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.
The bridge today
Older bridge over Rideau River at Billings Bridge Source: William James Topley/Library and Archives Canada/PA-009204
The Rideau River is a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada. The river flows north from Upper Rideau Lake and empties into the Ottawa River at the Rideau Falls in Ottawa, Ontario. Its length is 146 kilometres (91 mi).
The mouth of the Rideau River in Ottawa flowing into the Ottawa River at Rideau Falls
Rideau River under Cummings Bridge separating Sandy Hill from Vanier in Ottawa
Rideau River and Rideau Canal opposite Carleton University
1826 painting of the Rideau Falls, where the Rideau River empties out into the Ottawa River, by Thomas Burrowes