vernon was located in Osgoode Township, according to the Canada 2011 Census the surrounding blocks had a population of 750. It was recently renovated to have a new washroom and bell tower, the library has a wheelchair ramp. Vernon is the home of the Osgoode Township Historical Society and Museum and it was founded by a group of dedicated senior citizens working with a New Horizons grant. The collection has grown tremendously and the Society now operates a Museum, the large body of archival material and artifacts reflect the agricultural history of the Township of Osgoode. The Vernon post office is located in the old Ford Motor dealership
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Heron Road (Ottawa)
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Heron Road is a major road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from Walkley Road at an angle to the Rideau River, Heron is home to the Public Works and Government Services Canada headquarters, the Sir Leonard Tilley Building, the Canada Post headquarters, and the Edward Drake Building. It is also home to St. Patricks Intermediate High School, Heron Road starts on the Heron Road Bridge which crosses the Rideau River, Rideau Canal, and part of Vincent Massey Park
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Somerset Street (Ottawa)
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Somerset Street is a street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is divided into Somerset Street East and Somerset Street West by the Rideau Canal, Somerset Street East is a short road that runs through the neighbourhood of Sandy Hill from the University of Ottawa campus to the west and Strathcona Park to the east. Somerset also used to extend east over the Rideau River towards St. Laurent Boulevard, however, that bridge was demolished, and the street was renamed to Donald Street east of the river. Also known as Ottawa Road #36, Somerset Street West begins at the Queen Elizabeth Driveway in the east, Somerset Street West houses the backbone of Ottawas Chinatown, between Bay Street in the east to Preston Street in the west, which is the centre of Ottawas Little Italy. The area of the street between Bank and OConnor is known as Somerset Village, in the 1870s, as the area was developed, a bridge was proposed linking the two Somerset Streets over the Rideau Canal. However, this never came into existence. The street continues through the campus as Marie Curie Private, with traffic restricted to bicycles in the westbound direction, the Corktown Footbridge connects the two sides, but is restricted to non-motorized traffic. The bridge opened to the public on September 21,2006, a large public weblog of photographs of many buildings on Somerset Street West made after 2003 is available at http, //www. somersetstreet. ca/
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Gay village
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A gay village is a geographical area with generally recognized boundaries, inhabited or frequented by a large number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Gay villages often contain a number of gay-oriented establishments, such as gay bars and pubs, nightclubs, bathhouses, restaurants, such areas may represent a LGBTQ-friendly oasis in an otherwise hostile city, or may simply have a high concentration of gay residents and businesses. However, todays manifestations of queer ghettos bear little resemblance to those of the 1970s, the term ghetto originally referred to those places in European cities where Jews were required to live according to local law. These areas, however, have higher concentrations of LGBT residents, some cities like Austin, Texas did not develop a defined gay village despite the city of Austin being home to many LGBT people with developed LGBT-friendly businesses and a counterculture present. The neighbourhood of Schöneberg in Berlin, close to Nollendorfplatz, is the first gay village in the world, from the 1920s. In New York, for example, the congregation of gay men had not been illegal since 1965, however, the Stonewall Rebellion managed to change not only the profile of the gay community but the dynamic within the community itself. This transition from the bars to the streets, from nightlife to daytime, national Monument dedicated to the LGBTQ-rights movement. Gay villages can vary widely from city to city and country to country, furthermore, some large cities also develop satellite gay villages that are essentially overflow areas. The professors also noted that the presence of gay men in the real estate industry of San Francisco was a major factor facilitating the urban renaissance of the city in the 1970s. However, the gentrification of gay villages may serve to reinforce stereotypes of gays, by pushing out gay people who do not conform to the prevailing gay, white, affluent. Such people are forced out of the village due to rising rents or constant harassment at the hands of an increased policing presence. Especially in San Franciscos Polk Gulch neighborhood, gentrification seems to have had this result, Gay men and women have a reputation for driving the revitalization of previously run-down enclaves. Making these neighborhoods more desirable places to live, businesses and other classes of people move to the area and, accordingly, Richard Florida, an influential American academic, claims that their mere presence lures investors and jobs, particularly of the high-technology kind. They are, he says, the canaries of the creative economy, Cities that have gay villages and are more tolerant towards gays, generally tend to have stronger, more robust, and creative economies, as compared to cities that are less tolerant towards gays. Florida says that cities as such have a creative class. The gentrification of once rundown inner-city areas, coupled with the staging of pride parades in these areas, has resulted in the visibility of gay communities. The growing recognition of the value of the gay community is not only associated with their wealth but also with the role that lesbians. Provincetown, MA was ranked by the US Census Bureau as the gayest city in America, also Provincetown, or Ptown, was voted Best Resort Town in 2011 by Gaycities. com
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Queensway (Ottawa)
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Kings Highway 417, commonly referred to as Highway 417 and the Queensway through Ottawa, is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It connects Montreal with Ottawa, and is the backbone of the system in the National Capital Region. Within Ottawa, it part of the Queensway west to Highway 7. Highway 417 extends from the Quebec border to Arnprior, where it continues westward as Highway 17, aside from the urban section through Ottawa, Highway 417 passes through farmland that dominates much of the fertile Ottawa Valley. Within Ottawa, the Queensway was built as part of a plan for the city between 1957 and 1966, and later reconstructed to its present form throughout the 1980s. The eastern section, from Gloucester to the Quebec border, opened in 1975 in preparation for the 1976 Montreal Olympics, sections west of Ottawa have been under construction since the mid-1970s, with the latest section bypassing Arnprior opening on November 29,2012. The freeway has also gradually been extended northwest from Ottawa alongside the old highway to its current terminus in Arnprior, Highway 417 currently has 42 interchanges from the Quebec border to Arnprior, with more planned as the highway is extended westward. Unlike other highways in Ontario and most of North America, exits are numbered from east to west. While a significant portion of Highway 417 is a four lane freeway divided by a grass median. Highway 417 begins at the border between the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, east of which the four lane freeway continues as Autoroute 40, the route proceeds west along the former alignment of Highway 17, which it has served to replace. It passes through a forested and agricultural landscape en route to Ottawa, serving the communities of Hawkesbury, Vankleek Hill, Casselman, Limoges, the route later meets the southern terminus of Highway 34 at Exit 27. At this point, the freeway enters The Nation and diverges from the boundary, after crossing a Via Rail line, the route dips south of Casselman and curves to the west at Exit 66. It roughly parallels the Via Rail line several kilometres north of the freeway, though significant deviations bypass the communities of Benoit and Limoges, the latter is served by Exit 79. Near Limoges is the Larose Forest, a man-made forest planted between 1928 and 1980 over the Bourget Desert, itself created as the result of cutting in the 19th century. At Exit 88, Highway 417 enters the city of Ottawa, though the surroundings remain unchanged until Exit 110, the freeway merges with the Queensway at a large multi-level interchange known locally as the Split, curving to the west and into downtown Ottawa. The interchange also provides access to Aviation Parkway from westbound Highway 417, within Ottawa, the Queensway extends from Orleans in the east and passes just south of downtown through central Ottawa to Kanata in the west. The core section of the Queensway is eight lanes wide, four per carriageway, the freeway is elevated on a berm along some central portions of the route, providing views of downtown and the Gatineau Hills to the north. This section was constructed along a former Canadian National Railway railbed, the route bisects central Ottawa with downtown and the Parliament Buildings lay to the north of the highway and residential neighbourhoods including the Glebe to the south
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Lansdowne Park
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Lansdowne Park is a 18-acre historic sports, exhibition and entertainment facility in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, owned by the City of Ottawa. It is located along Bank Street and is adjacent to the Rideau Canal, Lansdowne Park contains the TD Place stadium/arena complex, the Aberdeen Pavilion hall, and the Horticulture Building. Until 2010, the park was the site of the annual Central Canada Exhibition, around the arena and stadium complex is a retail and residential redevelopment. Along the Rideau Canal, the space which used to be parking is being converted into an urban park with some recreation facilities. Two notable exhibitions occurred prior to the first Central Canada Exhibition, in 1875 the City of Ottawa hosted the thirtieth annual Exhibition of the Provincial Agricultural and Arts Association. In 1877 an exhibition included the first public demonstration of the telephone in Canada, a third provincial exhibition was held at Lansdowne in 1879. In order to provide sufficient space for subsequent fairs, the City acquired more of Lansdowne, the Central Canada Exhibition Association was formed in 1888 and the site witnessed many improvements, including the erection of a new Horticultural Hall and Grandstand. The first Central Canada Exhibition opened on 20 September 1888 and was held annually until 2010, in 1947, the Marian Congress was held at Landsdowne Park from June 18 to 22,1947, hosted by the Archdiocese of Ottawa. Estimates of attendance vary from 100,000 to 250,000, a huge outdoor site was built for the religious spectacular. In front were benches enough to seat 75,000 people, there were also 110 exhibits on the site. John ONeill, assistant pastor at St Georges Church was the organizer of the Congress. Its purpose was to celebrate the centenary of the Archdiocese of Ottawa, although now largely forgotten, in its day it was the largest religious conference in North America, with thousands of visitors coming from all parts of North America to witness this week of prayer. Many were locals but visitors arrived by car, bus, plane, during the five-day Congress there was a procession of floats along the canal driveway. The Congress also featured the Dionne Quintuplets singing hymns in both English and French, the event ended with an event called “the greatest fireworks display ever held in Canada” depicting scenes in the life of the Blessed Virgin. A message to the Congress from Pope Pius XII was broadcast during a Mass on June 19, the City of Ottawa periodically reviews the use and state of the facility. Lansdowne was developed as a fairgrounds, and somewhat rural in nature. Over time, permanent buildings were built on the site, as the result of a review in the 1990s, the city demolished some of the buildings, and restored some parkland. The city restored Aberdeen Pavilion at the time, using funds planned for a Central Canada Ex move, Lansdowne Park has long been the primary sports facility in Ottawa
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Ottawa 67's
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The Ottawa 67’s are a junior ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario. They have played in the Ontario Hockey League since 1967, Canadas centennial year, the current coach is Jeff Brown. The Ontario Hockey Association granted the city of Ottawa an expansion franchise on February 16,1967, four months later, the team was given the nickname 67s, in honour of Canadas centennial year. Three local businessmen — Bill Cowley, Howard Darwin and Bill Touhey as well as Alderman Howard Henry — helped bring junior hockey back to Canadas capital, the 67s filled the void left by the departure of the Ottawa Junior Canadiens and the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens in 1963. Bill Long was the teams first head coach, the 67s played their first game on October 6,1967, losing 9–0 on the road to the Niagara Falls Flyers. The first 11 home games of the season were played in the Hull Arena, Hull, Quebec, the first season for the 67s was terrible at best, with the team posting a final record of six wins,45 losses and three ties. They then made the playoffs in their season, but lost in the quarter-finals to the Niagara Falls Flyers. The 67s reached the OHA finals during their season in 1971–72, losing to the Peterborough Petes 3–0. The 67s came close to playing at home in the Memorial Cup, after a rebuilding season in 1973–74, the 67s hired a young up-and-coming coach named Brian Kilrea, who has since become a legend in Ottawa. During the late 1970s, Ottawa was led by scoring champions Peter Lee, Bobby Smith, the 67s moved on to New Westminster, B. C. to compete for the Memorial Cup, versus the New Westminster Bruins and Sherbrooke Castors. The 1977 Memorial Tournament was the first to be held in British Columbia, Ottawa lost the first game 7–6 to the Bruins, then won three in a row, 6–1 over the Castors, 4–3 in overtime versus the Bruins, and then 5–2 against Sherbrooke. However, Ottawa lost to the host Bruins 6–5 in the championship game, Ottawa finished first in their division the following season, but lost to the rival Peterborough Petes in the semi-finals. Kilrea and the 67s rebuilt during the 1978–79 season, following that season up with two second-place finishes and then three consecutive titles from 1982 to 1984. In 1984, the 67s reached the OHL championship series in a rematch from the 1982 OHL finals, Kitchener had been chosen to host the Memorial Cup tournament that year, and the Rangers also made it to the OHL finals. This meant that Ottawa gained a berth in the tournament when they reached the league championship against the Rangers. In the OHL itself, however, Ottawa had unfinished business, the 67s, who finished second overall to Kitchener in the OHL, defeated the Rangers 3–0, with two ties, winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup for the second time in franchise history. In the semi-final game, Ottawa beat Kamloops again, this time in a 7–2 victory, in the finals versus Kitchener, Ottawa scored a victory in the third consecutive 7–2 game in the tournament, defeating the Rangers and winning their first Memorial Cup. The Most Valuable Player of the Tournament was Adam Creighton, after the season ended, Brian Kilrea left Ottawa to become an assistant coach in the NHL
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Ottawa Redblacks
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The Ottawa Redblacks are a professional Canadian football team based in Ottawa, Ontario. The team plays in the East Division of the Canadian Football League, starting play in 2014, the Redblacks are the third CFL team to play in the city. The Ottawa Rough Riders, formed in 1876, were a member of the CFL in 1958. A new Ottawa franchise was formed as the Renegades in 2002, the Redblacks won the 2016 Grey Cup Championship, which ended a 40 year Grey Cup championship drought for the City of Ottawa. Inaugural Season,2014 Helmet design, Black background with a saw blade featuring an italicized Rough Riders-style R in the forefront, uniform colours, Red, black and white. The Ottawa Renegades abruptly ceased operations prior to the 2006 CFL season, the league liquidated the Renegades roster in a dispersal draft and placed the Ottawa CFL franchise up for sale, with the intent of eventually returning to the city. On March 25,2008, Jeff Hunt, the owner of the Ontario Hockey Leagues Ottawa 67s spearheaded a group that was awarded a franchise. The team planned to play in 2010, but cracks in the concrete structure in the south stands of Frank Clair Stadium led to the demolition of those stands. The league then set a new date of 2013 for the teams debut, the team and league then announced plans to play at a remodelled Frank Clair Stadium—now called TD Place Stadium—by 2014 if construction remained on schedule. In any event, after lawsuits and delays, the renovations were not completed until 2014. Hosting the Grey Cup is an included in the agreement of franchise ownership. A C$7-million franchise fee was reported to have paid to the CFL. Questions arose about the design in terms of whether or not it could be used by a CFL team in place of the aging Frank Clair Stadium. However, the CFL and MLS groups could not come to any agreement on coordinating their plans, furthermore, municipal officials questioned whether the city could support both CFL and MLS franchises. In April 2009, the staff of the City of Ottawa presented a report to city council on the merits of the soccer stadium, the city held public hearings based on the report, which questioned the necessity of the spending but gave a slight edge to the Lansdowne proposal. Councillors attempted to find out whether the SSE group would support sharing their stadium with a planned CFL franchise, consequently, on April 22,2009, city council chose the Lansdowne proposal over the SSE proposal as its choice for an outdoor stadium. Negotiations were conducted over the several months, leading to an August 26 presentation to council so that it could decide the fate of football in Ottawa in the foreseeable future. On November 12 and 13, council held a debate to discuss what should be done with the area at Lansdowne Park
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Rideau Canal
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The Rideau Canal, also known unofficially as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario, on Lake Ontario. It is 202 kilometres in length, the name Rideau, French for curtain, is derived from the curtain-like appearance of the Rideau Rivers twin waterfalls where they join the Ottawa River. The canal system uses sections of two rivers, the Rideau and the Cataraqui, as well as several lakes, the Rideau Canal is operated by Parks Canada. The canal was opened in 1832 as a precaution in case of war with the United States and it remains in use today primarily for pleasure boating, with most of its original structures intact, operated by Parks Canada. The locks on the open for navigation in mid-May and close in mid-October. It is the oldest continuously operated system in North America. Lawrence River, which would have severed the lifeline between Montreal and Kingston, the British built a number of other canals as well as a number of forts to impede and deter any future American invasions of Canadian territory. The initial purpose of the Rideau Canal was military, as it was intended to provide a secure supply, westward from Montreal, travel would proceed along the Ottawa River to Bytown, then southwest via the canal to Kingston and out into Lake Ontario. The objective was to bypass the stretch of the St. Lawrence bordering New York, the canal also served a commercial purpose. The Rideau Canal was easier to navigate than the St. Lawrence River because of the series of rapids between Montreal and Kingston, as a result, the Rideau Canal became a busy commercial artery from Montreal to the Great Lakes. However, by 1849, the rapids of the St. Lawrence had been tamed by a series of locks, the construction of the canal was supervised by Lieutenant-Colonel John By of the Royal Engineers. Colonel John By decided to create a canal system instead of constructing new channels. This was an approach as it required fewer workers, was more cost effective. The canal work started in the fall of 1826, and it was completed by the spring of 1832, the final cost of the canals construction was £822,804 by the time all the costs, including land acquisitions costs, were accounted for. Given the unexpected cost overruns, John By was recalled to London and was retired with no accolades or recognition for the tremendous accomplishment hed achieved, once the canal was constructed, no further military engagements took place between Canada and the United States. Although the Rideau Canal never had to be used as a supply route. Tens of thousands of immigrants from the British Isles travelled the Rideau in this period, hundreds of barge loads of goods were shipped each year along the Rideau, allowing Montreal to compete commercially in the 1830s and 40s with New York as a major North American port. In 1841, for instance, there were 19 steamboats,3 self-propelled barges and 157 unpowered or tow barges using the Rideau Canal, as many as one thousand of the workers died from malaria, other diseases and accidents
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Bank Street Bridge
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The Bank Street Bridge, officially known as the Bank Street Canal Bridge, is a bridge in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that carries Bank Street over the Rideau Canal. It links the Glebe to Old Ottawa South and it also passes over the Queen Elizabeth Driveway and Colonel By Drive. A wooden bridge was first constructed in this location in 1866, a few years later, a steel swing bridge was built to better allow boats to pass through. The current structure was built in 1912, and was designed to be enough to not have to open. By the 1970s, the bridge was falling apart, and trucks were banned in 1981, after some debate about whether to replace or restore the heritage structure, the bridge was fully restored in 1993. Repairs on Bank Street bridge to begin
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Billings Bridge Plaza
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The Billings Bridge Centre is a shopping centre located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a community mall with about 90 stores. Roughly 7.5 million people visit the mall every year, when built it was the first strip mall in Ottawa, although it has since become an enclosed mall. It is located south of the Rideau River on the corner of Bank Street and Riverside Drive, beside a large athletics complex. The anchor store is Your Independent Grocer and it opened in 1954 as the first one-stop shopping destination to serve all of the City of Ottawa according to its owners. At 65,750 sq ft it was Ottawas first strip plaza, when it was built it had only six stores, of which only Reitmans remains to this day. CIBC and Fairweather were also very early tenants which remain, in 1962 the mall underwent a major expansion to 23 stores which made it one of the largest shopping centres in Ottawa at the time. Ottawa department store Ogilvys opened a location at Billings Bridge in the 1962 expansion, Ogilvys was replaced by Robinsons, which was replaced by discount retailer Zellers in 1996, by Target Canada in 2013 and Walmart Canada in May 2016. It did not become an enclosed mall until 1972 and an office tower was added during an expansion in 1975. In 1998–99 extensive renovations were carried out at a cost of $7 million, they added a new glass atrium as a main entrance, a modern food court. In July 2006 another major renovation programme was started which expanded the mall by 25,000 sq ft, a 2005 article by Ottawa Business Journal quoted experts saying that the lack of a major anchor department store has kept it from becoming a regional centre. Today the mall is considered a community shopping centre, the shopping centre is located on the Transitway, and serves as a major hub for OC Transpo bus services. The station is called Billings Bridge, it opened on November 2,1996, Billings Bridge is named after Braddish Billings, an original settler of Ottawa. The bridge carrying Bank Street over the river, near the site of the current mall and your Independent Grocer Walmart Target - closed 2015 and sold to Walmart Canada Zellers - closed 2013 and sold to Target Billings Bridge Transitway Station Official website
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Billings Bridge
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Billings Bridge is a bridge over the Rideau River in Ottawa. Bank Street passes over the river by way of this bridge, the bridge was named after Braddish Billings, who settled in this area and established a farm nearby in 1812. The first bridge, originally called Farmers Bridge, was built over the river here in 1830, the current bridge was built in 1916. Billings Bridge also referred to a village, located south of the river near the bridge, the area, now an Ottawa neighbourhood, is still referred to as Billings Bridge. In the early XIXth century, the Ottawa area was settled by Europeans. In 1783, a tract of land including what is now Billings Bridge was purchased from the local aboriginal nations as part of the Crawford Purchase. First named in Lunenburg District in 1788, the became part of Township B in 1792. In 1793, the township was renamed Gloucester Township, after Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Billings Bridge was not yet settled in 1800 when Russel County was established and Gloucester Township incorporated into it. Braddish Billings arrived from Brockville in 1812 and cut out a farm on the Rideau River at the present-day Billings Bridge, the area was widely forested at the time and the early British settlement was focused on subsistence farming, as had Iroquois settlement elsewhere in the Ottawa Valley. The following year he married Lamira Dow of Merrickville and returned with her, Gloucester Township was incorporated in the Ottawa District in 1816. The Billings Bridge area slowly grew with the arrival of settlers, including friends. In 1823, Braddish Billings built a sawmill on a creek running through his property and this creek remains known as Sawmill Creek. Settlement accelerated with the development of Bytown and the Rideau Canal, the first bridge was built by Billings across the Rideau River at Bank Street in 1831. Originally called Farmers Bridge, by 1859 both the bridge and the community commonly known as Billings Bridge. This early bridge was washed out and rebuilt in 1847 and again in 1862, bridges at the time were more vulnerable to this, as they only had a clearance of about 1m above the water level. The concrete central span of the bridge collapsed 21 March 1913, construction of a new bridge began in 1914. It was inaugurated 2 September 1915, the ceremony was conducted on the North bank of the river. The mayor of Ottawa then drove across the bridge, turned around without pause, the community around the bridge and the Billings estate slowly grew over the years
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Riverside South, Ottawa
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Riverside South is a suburban community in Gloucester-South Nepean Ward in the south end of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, just southwest of Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. Prior to amalgamation in 2001, the area was located in the city of Gloucester and its population according to the Canada 2011 Census was 10,908. In the early 1990s this area was mostly vacant with a few houses, the first homes in the community were built in 1996. Since then, there has been housing development that seems to be growing in the pace of other major suburban communities in the region, such as Barrhaven, Kanata. Currently, most of the built up area of the community is limited to areas around River Road and Earl Armstrong Road and it is planned that Riverside South will become a major community with south expansions closer to Manotick and to the east closer to Leitrim. It is expected that the community will have a population of over 50,000 by 2031, the Riverside South community also includes the much older community of Honey Gables, which includes three streets on the west side of River Road. This community was first built c,1950, and has been under pressure by the surrounding developments. The future North-South Light-rail line was expected to serve the community by 2009 until its cancellation on December 14,2006, though, most rural routes are being upgraded and widened to cope with increasing traffic. One notable problem area was Limebank Road where major slowdowns occurred in the morning rush heading towards the urban areas of the city. The Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge linking the community to Barrhaven was completed in 2014, likely, it will become a major suburban community with population that may reach 100,000 residents. It is home to the only Ottawa area school with a balanced calendar, students at Lécole élémentaire catholique Bernard-Grandmaître will experience a summer vacation which is shortened by three weeks. The balanced calendar is theoried to be beneficial to students. The pilot project ended in 2010, and the school is running permanently on the balanced calendar, the results of the pilot project will help determine if other Ottawa schools will also apply that sort of calendar. St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School, located at the corner of Spratt and Limebank Rd. for Catholic middle school and high school students
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Rogers Cable
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In 1980, Rogers purchased Premier Cable, which controlled the system in Vancouver, parts of Ontario, and had investments in Irish cable companies in Dublin, Galway and Waterford. In 1986 Rogers sold their shares of Irish companies to the Irish state broadcaster and state telecoms company, these cable companies are now part of the UPC Ireland network. In 1981, Rogers entered the U. S. cable market, obtaining franchises in Orange County, California, Minneapolis, and Portland, Oregon, and purchased the cable system in San Antonio. These assets were acquired by Paragon Cable in 1989 for over US$1 billion, Paragon in turn was acquired by Time Warner Cable several years later. Rogers continued to buy other operators, the largest such acquisition came with Rogers 1994 acquisition of Maclean-Hunter, through its acquisition of Maclean-Hunter, Rogers has also briefly owned cable systems in the United States, which it promptly sold to Comcast in 1994. In March 2000, Rogers agreed to swap systems with Shaw Communications, exchanging its systems in British Columbia for Shaw systems in Quebec, the deals gave Rogers and Shaw more consistent service footprints in Eastern and Western Canada respectively. In 2008, Rogers announced an offer for Aurora Cable. Shaw argued that the agreement violated unfair competition laws, the suit was quickly thrown out by the Ontario Superior Court, arguing that the non-compete agreement limited competition, and that Rogers claims of future harm were speculative in the extreme. The sale would go through. In January 2013, as part of an exchange of assets between the two companies, Shaw pulled out of Hamilton and sold the Mountain Cablevision business to Rogers. In October 2015, Rogers announced that it would begin to offer 4K-compatible set-top boxes, beginning in Toronto, telecasts of 4K sporting events from Sportsnet and TSN began to be carried on these set-top boxes in January 2016. With the Rogers takeover of Aurora Cable Internet, Aurora, Ontario, over the years, and at various times, Rogers has owned all or part of various cable operators serving areas across Canada, including Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, and Northern Ontario. All of the systems in Western Canada were traded to Shaw Communications in late 2000, in exchange for that companys assets in Ontario and New Brunswick, and many of the others were sold to Cogeco. Through Rogers Cable, Rogers is the largest shareholder in CPAC, a public affairs and politics cable channel based in Ottawa. CPACs main programming consists of live and delayed coverage of the House of Commons, Rogers Cable previously operated a chain of video rental stores known as Rogers Plus, it launched as Rogers Video in 1988, after which it grew by acquiring smaller chains. The Rogers Video chain and Rogers Wireless retail stores were merged into a chain known as Rogers Plus in 2007. After 23 years in business, Rogers Plus discontinued movie and game rentals in 2011, in the beginning of 1995, Rogers along with several other cable companies, added a number of new cable channels under a negative option billing plan. Subscribers opting out of paying for the new channels stood to lose much of their existing specialty channel programming, a representative for Rogers said that they were replacing WQLN and WPBS for WTVS, as viewers wanted a feed that has a higher-quality reception
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Bank of Canada
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The Bank of Canada is Canadas central bank. The bank was chartered by and under the Bank of Canada Act on July 3,1934, in 1938, the bank was legally designated a federal Crown corporation. The Minister of Finance holds the entire share capital issued by the bank, the essential role of the bank, as Canadas central bank, is to promote the economic and financial well-being of Canada. With the exception of the word Canada replacing the word Dominion the wording today is identical to the 1934 legislation which created the bank. Changes to make the bank a government-owned institution in 1938 did not alter the purpose of the Bank as set out in the preamble to the Bank of Canada Act. The Bank of Canada headquarters are located at the Bank of Canada Building,234 Wellington Street in the nations capital, the edifice also houses the Currency Museum, which opened in December,1980. Between 2013 and 2017, the Bank of Canada temporarily moved its offices to 234 Laurier Street in Ottawa to allow renovations to its headquarters building. On March 11,1935, the Bank of Canada began operations, initially, the bank had been founded as a privately owned corporation, a move taken in order to ensure the bank would be free from partisan political influence. In 1938, under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, the Bank of Canada, the Bank shall be under the management of a Board of Directors composed of a Governor, a Deputy Governor and twelve directors appointed in accordance with this Act. The Governor and Deputy Governor shall be appointed by the directors with the approval of the Governor in Council, prior to the creation of the Bank of Canada, the federal Department of Finance had been responsible for printing Canadas banknotes. The Bank of Montreal, then the nations largest bank, acted as the governments banker, a major proponent was the Royal Bank of Canada, which wanted to see the government business taken away from its rival. When the central bank was founded, the Government of Canada claimed it was constrained by its foreign debts, the Government also claimed it was constrained by its inability to deal directly on Canadas foreign debts. The farmers were joined by manufacturing interests and other groups in favor of a depreciating currency, in 1944, the Bank of Canada then became the sole issuer of legal tender banknotes in and under Canada. After the war, the role was expanded as it was mandated to encourage economic growth in Canada. An Act of Parliament in September 1944 established the subsidiary Business Development Bank of Canada to stimulate investment in Canadian businesses, Prime Minister John Diefenbakers central-bank monetary policy was directed towards increasing the money supply to generate low interest rates, and incentivize full employment. When inflation began to rise in the early 1960s, then-Governor James Coyne ordered a reduction in the Canadian money supply, since the 1980s, keeping inflation low has been the main priority of the Bank of Canada. In the early 1990s, the rules of Canada were changed. Since that time, the reserves of Canadas chartered banks have been internal corporate bank policy
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Street or road name
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A street or road name or odonym is an identifying name given to a street. The street name usually forms part of the address, buildings are often given numbers along the street to further help identify them. Names are often given in a form, an individual name known as the specific. Examples are Main Road, Fleet Street and Park Avenue, the type of street stated, however, can sometimes be misleading, a street named Park Avenue need not have the characteristics of an avenue in the generic sense. Some street names have only one element, such as Broadway, The Mall, a street name can also include a direction especially in cities with a grid-numbering system. Examples include E Roosevelt Boulevard and 14th Street NW and these directions are often used to differentiate two sections of a street. Other qualifiers may be used for purpose as well. Examples, upper/lower, old/new, or adding extension, Main Street and High Street are common names for the major street in the middle of a shopping area in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively. The most common name in the US is 2nd or Second. The etymology of a name is sometimes very obvious. In the United States, most streets are named after numbers, landscapes, trees, Some streets, such as Elm Street in East Machias, Maine, have been renamed due to features changing. Elm Streets new name, Jacksonville Road, was chosen because it leads to the village of Jacksonville and its former name was chosen because of elm trees, it was renamed when all of the trees along the street succumbed to Dutch elm disease. The Shambles, derived from the Anglo-Saxon term fleshammels, is a street name which still exists in various cities. The best-known example is in York, the unusual etymologies of quite a few street names in the United Kingdom are documented in Rude Britain, complete with photographs of local signage. In the past, many streets were named for the type of commerce or industry found there and this rarely happens in modern times, but many such older names are still common. Examples are Londons Haymarket, Barcelonas Carrer de Moles, where the used to have their shops. Some streets are named for landmarks that were in the street, or nearby, such names are often retained after the landmark disappears. Barcelonas La Rambla is officially a series of streets, only the convent of Santa Monica survives as a building, and it has been converted to a museum
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Ottawa River
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The Ottawa River, is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. For most of its length, it defines the border between two provinces. It is a tributary of the St. Lawrence River. The river rises from its source in Lake Capimitchigama, in the Laurentian Mountains of central Quebec, from there its route has been used to define the interprovincial border with Ontario. From Lake Timiskaming, the river flows southeast to Ottawa and Gatineau, the Ottawa River drains into the Lake of Two Mountains and the St. Lawrence River at Montreal. The river is 1,271 kilometres long, it drains an area of 146,300 square kilometres,65 percent in Quebec and the rest in Ontario, with a mean discharge of 1,950 cubic metres per second. The average annual mean waterflow measured at Carillon dam, near the Lake of Two Mountains, is 1,939 cubic metres per second, with average annual extremes of 749 to 5,351 cubic metres per second. Record historic levels since 1964 are a low of 529 cubic metres per second in 2005, the river flows through large areas of deciduous and coniferous forest formed over thousands of years as trees recolonized the Ottawa Valley after the ice age. Generally, the coniferous forests occur on old sand plains left by retreating glaciers, the deciduous forests, dominated by maple, beech, oak and ash occur in more mesic areas with better soil. The vast areas of pine were exploited by early loggers, later generations of logging removed hemlock for use in tanning leather, leaving a permanent deficit of hemlock in most forests. Associated with the logging and early settlement were vast wild fires which not only removed the forests, consequently, nearly all the forests show varying degrees of human disturbance. Tracts of older forest are uncommon, and hence they are considered of importance for conservation. The Ottawa River has large areas of wetlands, the Westmeath sand dune/wetland complex is significant for its relatively pristine sand dunes, few of which remain along the Ottawa River, and the many associated rare plants. Shirleys Bay has a biologically diverse shoreline alvar, as well as one of the largest silver maple swamps along the river, like all wetlands, these depend upon the seasonal fluctuations in the water level. High water levels help create and maintain silver maple swamps, while low water periods allow many rare plants to grow on the emerged sand. There are five principal vegetation types. One is swamp, mostly silver maple, there are four herbaceous vegetation types, named for the dominant plant species in them, Scirpus, Eleocharis, Sparganium and Typha. Which type occurs in a location depends upon factors such as substrate type, water depth, ice-scour
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John By
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By was born in Lambeth, Surrey, the second of three sons of George By, of the London Customs House, and Mary Bryan. By studied at the Royal Military Academy and he entered Officer Training in the army when he was 18 years old. He was commissioned in the Royal Artillery on 1 August 1799, in 1802 he was posted to Canada for the first time, where he worked on the fortification of Quebec City and on improving the navigability of the Saint Lawrence River. During the Napoleonic wars he returned to Europe, where he served in Spain under the Duke of Wellington from 1811 until 1815, the resulting settlement, called Bytown in his honour, was later renamed after the river. The canal was completed in six years, and was acclaimed as an engineering triumph, the huge cost overruns, however, became a political scandal for the Board of Ordnance. Colonel By was recalled to London to face accusations that he had made a number of unauthorised expenditures, the charges were spurious and a parliamentary committee exonerated him. By petitioned Wellington and other leaders to review his case. He died in 1836, and is buried in the village of Frant in Sussex, by was married three times, first to Elizabeth Baines in 1801, who died in 1814. He remarried in 1818 to Esther March with whom he had two daughters, Harriet Martha By and Esther By Ashburnham, by was survived by 2 brothers, The family is buried at St Albans Church in Frant. George By – died in 1840 without children Henry By – b. approx, during the construction of the Rideau Canal, Barracks Hill was the site of the military barracks and military hospital. A historical plaque located on the grounds of Colonel By Secondary School states, Colonel John By was born and educated in England and first came to Canada in 1802. As a member of the Royal Engineers, he worked on the first small locks on the St. Lawrence River as well as the fortifications of Quebec and this formidable task included the building of about 50 dams and 47 locks, without the aid of modern equipment. Colonel Bys attributes of courage, determination, and diligence inspire us to emulate him, a plaque erected by the Province of Ontario sits in the stairwell of Lambeth Town Hall, in Brixton, London, England, commemorating Bys Lambeth origins. Media related to John By at Wikimedia Commons Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Biography from the Dictionary of National Biography
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Parliament Hill
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Parliament Hill, colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings is the home of the Parliament of Canada and has elements of national symbolic importance. Parliament Hill attracts approximately 3 million visitors each year, law enforcement on parliament hill and in the parliamentary precinct is the responsibility of the Parliamentary Protective Service. Since 2002, an extensive $1 billion renovation and rehabilitation project has been underway throughout all of the precincts buildings, Parliament Hill is a limestone outcrop with a gently sloping top that was originally covered in primeval forest of beech and hemlock. After Ottawa—then called Bytown—was founded, the builders of the Rideau Canal used the hill as a location for a military base, a large fortress was planned for the site, but was never built, and by the mid 19th century the hill had lost its strategic importance. On 7 May, the Department of Public Works issued a call for proposals for the new parliament buildings to be erected on Barrack Hill. After the entries were narrowed down to three, Governor General Sir Edmund Walker Head was approached to break the stalemate, and the winners were announced on 29 August 1859. The team of Thomas Stent and Augustus Laver, under the pseudonym of Stat nomen in umbra, won the prize for the second category, $300,000 was allocated for the main building, and $120,000 for each of the departmental buildings. Ground was broken on 20 December 1859, and the first stones laid on 16 April of the following year, the construction of Parliament Hill became the largest project undertaken in North America to that date. By early 1861, Public Works reported that $1,424,882, two years later, the unfinished site hosted a celebration of Queen Victorias birthday, further cementing the areas position as the central place for national outpouring. The site was still incomplete when three of the British North American colonies entered Confederation in 1867, with Ottawa remaining the capital of the new country, thus, the offices of parliament spread to buildings beyond Parliament Hill even at that early date. The British military gave a nine-pound naval cannon to the British army garrison stationed in Ottawa in 1854 and it was purchased by the Canadian government in 1869 and fired on Parliament Hill for many years as the Noonday Gun. By 1876, the structures of Parliament Hill were finished, along with the surrounding fence, fire destroyed the Centre Block on 3 February 1916. Eleven years later, the new tower was completed and dedicated as the Peace Tower, the Queen was back on Parliament Hill on 17 April 1982, to issue a royal proclamation of the enactment of the Constitution Act that year. In April 1989, a Greyhound Lines bus with 11 passengers on board travelling to New York City from Montreal was hijacked by an armed man, a standoff with police ensued and lasted eight hours, though three shots were fired, there were no injuries. The following year, Queen Elizabeth IIs Golden Jubilee was marked on 13 October, on 22 October 2014, several shooting incidents occurred around Parliament Hill. A gunman, after shooting a Canadian Army soldier mounting the ceremonial guard at the National War Memorial. There, he was killed in a shootout with RCMP officers, the gunman also injured one House of Commons constable, who was shot in the foot
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Parliament of Canada
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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislative branch of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in the national capital, Ottawa, Ontario. The body consists of the Canadian monarch, represented by a viceroy, the general, an upper house, the Senate, and a lower house. Each element has its own officers and organization, by constitutional convention, the House of Commons is the dominant branch of parliament, the Senate and Crown rarely opposing its will. The Senate reviews legislation from a less partisan standpoint and the monarch or viceroy provides the necessary Royal Assent to make bills into law. The governor general also summons parliament, while either the viceroy or monarch can prorogue or dissolve parliament, either will read the Throne Speech. The most recent parliament, summoned by Governor General David Johnston in 2015, is the 42nd since Confederation in 1867, the Parliament of Canada is composed of three parts, the monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Each has a role, but work in conjunction within the legislative process. Only those who sit in the House of Commons are called members of parliament, though legislatively less powerful, senators take higher positions in the national order of precedence. No individual may serve in more than one chamber of parliament at the same time, the sovereigns place in the legislature, formally called the Queen-in-Parliament, is defined by the Constitution Act,1867, and various conventions. All federal bills begin with the phrase Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada. And, as such, the Crown is immune from acts of parliament unless expressed otherwise in the act itself. As both the monarch and his or her representatives are traditionally barred from the House of Commons, any parliamentary ceremonies in which they are involved take place in the Senate chamber. The upper and lower houses do, however, each contain a mace, which indicate the authority of the Queen-in-Parliament, following the burning of the Centre Block on 3 February 1916, the City of London, England, donated a replacement, which is still used today. The temporary mace, made of wood, and used until the new one arrived from the United Kingdom in 1917, is carried into the Senate each 3 February. The Senates 1. 6-metre-long mace comprises brass and gold, senators served for life until 1965, when a constitutional amendment imposed a mandatory retirement age of 75. Senators may, however, resign their seats prior to that mark, the Senate is divided equally amongst four geographic regions,24 for Ontario,24 for Quebec,24 for the Maritimes, and 24 for the Western provinces. Newfoundland and Labrador, which became a Canadian province in 1949, is represented by six senators, further, Canadas three territories—the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut—are allocated one senator each. The elected component of the Canadian parliament is the House of Commons, with each member chosen by a plurality of voters in each of the countrys federal electoral districts
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Ontario Highway 2
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Once the primary east–west route across the southern portion of Ontario, most of Highway 2 in Ontario was bypassed by Ontario Highway 401, completed in 1968. The August 1997 completion of Highway 403 bypassed one final section through Brantford. Most of the 837.4 km length of Highway 2 was deemed a local route and removed from the highway system on January 1,1998. The entire route remains driveable, but as County Road 2 or County Highway 2 in most regions, in Toronto, Highway 2 shields are still found along Lake Shore Boulevard and Kingston Road. Highway 2 is currently a stub of its former self, at just over 1 kilometre in length, it is one of the shortest provincial highways in Ontario. Its nominal purpose is to provide a route between westbound Thousand Islands Parkway and eastbound Highway 401. Highway 2 begins at the town limits of Gananoque. It interchanges with the Thousand Islands Parkway, once referred to as Highway 2S prior to becoming a part of the 401 in 1952. The roadway continues as County Road 2 along the provincial route to Quebec. Numerous connecting links existed along urban sections of the route of Highway 2. These sections were downloaded to the municipalities in which they reside before 1998 and these signs are still posted in places such as Windsor, London, and Toronto. In parts of Toronto, markers direct drivers along Lake Shore Boulevard west of downtown, and Lake Shore Boulevard, Coxwell Avenue and it now has the following designations, Essex County, E. C. Like in Ontario, much of that road has been bypassed by a freeway and/or renumbered, new Brunswick assigned the old number to a new freeway which between Fredericton and Moncton differs substantially from the original route. Nova Scotia kept its portion of Highway 2 intact, numbering its bypass as Highways 102 and 104 and this tourist route included various side trips, such as highways to Ottawa and Niagara Falls. While this signage is maintained in some counties, much of the route is part of local itineraries such as a former Apple Route, an Arts Route, Highway 2 was the first roadway assumed under the maintenance of the Department of Highways. The 73. 5-kilometre section from the Rouge River to Smiths Creek, now Port Hope, was inaugurated on August 21,1917, on June 7,1918, the designation was extended east to the Quebec border. The forerunners to Highway 2 are numerous paths constructed during the colonization of Ontario, john Graves Simcoe was given the task of defending Upper Canada from the United States following the revolution and with opening the virgin territory to settlement. After establishing a capital at York, Simcoe ordered an inland route constructed between Cootes Paradise at the tip of Lake Ontario and his proposed capital of London
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North Dundas, Ontario
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North Dundas is a township in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. North Dundas is located approximately 50 km south of downtown Ottawa and it is primarily rural with a few small villages. It is spread across the South Nation River and the East Castor River watersheds, the township was established in 1998, with the amalgamation of the former Townships of Winchester and Mountain and the Villages of Chesterville and Winchester. In 1825, two men by the name of Merkley made plans to build a mill, but while returning from Waddington with their supplies, both men drowned after their canoe upset. In the early 1830s, Thomas Armstrong and his son John, the site was a prime location because it was situated on the Nation River, a major transportation route at the time. After Johns death from cholera, Thomas took over and soon had a grist mill in operation as well, and by 1838 and it was because of Thomas and John Armstrong that the area gained the name Armstrongs Mills. In 1845, a post office was erected and the became known as Winchester. In 1848, the Province of Ontario was divided up into townships, and in 1850, in 1890, Chesterville was incorporated as a village. The village was settled by Ben Bates in 1835 and was first called Bates Corners. During the early years traveled to Winchester for supplies and to pick up their mail they went to Matilda. The Morewood area had swamp like conditions which drew the Irish and Scottish settlers, as water has always been crucial for survival, the early Irish settlers in the Ormond area used the Castor River as means of transportation. Business started to evolve and by 1855, Winchester had a store, blacksmith shop, a carriage maker. Also in 1855, the first post office was opened and with this the name of Bates Corners was changed to West Winchester, in 1884 with the establishment of the CPR, West Winchester became Winchester. Winchester enjoyed years of growth and, in January 1888, was incorporated as a village, in 1798, it was named by John Graves Simcoe after Jacob Mountain, the first Anglican Bishop of Quebec, a personal friend. The township began to develop between 1868 and 1872, when two saw mills were erected by John Smirle and James Hyndman, the township had three post offices, in South Mountain, Hallville, and Mountain. In September 1887, the first railroad track was opened and the became a shipping station for cheese, livestock, milk, eggs. The Tinklers Oak Valley Farms are one of the examples of great quality dairy out of the region. The township comprises a number of villages and hamlets including the communities of Cannamore, Chesterville, Hallville, Harmony, Inkerman, Morewood, Mountain, Ormond, South Mountain, Winchester District Memorial Hospital is located in the Village of Winchester
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Concurrency (road)
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A concurrency in a road network is an instance of one physical road bearing two or more different highway, motorway, or other route numbers. When two freeways share the same right-of-way, it is called a common section or commons. Other terminology for a concurrency includes overlap, coincidence, duplex, triplex, multiplex, concurrent numbering can become very common in countries that allow it. In some countries, however, concurrent numbering is avoided by posting only one number on road signs. Criticism of concurrencies include environmental intrusion, as well as being considered a factor in road accidents, most concurrencies are simply a combination of two route numbers on the same physical road. This is often advantageous as well as economically advantageous, it may be better for two route numbers to be combined into one along riverways or through mountain valleys. Some nations allow for concurrencies to occur, however, some nations specifically do not allow it to happen, in those nations which do permit concurrencies, it can become very common. In these countries, there are a variety of concurrences which can occur, an example of this is the concurrency of I-70 and I-76 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in western Pennsylvania. A triple Interstate concurrency is found north of Madison, Wisconsin, with I-39, I-90, Wisconsin has another triple Interstate concurrency along the five-mile section of I-41, I-43, and I-894 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The concurrency of I-41 and I-43 on this roadway is an example of a wrong-way concurrency, the longest Interstate highway concurrency is I-80 and I-90 for 265 miles across Indiana and Ohio. There are examples of eight-way concurrencies, I-465 around Indianapolis and Georgia State Route 10 Loop around downtown Athens, Georgia. Portions of the 53-mile I-465 overlap with I-74, US31, US36, US40, US52, US421, SR37, seven of the eight other designations overlap between exits 46 and 47 to create an eight-way concurrency. In the United States, concurrencies are simply marked by placing signs for both routes on the same or adjacent posts, the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices prescribes that when mounting these adjacent signs together that the numbers will be arranged vertically or horizontally in order of precedence. The order to be used is Interstate Highways, U. S. Highways, state highways, and finally county roads, several states do not officially have any concurrencies, instead officially ending routes on each side of one. There are several circumstances where unusual concurrencies exist along state borders, one example occurs along the Oklahoma–Arkansas state line. At the northern end of this border Oklahoma State Highway 20 runs concurrently with Arkansas Highway 43, concurrencies are also found in Canada. In Manitoba, the Trans-Canada Highway from Winnipeg to Portage la Prairie is concurrently signed with Yellowhead Highway, in Ontario, the Queen Elizabeth Way and Highway 403 run concurrently between Burlington and Oakville, forming the provinces only concurrency between two 400-series highways. In the United Kingdom, routes do not run concurrently with others, where this would normally occur, the roadway takes the number of only one of the routes, while the other routes are considered to have a gap and are signed in brackets
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Ontario Highway 16
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Kings Highway 16, commonly referred to as Highway 16 and historically as the Prescott Highway, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The highway once travelled from near Prescott to Ottawa, however, its length was truncated significantly when most of the route was twinned with a second roadway, and renumbered as Highway 416. However, a short stub remains through Johnstown, crossing the St. Lawrence River on the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge to Ogdensburg, New York, the Ottawa–Prescott Road was one of the first highways designated in Ontario, it was one of four designated in 1918. The highway was numbered in August 1925, the Prescott Highway was established as a provincial highway in 1918, shortly after the Provincial Highway. It remained named until the summer of 1925, when numbering was introduced. A new route was constructed throughout the 1970s to provide a controlled-access right-of-way for the highway, during the 1990s, this new route was twinned, whereby a new road was constructed parallel to the existing one, and redesignated as Highway 416. A short section through downtown Ottawa was not incorporated into Highway 416 and this left a short stub through Johnstown, which remains designated as Highway 16. Highway 16, which crosses the geologically subdued St. Lawrence Lowlands, was selected over Highway 15 and this route was designed to easily accommodate the eventual upgrade to a freeway when traffic volumes necessitated. Construction of the Super two, dubbed Highway 16 New, took place between 1969 and 1983, the Spencerville Bypass opened by 1971, connecting with the old highway in the south near Crowder Road and in the north near Ventnor Road. By the end of 1973 the new highway was completed from north of Highway 401 through Leeds and Grenville United Counties. This included a bypass around Kemptville and a new structure over the Rideau River, the new highway ended at Dilworth Road. For nearly a decade, no new construction took place, then, during the summer of 1982, the MTO awarded a contract to begin constructing the route north from Dilworth Road towards Manotick, bypassing North Gower. The project was completed in 1983, merging into the route of Highway 16 northeast of the present Prince of Wales Drive overpass. With the completion of Highway 16 New, the MTO need only construct interchanges, the upgrade to Highway 416 took place between 1989 and 1999 and was created by the twinning of 57 km of Highway 16 New and the construction of an interchange at Highway 401. Highway 16 is now a very brief route, though it was much longer before the construction of Highway 416 truncated it, the highway begins near the shores of the St. Lawrence River in Johnstown at the former Highway 2, now Leeds and Grenville County Road 2. From there the route travels northwest adjacent to the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge, a customs plaza lies at the end of the bridge, north of which the road to the bridge meets the highway. To the northeast is single-detached housing, the highway continues, exiting Johnstown and curving slightly towards the north. Immediately after crossing over a Canadian National track, the route encounters an interchange with Highway 401 and this parclo interchange features full access to Highway 401, including movements not possible at the Highway 416 interchange to the west
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Connecting Link
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For transportation corridors, see Fixed Link, bridge, and tunnel. For the rolling chain connector, see Master link, the Connecting Link program is a provincial subsidy provided to municipalities to assist with road construction, maintenance and repairs in the Canadian province of Ontario. Roads which are designated as connecting links form the portions of highways through built-up communities which are not owned by the Ministry of Transportation. Connecting links are governed by regulations, including section 144, subsection 31.1 of the Highway Traffic Act and section 21 of the Public Transportation. While the road is under control and can be modified to their needs, extensions. The Connecting Link program was established in 1927, today,355.4 kilometres of roadway in 77 municipalities are maintained under the program. These links cross 70 bridges also maintained under the program, some connecting links, however, were never provincial highways at all, but rather county or regional roads, or even local streets that the town or city has assistance in maintaining. Conversely, not all roads formerly signed as highways are connecting links and these are similar to, but not always related to 7000-series highways. The following table lists the current connecting links in the province by highway, list of Ontario provincial highways County roads in Ontario Official website
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Ontario Highway 417
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Kings Highway 417, commonly referred to as Highway 417 and the Queensway through Ottawa, is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It connects Montreal with Ottawa, and is the backbone of the system in the National Capital Region. Within Ottawa, it part of the Queensway west to Highway 7. Highway 417 extends from the Quebec border to Arnprior, where it continues westward as Highway 17, aside from the urban section through Ottawa, Highway 417 passes through farmland that dominates much of the fertile Ottawa Valley. Within Ottawa, the Queensway was built as part of a plan for the city between 1957 and 1966, and later reconstructed to its present form throughout the 1980s. The eastern section, from Gloucester to the Quebec border, opened in 1975 in preparation for the 1976 Montreal Olympics, sections west of Ottawa have been under construction since the mid-1970s, with the latest section bypassing Arnprior opening on November 29,2012. The freeway has also gradually been extended northwest from Ottawa alongside the old highway to its current terminus in Arnprior, Highway 417 currently has 42 interchanges from the Quebec border to Arnprior, with more planned as the highway is extended westward. Unlike other highways in Ontario and most of North America, exits are numbered from east to west. While a significant portion of Highway 417 is a four lane freeway divided by a grass median. Highway 417 begins at the border between the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, east of which the four lane freeway continues as Autoroute 40, the route proceeds west along the former alignment of Highway 17, which it has served to replace. It passes through a forested and agricultural landscape en route to Ottawa, serving the communities of Hawkesbury, Vankleek Hill, Casselman, Limoges, the route later meets the southern terminus of Highway 34 at Exit 27. At this point, the freeway enters The Nation and diverges from the boundary, after crossing a Via Rail line, the route dips south of Casselman and curves to the west at Exit 66. It roughly parallels the Via Rail line several kilometres north of the freeway, though significant deviations bypass the communities of Benoit and Limoges, the latter is served by Exit 79. Near Limoges is the Larose Forest, a man-made forest planted between 1928 and 1980 over the Bourget Desert, itself created as the result of cutting in the 19th century. At Exit 88, Highway 417 enters the city of Ottawa, though the surroundings remain unchanged until Exit 110, the freeway merges with the Queensway at a large multi-level interchange known locally as the Split, curving to the west and into downtown Ottawa. The interchange also provides access to Aviation Parkway from westbound Highway 417, within Ottawa, the Queensway extends from Orleans in the east and passes just south of downtown through central Ottawa to Kanata in the west. The core section of the Queensway is eight lanes wide, four per carriageway, the freeway is elevated on a berm along some central portions of the route, providing views of downtown and the Gatineau Hills to the north. This section was constructed along a former Canadian National Railway railbed, the route bisects central Ottawa with downtown and the Parliament Buildings lay to the north of the highway and residential neighbourhoods including the Glebe to the south
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Scenic route
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The designation is usually determined by a governmental body, such as a Department of Transportation or a Ministry of Transport. A tourist highway or holiday route is a road which is marketed as particularly suited for tourists, tourist highways may be formed when existing roads are promoted with traffic signs and advertising material. Some tourist highways such as the Blue Ridge Parkway are built especially for tourism purposes, others may be roadways enjoyed by local citizens in areas of unique or exceptional natural beauty. Still others, such as the Lincoln Highway in Illinois are former main roads, in the United States this type of roadway is commonly termed a scenic highway. In Europe and other countries around the world they are marked with brown tourist signs with the individual route symbol or name. In the United States, a route may also not refer to a type of special route of the U. S. highway system that travels through a particularly beautiful area. These special routes, which boast Scenic banners are typically longer than the parent route, there are only two routes in the country that remain with the official scenic designation, U. S. Route 40 Scenic and U. S. Route 412 Scenic. National Parkways are scenic roads in the National Park System built for driving through scenic or historic areas. Unlike most scenic routes, National Parkways are built with a buffer of park land along both sides of the roadway and they also may have large satellite parks or recreation areas built periodically along their length. Most National Historic Trails are commemorative motor routes which follow historic pathways, theme Routes are special theme-based tours, aimed at providing a visitor or tourist with a better insight on that theme. Being popular in Europe, they can cover anything from an individual city, subjects can be architectural, historical, or cultural
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Riverside Drive (Ottawa)
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Riverside Drive is a major road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that follows along the eastern bank of the Rideau River. Its northern terminus is at the Transitway/Via Rail underpass just south of the Queensway, north of the Queensway, Riverside continues as Vanier Parkway, which travels through Vanier until Beechwood Avenue. The roads name is linked to Vanier, Ontario, which was named for former Governor General of Canada Georges Vanier, most of the road is a four-lane divided principal arterial, with a speed limit of 60 km/h, although the general flow is faster in many sections. Riverside was re-aligned between Smyth Road and Industrial Avenue in 1986, Riverside once ended at Industrial, while it was Alta Vista Drive that carried traffic across the Queensway to become the Vanier Parkway. The old alignment of Riverside Drive in Riverview continues to be known as Riverside Drive, and serves a number of apartment building complexes, Limebank Road is an Arterial road in Ottawa, Ontario. It starts at River Rd, and Riverside Dr and continues south through Riverside South and it continues southbound through West Greely as Dozois Rd. On Vanier Parkway Beechwood Avenue / St
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Alta Vista Drive
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Alta Vista Drive is a suburban road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from Bank Street in the south to Industrial Avenue in the covering the neighbourhoods of Ridgemont, Alta Vista. Alta Vista was created as the result of residential developments in the region following World War II. First referred to as the 100 foot highway, was re-named Churchill Avenue in 1941 and it became Alta Vista Drive in July 1950 as the result of Ottawa annexing that part of Gloucester Township. The first stretch was built between Smyth Road and Kilborn Avenue in 1939, Gloucester Township Council passed a by-law on May 3,1937 permitting its construction. The stretch from Kilborn to Randall was built in 1940, the north of Smyth in 1942. Alta Vista originally ran past Industrial and connected with the Vanier Parkway, but the intersection, furthermore, in the 1990s, Alta Vista gained bicycle lanes along its entire stretch. Alta Vista is so named for its height, as the neighbourhoods it runs through are generally higher than the rest of the city. The name was first applied to the area in 1913, for a subdivision built on the north side of Randall Avenue which had a good view of Parliament Hill. For the most part, Alta Vista runs through residential areas, the road is characterized by large trees along both sides and the Via Rail train track running parallel between Alta Vista Drive and Riverside Drive from Industrial Avenue to Smyth Road. Patricks High School located south from Smyth Road, the area is home to the Anglican Church St. Thomas the Apostle, the United Church Rideau Park, and the Presbyterian Church St. Timothys. There is one branch of the Ottawa Library and two shopping centres, one being at the northern-most stretch near Industrial Avenue, and the other at the southern-most section abutting Bank Street
