Ottawa Resource Collection

Ottawa architecture tour: Six great pre-1950 historic buildings – Apartment613 In part one of this two-part series, architect Eric Haar highlights some of Ottawa's most stunning architecture from before 1950.

Remember This? The Green Valley Restaurant For more than fifty years, the family-run Green Valley Restaurant was a landmark on the Prescott Highway, later known as Prince of Wales Drive.

The Alexandra Bridge: Its Construction, Its Significance, Its Future A timely lecture that you won't want to miss! Federal plans are underway to demolish this iconic interprovincial link. Although the bridge was designated a national historic civil engineering site in 1995, the recognition affords no legal protection. The Lecture will be presented via ZOOM and Pre-Re...

The history of Holland Avenue: A story of two brothers The Holland-Britannia streetcar. Photo CA-1539 courtesy of the City of Ottawa Archives. By Dave Allston Holland Avenue is one of Kitchissippi’s most significant streets, one which has seen constant…

Remember This? The Central Canada Exhibition Taking a look back at the start of the Central Canada Exhibition, which eventually became the Ottawa SuperEx.

Loads of history: If the walls of Laundry Land could talk The Fleming-Leech Ltd. building in 1956 (centre) on the day of a streetcar accident. The photo was taken just one year after the building burned in a massive fire. Photo courtesy of the City of Ott…

Ottawa's most and least walkable neighbourhoods mapped out as part of new study | CBC News Bel-Air Heights, Gloucester and some areas of Alta Vista are just a few of the least walkable neighbourhoods in Ottawa, according to new mapping done by the city.

https://heritageottawa.org/events/lowertown-east-2021

Lowertown East Lowertown East, bounded by Rideau Street, King Edward Avenue, and the Rideau River, has been home to many important religious, residential and civic buildings. Despite a controversial 1970s urban redevelopment, it is a walkable neighbourhood with a strong multicultural history. The tour will focus o...

https://heritageottawa.org/events/parliamentary-precinct-archaeologists-perspective

The Parliamentary Precinct: An Archaeologist's Perspective This tour, held in conjunction with Archaeology Month, will focus on the history of the Parliamentary Precinct as revealed by the series of archaeological investigations that have been undertaken in the area over the past 25 years. Sites relating to the Barracks Hill occupation (1826-1857) and Upper...

https://heritageottawa.org/events/beaverbrook-2021

Beaverbrook Beaverbrook represents one of the first and the most complete examples in Canada of a fully designed community based on 20th century urban planning concepts. This tour will introduce participants to various aspects of the planned garden community of Beaverbrook (intended to be part of the whole gard...

https://heritageottawa.org/events/st-james-anglican-cemetery-french-2021

St. James Anglican Cemetery (In French) Pour la version française CLIQUEZ ICI. Founded in 1820, the St. James Anglican Cemetery is the oldest European cemetery in the national capital region. Designated a heritage site by the City of Gatineau in 2012, it is the resting place of some of the region’s most important personalities. People ...

https://heritageottawa.org/events/alexandra-provincial-bridge

Alexandra Interprovincial Bridge NEW TOUR – The history, builders and engineering significance of the Alexandra Interprovincial Bridge and its importance as a central element of a national and world heritage setting. The bridge was built between 1898 and 1900 and has since served transcontinental trains, streetcars, road vehicles...