History of Ottawa
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The history of Ottawa begins with the retreat of the Laurentide ice sheet from c. 10,000 BCE to c. 6,000 BCE, which allowed human settlement. Since at least 500 CE, Algonquin people have lived along t
View of Parliament Hill and Chaudière Falls, Ottawa c. 1859.
Chaudière Falls (known to the Algonquin as Akikodjiwan) was a central Algonquin site for socialization and trade.
Lieutenant Colonel John By of the Royal Engineers was assigned to oversee construction of the Rideau Canal in 1826.
Camp used by soldiers and labourers of the Rideau Canal on the south side of the Ottawa River in 1826
LeBreton Flats
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LeBreton Flats, known colloquially as The Flats or LeBreton, is a neighbourhood in Somerset Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It lies to the west of Centretown neighbourhood, and to the north o
LeBreton Flats, c. 1865
LeBreton Flats after the 1900 fire.
Two children in LeBreton Flats in 1963, as the lands were being expropriated and the residents forced to vacate the neighbourhood.