As the water is drained out of the Rideau canal the remains of the Dow’s Lake Causeway becomes visible. I’m not sure when the causeway was removed but the picture below is from the Report and Correspondence of theOttawa Improvement Commission (Ottawa, 1912). A quick picture taken today. Cropped map of Ottawa from 2nd Edition, …
Category Archives: Heritage
Metro Music
My kids have been taking music lessons at Metro Music on Bank St. for a while so I have spent some time hanging out there while they learn. It is in a old commercial building that in the 1920s was a car repair and/or a tire dealership. It has been a music store for while. Here …
Stanley Cup
From “The hub and the spokes ; or, The Capital and its environs” (1904) Author: Gard, Anson A. (Anson Albert), 1849-ca. 1915 Page 113
Glebe Report Archives
I’ve shared items from Library and Archives Canada and many from the City of Ottawa Archives. I’ve recently discovered that the Glebe Report, the community newspaper, has put their archives online at http://www.glebereport.ca/Newspaper/Archives.php. The archive is not searchable or indexed, but the PDF files high-quality and are easily browsable. Every issue I looked at has …