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Moodie/Caldwell House once served as the Limebank Post Office A Historical Timeline for the Township of Gloucester by Glenn Clark Updated April 3, 2013 2013 updates in Green Gloucester Township Hall 1874-1962 at Billings Bridge Reeves and Mayors of Gloucester  Go To Index (New) Go To 1850 Go To 1875 Go To 1900 Go To 1925 Go To 1950 Go To 1975 Go To 2000 1783 - Land purchased from the local aboriginals as part of the Crawford Purchase. 1788 - Lunenburg District created, including the area that later became Gloucester Township. 1792 - Township of Gloucester first surveyed and known as Township B. 1793 - Gloucester Township named after William Frederick (nicknamed Silly Billy), second Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, nephew of King George III. Gloucester Township was first known as Township B. Gloucester Township is part of Dundas County in the Eastern District. 1800 - Russell County established. Gloucester Township included. 1812- Braddish Billings is the first permanent settler. (Information on Ottawa's founding families including Braddish Billings) 1813 - Braddish Billings marries Lamira Dow in Merrickville and returns to Gloucester with his bride. 1815 - Sabra Billings is the first Caucasian child born in Gloucester. 1815 - Following a visit to family in Merrickville, the Billings family is swept over Hog's Back Falls. Philamon Wright rescues the family. 1816 - Gloucester Township becomes part of the Ottawa District. 1820 - Township survey completed. 1820 - François Dupuis is the first settler in the Orléans area. 1823 - Braddish Billings constructs a sawmill on a creek running through his property near today's Bank Street. This creek has been known as Sawmill Creek ever since. 1825 - Braddish Billings appointed as Clerk and Assessor for Gloucester Township. The first assessment lists 12 families. 1826 - Construction of Rideau Canal commences. 1827 - James Johnston settles at Hardscrabble, near today's Rideau-Carleton Raceway. 1829 - (October 21) Billings family move into their new home known as Park Hill (now a City of Ottawa museum). 1829- Dam at Hog's Back is washed out. A previous washout took place in 1828. The dam was completed in 1829. 1830 - Farmer's Bridge later known as Billings Bridge is completed, linking Gloucester Township with Nepean Township and Bytown. 1830 - Jean-Baptiste St. Louis erects the first sawmill at Rideau Falls. This is the beginning of the industrial complex at this location. 1831 - Thomas McKay purchases Lot 1, 2, 3, and 4, Junction Gore. This is the present site of New Edinburgh, most of Rockcliffe Park and parts of Vanier. 1832- Municipal Reform Act establishes roles for municipal officers but not responsible to electorate. 1832 - Rideau Canal completed. 1832 - (January 2) First town meeting held at John Cunningham's Inn on the site of present day Ottawa airport. 1833 - The east side of the Rideau River near Rideau Falls is named New Edinburgh by Thomas McKay. He encouraged other Scotsmen who had worked on the Rideau Canal to settle there. 1833 - Village of Long Island Locks first settled. 1834 - Assessment lists 156 householders. 1834 - First residents arrive in area of Blackburn Hamlet. 1834 - Stagecoach service begins between Bytown and Prescott via Billings Bridge, Bowesville and South Gloucester. The road is known as the Bytown & Prescott Carriage Road. 1834 - The approximate year during which the first church opened in Gloucester, a Methodist church at Long Island Village. Another Methodist Church opened at Leitrim in 1837. 1837 - The first Cummings Bridge was built as a collective project of the citizens of Bytown. It connected Rideau Street to Montreal Road via an island in the middle of the Rideau River. Charles Cummings and his family moved to the island in 1840 [Ottawa Citizen, Feb. 22, 1922 p.5]. This became the post office named Cummings Bridge in 1879, serving the community of Janeville and later Eastview [Library and Archives Canada Post Office and Post Master Index]. 1837 - The first school in New Edinburgh is erected and opens as a school in 1838. First known teacher is James Fraser. A plaque has been erected in front of the building at 62 Sussex Drive. 1838 - Gloucester Township becomes part of Carleton County in the Bathurst District. 1838 - Rideau Hall, first known as 'The Castle' was completed and owned by Thomas McKay. Thomas McKay was the contractor who built a number of the locks on the Rideau Canal. 1838 - Rockcliffe Manor House, now known as the Apostolic Nunciature in Ottawa, was built by Duncan Rynier MacNab, a rival of Thomas McKay. Mr. McNab dies before it is completed. 1842 - (March 19) District of Dalhousie proclaimed. Gloucester Township included. 1844 - The current route of Bank Street (then known as Prescott Road) between Billings Bridge and South Gloucester is established. 1846 - New Edinburgh Bridge replaced at Green Island. Early bridges built in the 1830s frequently washed out over Rideau Falls. 1847 - Billings Bridge washed out. Further washouts took place in 1862, 1876 and 1913. 1849 - Baldwin Act passed establishing municipal government. 1849 - Gloucester Orange Lodge No. 222 is chartered. The first meeting takes place in January 1850. It first meets at various homes in the southern part of Gloucester, and the first lodge building is built in the 1860s on Bank Street near Blossom Park. 1850 Go To Top Go To Index 1850 - (January 1) Gloucester Township is incorporated and the first Gloucester Reeve and council are elected. James Sieveright is the first reeve. 1850 - Delorme Post Office opens. The name changed to Lourdes in 1875 and Cyrville in 1892. 1850 - Gloucester appoints first constables who effectively act as by-law enforcement officers. 1851 - Common Schools Act proclaimed, establishing the School Section system. 1852 - Daniel Eastman opens an inn in what is now known as Carlsbad Springs. 1853 - The Rideau Canal ceases to be a military canal and is turned over to Canada West for commercial use. Commercial shipping continued until 1930. Passenger steamers continue until 1935. 1854 - Nepean and Gloucester connected by two bridges at Long Island. From the Nepean side via a bridge at the north end of the island and the Gloucester side via a swing bridge further south. 1854 - Bytown and Prescott Railway completed through the township (renamed Ottawa and Prescott Railway in 1855 and leased to CPR in 1881) Railway runs through Gloucester from Manotick Station to New Edinburgh via Gloucester Station, Ellwood, Billings Bridge, Overbrook and Janeville (Vanier). Thomas McKay was instrumental in bringing the railway to Bytown, which also explains the routing via New Edinburgh. 1854 - (January) Gloucester Agricultural Society founded. This society annually organized the 19th century version of the Gloucester Fair at Billings Bridge. [Ottawa Journal, Oct. 4, 1893 p.4] 1855 - (Oct. 9th) Thomas McKay dies. 1859 - Dickinson's Grist Mill opens in Manotick. This and the opening of the railway sets the stage for the gradual abandonment of the village at Long Island Locks. Manotick is the Ojibwa word meaning "long island". 1864 - Thomas Coltrin Keefer subdivides the McKay estate to establish the beginnings of the community of Rockcliffe Park. 1864 - (April 8th) Braddish Billings dies. 1865 - Rideau Hall is leased by the government for the Governor General's residence. It was purchased in 1868. 1865 - The first cricket pitch was established for the Ottawa Cricket Club at Rideau Hall. The club was originally established in 1840 as the Carleton Cricket Club, re-established as the Bytown Cricket Club in 1849 and renamed the Ottawa Cricket Club in 1858. Prior to Rideau Hall, early matches were held at what is now known as Cartier Square. 1865 - Ottawa and Prescott Railway goes bankrupt. No trains run into Ottawa for 2 years. 1865 - Ottawa and Gloucester Road Company is established to build and improve the road between Uppertown Ottawa and South Gloucester. This road is now known as Bank Street. 1865 - The second Cummings Bridge opens. Its official name is the New Rideau Bridge, but also known as the Sandy Hill Bridge during this era. 1867 - New Edinburgh is incorporated as a village. 1868 - 24 Sussex Drive is built by Joseph Merrill Currier, MP. Originally named 'Gorffwysta', Welsh for 'Place of Peace'. 1868 - Ferry service established between New Edinburgh and Gatineau Point. It continued until about 1914. 1868 - McArthur Avenue is built through the McArthur farm as a shortcut for residents travelling from the Cyrville area, and to reduce or evade road tolls on Montreal Road. 1869 - Terrific snowstorms stop trains travelling between Prescott and Ottawa. 1870 - (July 21) Ottawa City Passenger Railway Company introduces horse drawn tramway along Sussex Drive as far as the edge of Rockcliffe Park. 1870 - (August 17th) Gloucester affected by Carleton County fire especially near Green's Creek. 1870 - First Spa and resort is built at Eastman's Springs (now Carlsbad Springs) by Dominion Springs Company. 1871 - Branch line added to Ottawa and Prescott Railway from Chaudiere Junction (Ellwood) to LeBreton Flats via Dow's Lake (today's O-Train line). 1871 - Approximate year that the Carleton County Police Force was established, covering Gloucester and the other townships of the county. 1872 - New Edinburgh Bridge replaced again. 1872 - Notre Dame Cemetery opens as a result of an Ottawa city by-law forbidding further internments inside the city limits. 1873 - Approximate date when the Ottawa Street Bridge was constructed, now known as the St. Patrick Street Bridge. 1873 - Beechwood Cemetery established on the McPhail farm and parts of the McKay/Keefer estate. 1874 - Township Hall built at Billings Bridge (photo above right). The previous town hall, which was also located at Billings Bridge was sold at auction. 1874 - Gloucester Agricultural Fair commences on land adjacent to Town Hall at Billings Bridge. The fair continued until 1904. Later, this was known as Coronation Park. 1874 - Gateville subdivision established just south of Billings Bridge. 1875 Go To Top Go To Index 1875 - First wooden Hurdman's Bridge opens. [Ottawa Citizen; December 16, 1875]) 1876 - Robert Cummings elected Warden of Carleton County [Belden Atlas of Carleton County, 1879 p. li]. 1876 - Orange Lodge No. 222 relocates to Billings Bridge. 1880 - Public stagecoach service between Billings Bridge and Ottawa commences and is operated by William Whiten and W.J. Parry. The service was discontinued in 1893. No further public transit was available to the village of Billings Bridge until the post World War II era. 1882 - Canada Atlantic Railway opens running through Gloucester from Hurdman's Bridge to Carlsbad Springs via Hawthorne (Today's Ottawa-Montreal VIA rail line). 1882 - First record of a brickyard operating near Billings Bridge. This was later known as the Merkley Brickyard. 1883 - The Ottawa Canoe Club is established and located at the foot of the Ottawa Locks. The first clubhouse is built in 1885. It relocates to Governor's Bay in New Edinburgh in 1894, because of navigational difficulties created by sawdust originating from the Chaudiere sawmills. In 1914, it merges with New Edinburgh Canoe Club and becomes the Ottawa New Edinburgh Canoe Club [Ottawa Citizen, May 14, 1931 p.19]. 1885 - The Grey Nuns of the Cross purchase 500 acres for Youville Farm in Orléans. This land was resold for housing development in 1970. 1886 - Swing Bridge constructed over the Hog's Back Locks and a fixed bridge over the Hog's Back dam. 1887 - New Edinburgh, including Green Island, annexed by the City of Ottawa. 1887 - Skiing first demonstrated in Canada. Lord Frederick Hamilton uses Russian skis at Rideau Hall. 1887 - St. Patrick's Orphanage and Asylum acquires property at Mooney's Bay to build a children's summer home. 1888 - (June 6) Cyclone devastates large portions of Gloucester particularly near Billings Bridge, Hawthorne and Ramsayville. 1888 - 148 acres south of New Edinburgh (Lindenlea) and Porter's Island annexed by Ottawa. 1889 - (August 3) Rockcliffe Park horse-drawn tramway opens, but not connected to Ottawa tramway until 1891. 1890 - (August 4) Gloucester authorizes the rent for a Police Station in Janeville. 1892 - Rideau Park subdivision established on part of the Billings Estate to open up the land for market gardeners. 1893 - Rockcliffe Park purchased by City of Ottawa to serve as a recreational area. 1893 - (June 23) Electric street cars start running to Rockcliffe via New Edinburgh and the St. Patrick Street Bridge. They were operated by the Ottawa Electric Street Railway Company, with principal officers being Thomas Ahearn and Warren Soper. 1893 - (August 4) Electric Street Car service commences operation on Sussex Drive. 1893 - (August 13) Ottawa City Passenger Railway Company and Ottawa Electric Street Railway Company merge operations and becomes the Ottawa Electric Railway Company (OER) on August 1, 1894. 1893 - (March 29) The third Cummings Bridge built with iron trusses opens to traffic, with the official opening on April 5th. It was officially named Bingham's Bridge on April 17th in an Ottawa by-law to honour Samuel Bingham, the alderman who headed the works committee, and later an Ottawa mayor. A dispute arose when the city put up name plates on the bridge and Carleton County officials retaliated by placing their own name plate for 'Cummings Bridge'. The name plates were put up and removed a number of times until it was agreed that no name plate would be placed on the bridge. The original naming by-law remained in place. 1894 - (May 3) Double track electric streetcar service opens to Rockcliffe Park. The Ottawa Electric Railway adds electric lighting to Rockcliffe Park pavilion and lookout and a merry-go-round is imported from Tonawanda, NY. 1898 - Ottawa and New York Railway opens running through Gloucester, from Hurdman's Bridge to Edwards via Hawthorne, Ramsayville and Piperville. 1898 - The Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Rifle Range commences operation at the site that later became Rockcliffe Airport. The Rifle Range had previously been in Sandy Hill near the present site of the Russian Embassy and Strathcona Park. 1900 Go To Top Go To Index 1900 - (August 28) Rockcliffe streetcar extended to Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Rifle Range. 1901 - Minto Bridge opens connecting New Edinburgh with Lowertown. Named to honour the fourth Earl of Minto, Governor General of Canada from 1898 until 1904. 1901 (May 31) - The Earl of Minto, Governor General of Canada donates the Minto Cup initially for the senior's mens lacrosse championship. 1901 - (December 6) Bert Harper drowns in the Ottawa River below Rockcliffe in a failed attempt to rescue Bessie Blair. Both had been ice skating on the river and fell through the ice. On November 18, 1905, a Sir Galahad statue was unveiled in memory of this sad event. It is now located in front of Parliament Hill. 1901 - The practice of maintaining township roads by statute labour was abolished. Thereafter, residents no longer had the option of maintaining roads themselves for a specified number of days per year in lieu of paying taxes for road maintenance. 1902 - Eastman's Springs renamed Carlsbad Springs after famous spa in Czechoslovakia. First bowling alley in Ottawa area located at Spa/Hotel. 1902 - CPR short line opens running through Gloucester from Hurdman's Bridge to Blackburn. CPR transcontinental service to Montreal used this rail line until 1981. 1902 - (July 1) A monument was erected to the memory of Wesley Hull, who was killed on June 7, 1900 in South Africa during the Boer War. The monument was located next to the Orange Hall at Billings Bridge but was removed as a result of road improvements around 1960. It was rededicated on June 8, 1997 at St. George's Hawthorne Cemetery on Russell Road. 1903 - Minto Skating Club founded by the Earl and Countess of Minto initially making use of an outdoor rink at Rideau Hall with membership from the previous Rideau Skating Club founded in 1885. The Earl and Countess also donated the Minto Cup for the Canadian Men's Figure Skating Championship and the Minto Challenge Cup for pairs. [Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 3, 1948 p.1 & p.20] The club made use of various Ottawa rinks before building a new facility on Lancaster Road in 1986 and 1987. The club's most famous member was Barbara Ann Scott who won an Olympic Gold Medal in 1948. 1904 - (June 18) The last timber raft is sent down the Ottawa River to Quebec City. The first raft was sent down the river in 1806. 1904 - Daughters of Wisdom build a prestigious residential school and convent in Janeville (Eastview). 1905 - Snow family sells farm adjacent to Rockcliffe Rifle Range after near misses. 1905 - Council limits the number of taverns in the township to 8. 1906 - Reinforced concrete Hurdman's Bridge opens. This bridge would remain in use until 1955. 1907 - (March 26) Telephone service being extended on Metcalfe Road (Bank Street) between Billings Bridge and Leitrim. 1907 - (March 29) Worst Rideau River flood in years inundates Clarkstown, Janeville, Hurdman's Bridge and Billings Bridge. 1908 - Janeville, Clarkstown and Clandeboye incorporated as the village of Eastview. 1908 - Rockcliffe Park incorporated as a Police Village. 1908 - (July 6) Hamilton Powder Company receives a permit from Gloucester council to build a storehouse or magazine for dynamite at the Robillard Quarries (Rockville) on Montreal Road. Powder had previously been stored relatively unprotected [Ottawa Citizen, July 7, 1908 p.2]. Following a massive explosion at the General Explosive Company in Hull on May 8, 1910 [Ottawa Citizen, May 9, 1910 p.1] in which eleven were killed, there was considerable pressure to close the Gloucester magazine [Ottawa Citizen, June 1, 1910 p.1] but a prior court decision gave the company a right to operate [Ottawa Citizen, June 2, 1910 p.12]. 1909 - Canadian Northern Railway opens running through Gloucester from Hurdman's Bridge to Orléans via Cyrville. 1909 - Ottawa Hunt Club opened by Lord Grey, Governor General of Canada. 1909 - The first Eastview Town Hall opens on Palace Road. 1909 - Eastview Police Force and Fire Department established. 1909 - St. Jean Baptiste Society established at St. Charles Parish, Eastview. 1909 - First constable appointed for Cyrville. 1910 - Ashbury College relocates to Rockcliffe Park (1911 class photo). It was originally founded in 1891 on Wellington Street. 1910 - The Ottawa Ski Club was formed. The club's first activities emphasized ski jumping and the first primitive ski jump was built at 'Suicide Hill' in Rockcliffe Park. The Canadian Jumping Championships take place here in 1914. The club acquired Camp Fortune in 1920. 1910 - (April 6) Hiawatha Park subdivision approved. A previous plan had been registered on August 13, 1901 and an even earlier one for the Besserer Estate on March 11, 1897. It was not developed until the 1950s. 1910 - Gloucester experiences Real Estate boom in which several farms were subdivided for suburban development. The boom continued until 1912. 1910 - Water service extended into Rockcliffe Park. [Ottawa Citizen, June 7, 1910 p.12] 1911 - Gloucester votes by a slim majority to prohibit the retail sale of liquor in every tavern, inn, or any place of public entertainment. 1911 - Council grants a franchise to the Willowdale Telephone Company to operate a rural telephone system in the township. 1911 - A telephone was first installed in the Township Hall. 1911 - Blossom Park subdivision approved. Construction did not begin until 1953. 1911 - Sir Robert Borden pledges to provide rural mail delivery. Over the following years, rural route delivery is introduced resulting in the closure of many rural Gloucester post offices. 1911 - (July 31) Paardeburgh Park subdivision registered at the corner of Walkley Road and Albion Road. Most of this subdivision was never developed and became a transportation corridor following World War II. The most easterly portion became part of the Ellwood subdivision. 1911 - (August 9) Overbrook subdivision plan registered and it would first appear on a map the following year. The first streets are named after members of the Royal family including the recently crowned King George V and his wife Queen Mary. 1911 - (September 18) Bannermount subdivision registered. This subdivision was developed along Tremblay Road after World War II when it became known as Eastway Gardens. The streets were named by letter only. 1911 - (November 17) Manor Park subdivision registered. Most of the subdivision was returned to Gloucester Township because of tax arrears. Sewer and water services were extended in 1949 allowing fast development in the area. 1912 - Canadian Northern Railway opens southwesterly branch running through Gloucester from Hurdman's Bridge to Rideau River at Wass via Billings Bridge. It is now the VIA rail line between Ottawa and Toronto. 1912 - The Dominion of Canada Rifle Association Rifle Range closes in Rockcliffe and relocates to Shirley's Bay, Nepean, as the Connaught Park Rifle Range for 1913. The Rockcliffe site later becomes the RCMP barracks "N" Division and the home of the RCMP Musical Ride. Streetcar service to the former rifle range is discontinued in 1922. 1912 - (March 12) Brookfield subdivision registered. This market garden community located where Brookfield Road once intersected with the CPR tracks, was expropriated by the federal government between 1957 and 1964. The streets were closed in 1965 and completely disappeared when the Airport Parkway was built in the 1970s. 1912 - Rideau Tennis Club established by former members of the Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club. 1912 - First street lights installed at Billings Bridge to as far south as Heron Road. 1913 - Eastview incorporated as a town. Eastview creates its own Police Department, which was absorbed by the Ottawa Police Service in 1984. 1913 - Construction begins on Ottawa and Morrisburgh Electric Railway running through Gloucester from Billings Bridge to South Gloucester following Metcalfe Road (Bank Street). This railway was never completed. 1913 - Municipal Isolation Hospital opens on Porter's Island to treat smallpox patients, replacing former buildings on the site. This was named Hopewell Hospital in honor of the mayor at the time. 1913- Canadian Northern Railways purchase Upton and Langstaff farms for the purpose of creating a gravel pit. A railway spur is extended to the site just east of Bowesville. 1913 - (March 21) During spring flooding, the centre span of Billings Bridge collapses. [Ottawa Citizen, March 22, 1913 p.1] 1914 - 'Stornoway' built in Rockcliffe Park by Alan Keefer for Ottawa grocer Asconio J. Major. 1914 - (January 25) L'Association canadienne-française de l'Ontario relocated to Eastview after being founded in Ottawa in 1910 in order to promote Franco-Ontario rights. 1915 - Rockcliffe Preparatory School opens. It was renamed Elmwood School in 1923 as a school for young women. 1915 - The Novitiate of Grey Nuns of the Cross (Grey Nuns Convent) opens near Hurdman's Bridge. 1915 - The second Eastview Town Hall was located at the corner of Montreal Road and Cyr Street with a Fire Hall attached. It was destroyed by fire in 1972. 1915 - (September 2) Present day Billings Bridge opens at 3:00 p.m. [Gloucester Council Minutes, September 13, 1915] 1915 - First constable appointed for St. Joseph's village (Orléans). 1917 - National Research Council first acquires land on Montreal Road. 1917 - By-law enacted to set minimum standards for fencing, and to end the practice of allowing livestock to roam freely throughout the township. 1917 - (May 17) Reeve Caleb Hardy dies in office. [Gloucester Council Minutes, June 4, 1917, p.45] 1918 - The Royal Air Force conducts experimental mail flights between Ottawa and Toronto, using a field adjacent to the Rifle Range at Rockcliffe. 1919 - (July 19) A Curtis JN4 is the first known plane to land at what is now the MacDonald-Cartier Airport, called Hunt Club Field in the early days. 1919 - Cosy Theatre opens on Montreal Road at Ethel Street in Eastview. It closed in 1922. This was the first movie theatre to open on the original territory of Gloucester Township. 1919 - An agreement is signed to extend Ottawa water and sewer services into Eastview. 1919 - (October) Glen Ogilvie Women's Institute organized. 1920 - Ottawa Air Station opens at Rockcliffe. Airfield used for military aerial photography for topographic mapping, air transportation, and aeronautical experimentation. 1920 - The Dominion Police is merged with the Royal Northwest Mounted Police to form the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the national headquarters relocated to Ottawa. In 1921, the RCMP began to make partial use of the former Rifle Range facility at the north end of St. Laurent Blvd. They fully took over this location in 1925. 1920 - William Birch is the last tollgate keeper at Billings Bridge. 1920 - (September 1) Montreal Road east of Eastview (and St. Joseph Blvd.) becomes a Provincial Highway and in 1925 it is numbered Highway 17. 1920 - (October) Metcalfe Road designated a Provincial County Highway [Ottawa Citizen Oct. 8, 1920]. 1921 - Current St. Patrick Street bridge opens. 1921 - Streetcar service extended on Beechwood Avenue and into Lindenlea. 1921 - First fire truck purchased for Eastview. 1922 - Overbrook incorporated as a Police Village. 1922 - St. Joseph d'Orléans (Orléans) incorporated as a Police Village. 1922 - (Feb. 22) Current Cummings Bridge opens [Ottawa Citizen Feb. 22, 1922 p.5]. 1923 - The Ottawa New Edinburgh Canoe Club opens a new boathouse at Rockcliffe, which still exists today. Construction had commenced in 1914 but was delayed because of wartime. It replaced its predecessor at Governor's Bay, which was destroyed by fire on December 3, 1922 [Ottawa Citizen, May 14, 1931 p.19]. 1923 - Canada Theatre opens on Montreal Road at Bradley Street in Eastview. It closed in 1926. 1923 - Eastview grants franchise for bus service [Ottawa Citizen, June 28, 1923 pg. 12]. 1923 - (March 7) By-law enacted requiring all Eastview municipal employees to be bilingual henceforth. 1923 - (September 8) Rockcliffe Lawn Tennis Club incorporated. History of Club 1923 - (August 3) Contract awarded to George Farmer to apply bituminous penetration pavement to Metcalfe Road. The pavement extended for a distance of 5 miles south of Heron Road. 1924 - Eastview Town Council turns down proposal from Ottawa Electric Railway (OER) to extend streetcar service. Eastview contracts its own bus service (Eastview Bus Lines), which continues in operation until the service was taken over by the Ottawa Transportation Commission in December 1950. The OER sets up a competing bus service, which runs until April 3, 1929. 1924 - Electrical power introduced into Gloucester Township by Ontario Hydro. 1924 - A golf course opened at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club. 1924 - Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) enacted, with Ottawa Air Station at Rockcliffe being one of its bases. 1924 - (October 23) Eastview and Gloucester ratepayers vote against the Ontario Temperance Act. The vote allowed the sale of liquor under provincial supervision. 1925 Go To Top Go To Index 1925 - (April 8) Gloucester Horticultural Society established. Meets at Hawthorne School. Relocates to former Ramsayville School in 1975. 1925 - Rockcliffe Park incorporated as a village. 1926 - (Oct. 22) Commandeurs de l'ordre de Jacques Cartier established at St. Charles Parish in Eastview as a male society, to ensure the public interest of French speaking Catholics in Canada. It was dissolved on Feb. 27, 1965. 1926 - Bus service to Hurdman's Bridge operated by Mrs. M. Gorman commences operation. 1927 - (July 2) Charles Lindbergh flies into Hunt Club airfield for Canada's 60th Anniversary celebrations. Pilot Lieut. Thad Johnson is killed in a plane crash as he approaches airfield. Airfield becomes known as Lindbergh Field following this but later becomes known as Uplands Aerodrome and later, Uplands Airport. 1927 - (September 25) Rockcliffe streetcar barn destroyed by fire, 40 streetcars lost. This ended the era of open streetcars. [Ottawa Citizen, September 27, 1927 p.18] 1927 - (December 8) Former township clerk treasurer Hugh Braddish Billings found guilty of missappropriating $20,000 [Ottawa Citizen, December 9, 1927 p. 14]. 1927- Bank Street (Metcalfe Road) becomes Provincial Highway 31. 1928 - (January 14) Ottawa Flying Club incorporated and operates out of Lindbergh (Uplands) airfield. 1928 - (February 14 and 22) Billings Bridge name change suggested. Possible names include 'Dawson' and 'Southmount'. 1928 - (October 1) The Dominion Bureau of Statistics (now Statistics Canada) locates in the old Edwards Mill on Green Island. The facility is shared with the National Research Council. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics relocates to Tunney's Pasture in 1952. The Edwards Mill was demolished in the summer of 1957. 1928 - Scheduled bus service to Cyrville commences operation. It was taken over by the Ottawa Transportation Commission in 1950. 1929 - (May 14) The Rockcliffe Park Crown Game Preserve was established in order to combat excessive hunting and poaching. It was further expanded on January 14, 1931 and covered Rockcliffe Park, the Rockcliffe Air Station, Beechwood Cemetery, and other lands extending as far east as Skead Road (Blair Road) and as far south as Montreal Road. It was cancelled in 1945. 1929 - (May 29) A major sewer explosion affects parts of Ottawa, Eastview and New Edinburgh. There was one fatality, several injuries and considerable property damage. This was followed by a second serious explosion on January 28, 1931. Inadequate sewer venting, and leakage (or dumping) of illumination gas, gasoline and dry cleaning chemicals were the suspected causes. 1930 - Billings Bridge Horticultural Society founded [Ottawa Citizen, May 20, 1935 p.20]. 1930 - (September 3) Reeve Thomas Andrew Spratt dies while in office. [Gloucester Council Minutes, September 8, 1930 p.89] 1930 - (March 12) World War I flying ace William George Barker crashes into the frozen Ottawa River and dies while performing aerial demonstrations at Rockcliffe airport [Ottawa Citizen, March 20, 1930 p. 13]. 1930 - Provincial highways named "The King's Highways" to show respect for the King and the monarchy. The familiar provincial highway sign design with the crown is unveiled. 1931 - Hydro towers first erected across Gloucester. Some of these collapsed during the 1998 ice storm. 1932 - (September 18) Rockcliffe streetcar barn again burns. Additional equipment destroyed. [Ottawa Citizen, September 19, 1932 p.2] 1933 - Severe hailstorm strikes area from Rockcliffe and Eastview through Cyrville, Hawthorne to Russell and Embrun. Considerable damage to local greenhouses. 1936 - Carleton County Police Force disbanded. 1936 - Hog's Back bridge rebuilt. - Hog's Back beach opens just south of the bridge. It was replaced by Mooney's Bay in 1952. 1937 - 'The Rockeries' Park is created from land donated by the Ottawa Electric Railway, when streetcar rails are lifted on abandoned right of way to former Dominion Rifle Association Rifle Range at Rockcliffe. This is a location known for spectacular displays of daffodils. 1937 - (June 23rd) Rockcliffe streetcar barn burns a third time. 1938 - (August 20) Department of Transport officially opens Uplands Airport. It is at this point that permanent runways, hangars, and terminal are built. 1938 - (Oct. 17th) Trans-Canada Air Lines inaugurate air express freight service at Uplands Airport. 1938 - Le Séminaire des Pères Blancs (White Fathers Seminary) opens in Eastview in order to train missionaries for Africa. It closed in 1974 and was demolished in 1977. The Vanier City Hall later located on the same site in a new building. 1939 - (August 24) Reeve John Innes dies in office. [Gloucester Council Minutes 1938-1939, September 5, 1939 p.102] 1939 - CNR abandons old Canadian Northern Railway between Hurdman's Bridge and Orléans and beyond. 1939 - (April 1) Trans Canada Airlines begin commercial passenger flights at Uplands airport. [Ottawa Citizen, June 30, 1960, Ottawa Airport Section p.2] 1939 - The first portion of Alta Vista Drive opens between Smyth Road and Kilborn Avenue. It was known as Churchill Avenue prior to annexation in 1950. 1939 - Rockcliffe airfield paved in preparation for World War II operations. 1939 - French Embassy opens on Sussex Drive on land purchased from the Blackburn family in 1931. 1939 - (September 1) No 1 Provost Company is called into active service by the army and trains at the RCMP "N" Division, Rockcliffe. This company is composed of RCMP volunteers. 1940 - Rail spur built from Wass Junction to Uplands Airport to facilitate Air Training School construction. 1940 - British Commonwealth Air Training Plan begins at Uplands airfield (construction of 37 buildings and 6 new runways commences on May 14 and the training school opens August 5) (Canadian Forces Base Uplands History) and at Rockcliffe airport to train pilots for the war effort, using Harvard and Yale aircraft. Continues until 1944. 1940 - Department of National Defence purchases land near Blackburn to establish Proving Grounds. 1940 - Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands and her children take up residence in Rockcliffe Park until 1944. Part of their stay was at Stornoway, later the residence of the Leader of the Opposition. Princess Margriet was born at Ottawa Civic Hospital on January 19, 1943. 1940 - (August 17) Uplands Bus Lines commences hourly bus service from Bank and Grove to Uplands airport and Bowesville. A terminal and station is opened at 1270 Bank Steet in Ottawa South in 1941. [Ottawa Citizen, August 17, 1940 pg. 23] 1941 - (Filming commenced July 16 in Ottawa area) The Hollywood movie'Captains of the Clouds' (Wikipedia link) (A historical North Bay perspective of the film) starring James Cagney was filmed at Uplands Airport, with the full cooperation of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. This was Mr. Cagney's first technicolor movie and was the first Hollywood movie filmed entirely on location in Canada. The film was also shot at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, and in Trenton, and near North Bay. The film was released in 1942 and was Mr. Cagney's second top grossing film in his career. [Ottawa Citizen, July 16, 1941 p.1] 1941 - #1 Special Wireless Station opens at Rockcliffe. It relocated to Leitrim in 1942, and it was known as Ottawa Wireless Station starting in 1949. Since 1966, it has been named CFS Leitrim . 1941 - The J.H. Parkin Building is the first building to open on the National Research Council's Montreal Road campus. 1941 - The Novitiate of Grey Nuns of the Cross, Alta Vista Drive is taken over by the Department of National Defense for the duration of the war and becomes the Rideau Military Hospital. 1941 - Township approves the placement of sand piles in various locations to be used by residents as a fire extinguisher in the event of enemy attack. [Ottawa Citizen, Dec. 12, 1941 p.15] 1941 - (June 17) Overbrook and Bannermount lots offered for sale by Gloucester Township. The lots had previously been lost to tax arrears. 1942 - (Oct. 14) Head-on railway collision on CNR line just west of Metcalfe Road (Bank Street) at Billings Bridge. 20 horses were killed or euthanized and 6 crewmen were injured. 1942 - 1450 acres of Mer Bleue are expropriated for a bomb testing zone. 1943 - Canadian Forces Station Gloucester opens, originally named Number 1 Station HMCS Bytown. 1943 - Federal Government serves expropriation notice for 24 Sussex Drive, which was not settled until 1946. It was used by the Australian High Commission from 1947 to 1950, at which time the house was substantially renovated. Louis St. Laurent is the first Prime Minister to reside there in 1950. 1943 - (February 16) Eastview Bus Company garage destroyed by fire including all but 3 buses. Bus service to Eastview, Overbrook and Rockcliffe Airport disrupted. [Ottawa Citizen, Feb. 16 p.1] 1944 - Rideau Veteran's Home originally named the Rideau Health and Occupational Centre opens on Smyth Road. It relocated to Russell Road in 1995. 1944 - Ottawa-Gloucester Expansion Committee established to determine the advisibility of the annexation of 7,500 acres of Gloucester Township into Ottawa. Their report was submitted to Ottawa Board of Control on January 12, 1946 and later accepted in principle by both Ottawa and Gloucester councils. [Ottawa Citizen, April 4, 1949 p.8] 1944 - (Feb. 7) St. Thomas Aquinas Separate School, Billings Bridge destroyed by fire. 1944 - (June 5) Cowan Ice House destroyed by fire at Billings Bridge. 1945 - The first township park was purchased at Leitrim. 1945 - Commuter service commences from Sarsfield to Ottawa 1945 - First demonstration in Canada of jet aircraft takes place at RCAF Station Rockcliffe. 1946 - School bus service commences to transport high school students from Gloucester, Nepean and Cumberland to Ottawa schools. 1946 - Remainder of the Rockcliffe streetcar barn is demolished. 1946 - Families are living in emergency shelters at the Rockcliffe Air Force barracks and the army barracks on Porter's Island, as a result of a post-war housing shortage. The Porter Island barracks were demolished shortly thereafter. The Rockcliffe facility was known as the 'Rockcliffe Emergency Shelter' with a Post Office name of Finter. It was closed in 1954 and demolished. 1946 - (Dec. 21) Eastview Theatre opens on Montreal Road at Kendall Street. It closed on Feb. 15, 1958. 1947 - The National Capital Planning Committee, under the direction of Jacques Gréber, develop and subsequently implements the Gréber plan. 1947 - The Ottawa Planning Area Board was created to review the administration of the National Capital Region. It recommended a form of regional government or as an alternative, the annexation of surrounding communities. 1947 - First Air Force Day celebrated at Rockcliffe Airport. [Ottawa Citizen, June 5, 1959 Aviation Supplement p.1, p.2] 1947 - One of the worst Rideau River floods. [Ottawa Citizen, April 10, 1947 p.12] 1947 - Uplands Bus Lines introduces bus service to the Rideau Veterans Home on Smyth Road. Uplands Bus Lines also operated a bus service to Uplands airport and Bowesville, which was inaugurated around the start of World War II. These were the first suburban bus services introduced into the southern part of Gloucester. They were taken over by the Ottawa Transportation Commission in July 1950. 1947 - (May 15) Uplands emergency shelter opens in former RCAF buildings. It closed on August 31, 1951. 1947 - (Nov. 7) By Federal Order-In-Council, the Public Works Department was authorized to acquire land in Gloucester for future Ottawa industrial development. This would become the areas east of Hurdman's Bridge and south of Cyrville. [Ottawa Citizen, April 4, 1949 p.8] 1947 - (Nov. 7) The National Capital Planning Board approves a report of the railway sub-committee to remove all railways from Ottawa and much of Gloucester except to serve future industrial areas in Gloucester. [Ottawa Citizen, April 4, 1949 p.8] 1947 - (Aug. 25) Linden Theatre opens on Beechwood Avenue. It was renamed the Towne Cinema in July 1968 and became a repertory theatre in February 1973. It was renamed the New Edinburgh Cinema in May 1989 but closed in August of that year. 1948 - (August 13) The Ottawa Electric Railway Company including streetcars operating in New Edinburgh, Lindenlea and Rockcliffe Park are taken over by the City of Ottawa and operate under the name Ottawa Transportation Commission. 1948 - (November 15) By-law passed to have the Ontario Provincial Police patrol Gloucester, beginning with one car. The police station is situated at Bank Street and Ridgemont. The building still exists. 1948 - Construction begins on a Roman Catholic Seminary near Hurdman's Bridge. It became RCMP headquarters in January 1953 and never served as a seminary. 1949-1950 - Most of the village of Ellwood is expropriated to allow for the construction of the Walkley Rail Yards and the Metcalfe Road (now Bank Street) overpass. 1950 Go To Top Go To Index 1950 - (Jan. 1st) 14,605 acres of the township is annexed by the City of Ottawa. This included Overbrook, Hurdman's Bridge, Billings Bridge, Ellwood, Hog's Back, Manor Park, Rideau Park, Hawthorne and the developing communities of Riverview and Alta Vista 1950 - Fire Department was housed behind Town Hall. Annexation places Gloucester Town Hall, Fire and Roads Department miles inside of Ottawa city limits. 1950 - A citizen's trust purchases 'Stornoway' as the home for the Leader of the Opposition. The Federal Goverment purchases it in 1970. The Hon. George S. Drew is the first Leader of the Opposition to reside there. 1950 - The former Grey Nuns Convent and Rideau Military Hospital, Alta Vista Drive becomes the headquarters of the CBNRC (Communications Branch of the National Research Council, now the Communications Security Establishment) and is known as the Rideau Annex. It remains there until 1961 when it relocates to the Sir Leonard Tilley Building, Confederation Heights. 1950 - (March 28) U.S. Ambassador Laurence Steinhardt was killed in a plane crash near Ramsayville. The crash site was located near Baseline Road (now Ramseyville Road) and Leitrim Road on the farm of A.R. Gould. It was a C-47 Dakota Transport plane that had departed from Rockcliffe Air Station. The plane had caught fire and exploded before impact. Also killed were Allan Harrington, Captain Thomas Archibald, Lt. Col. W.F. Trueblood, and Lieut. Mark Belanger. There was one survivor. [Ottawa Journal, March 28, 1950 p.1]. 1950 - (July 1) Uplands Bus Lines routes taken over by Ottawa Transportation Commission. Ottawa bus routes extended to Uplands Airport, Rideau Park, and Metcalfe Road [Ottawa Citizen, June 23, 1950 p.34]. 1950 - (December 26) Cyrville Bus Lines service taken over by the Ottawa Transportation Commission. This included a bus route to Cyrville via McArthur Avenue and Base Line Road (St. Laurent Boulevard. [Ottawa Journal, December 23, 1950 p.8] 1950 - (December 29) Eastview Bus Company service taken over by the Ottawa Transportation Commission. Ottawa buses extended to serve Eastview, Overbrook, Manor Park, Ward 6 (Clarkstown) and Rockcliffe Airport. [Ottawa Journal, December 29, 1950 p.5] 1951 - Bowesville expropriated for expansion of Uplands Airport (now Ottawa's MacDonald-Cartier International Airport). 1951 - Aladdin Drive-In Theatre opens on Albion Road. It closed in 1993. 1951 - Star-Top Drive-In Theatre opens on Cyrville Road. It closed in 1974. 1951 - Lester Road built between Highway 31 and Albion Road. 1951 - Albion Road named and opened between Lester Road and Johnston's Corners in order to provide a replacement road for Bowesville Road being closed for airport expansion. 1951 - Rothwell Heights begins to be subdivided. 1951 - Les Soeurs Antoiniennes de Marie opens next to the White Fathers Seminary in Eastview. It later became the Vanier Public Library. 1951 - (April) Bus service extended to Hawthorne. 1951 - Alta Vista water tower completed. 1952 - Hog's Back community expropriated for parkland. 1952 - Highway 17 rebuilt mostly following old Canadian Northern Railway railbed in vacinity of Orléans 1952 - CMHC (Central Mortage and Housing Corporation, later the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation) opens its headquarters on Montreal Road. It was originally established in 1946 to provide housing to returning war veterans. 1952 - (July 1) Mooney's Bay Beach opens, replacing the Hog's Back beach that closed the same day. 1953 - St. Louis de Montfort Hospital opens. 1953 - Eastview Broadcasting Corporation established to broadcast radio. The project is abandoned. 1953 - Ottawa Dairy Ice House (also owned by the Cowan family) west of Bank Street demolished. 1953 - (January) RCMP Headquarters relocates to Hurdman's Bridge on the former site of a seminary. 1953 - (June 24) Cessna 140 monoplane crashes at the farm of Kenneth Boyd, killing RCMP Constables John Derrie McWhinney and Willard Boehler. 1953 - (November) Bus service extended to Riverview Park. 1954 - Streetcar service discontinued along Sussex Drive to Rockcliffe Park. This allows for the construction of the new Bytown Bridges at Green Island. 1954 - Queen Mother officially opens Bytown Bridges connecting Lower town with New Edinburgh and Rockcliffe at Green Island. 1954 - Passenger service discontinued on Ottawa and New York railway between Ottawa and Cornwall. 1954 - (March 15) Ogilvie Road named. Known previously since 1952 as Gauvin Road. [Gloucester 1954 By-Law 10] 1954 - (October 22) Billings Bridge Plaza opens. 1954 - Rideau River blasting commences to prevent spring flooding in New Edinburgh, Eastview and Billings Bridge. 1955 - Walkley Railway Yards at Ellwood open. 1955 - (May 2) Lockheed Lightning aircraft crashes just south of Uplands Airport killing pilot C.P. McEvoy of Edmonton. Gloucester farmers Donald and Murray Hope witness crash. 1955 - (September 15) Roman Catholic Minor Seminary opens on Carson Road. It was blessed on October 2 by His Excellency Marie-Joseph. Lemieux, Archbishop of Ottawa. This Seminary first opened in 1925 on Rideau Terrace and was later located in St. Joseph's Orphanage [Ottawa Citizen, Oct. 3, 1955 p.3]. This is now the site of La Cité collegiale. 1955 - (December 19) New Hurdman's Bridge opens. The Queensway will eventually use it. 1955 - (December 19) Dunbar Bridge opens extending Bronson Avenue to Heron Road. Named after the Hon. George Dunbar. 1956 - First zoning bylaw passed. [Ottawa Citizen, April 30, 1974 p.2] 1956 - (May 15) Fighter plane crashes into the Villa St. Louis Convent operated by the Grey Nuns near Orléans. 15 killed. 1957 - [February 14] Ottawa and New York Railway (New York Central) abandoned . [Ottawa Citizen, February 15, 1957 p.29] 1957 - Queen Elizabeth launches Queensway construction just east of Hurdman's Bridge. 1957 - CPR discontinues passenger service on old Bytown and Prescott Railway. 1957 - Military flight testing and development operations relocated from RCAF Station Rockcliffe to RCAF Station Uplands. 1957 - (May 1) Major fire destroys half a block of Cyrville including the Post Office operated by Wilfrid Cyr, a furniture store and leaving 32 homeless. [Ottawa Citizen, May 2, 1957 p.1]. 1957 - (September) The cornerstone of the Major Seminary of Ottawa on Kilborn Avenue near Bank Street is blessed by His Excellency Marie-Joseph Lemieux, Archbishop of Ottawa, on November 25, 1956 and opened in September 1957 [Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 26, 1956 p.7]. 1957 - First trees have to be removed in the Ottawa area because of Dutch Elm Disease. 1957 - North Gloucester Little League Baseball organized. 1958 - Construction begins at Confederation Heights office campus. 1958 - Federal District Commission (now the National Capital Commission) decides to expropriate 22,500 acres of Gloucester farmland for the Greenbelt. 1958 - The Merkley Brickyard at Billings Bridge closes after being expropriated by the federal government in 1954. This became the site of the RA Centre. The brickyard was demolished at the end of 1960. 1958 - Vincent Massey Park opens. 1958 - Cyrville Fire Hall opens. [Gloucester Council Minutes, December 8, 1958] 1958 - (August 2nd) Ottawa City Hall is officially opened by Princess Margaret on Green Island, formerly part of Gloucester Township. 1958 - (Sept.) First library opens in the basement of Saint Joseph School. The first library board was established by the Orléans Police Village in 1962. 1959 - Streetcar service discontinued. 1959 - Accidental sonic boom seriously damages new Uplands Airport terminal, delaying opening until the following year. 1959 - Pineview Golf Course established as a semi-private course operated by the Leo Kelly family on land leased from the National Capital Commission. [Gloucester Leader, November, 1990 p.4] 1959 - (July 1) A joint Gloucester-Nepean Police Department was established. 1959 - (November 13) First comprehensive zoning by-law passed for all of Gloucester Township. [Gloucester Council Minutes 1958-1959, p.177-200 By-Law 26 for 1959] 1960 - (June 15) New terminal opens at Uplands airport. Official opening on June 30th. Construction had begun in 1957. [Ottawa Citizen, June 30, 1960, Ottawa Airport Section p.1] 1960 - (July) Capital Golf Gardens opens on Highway 31 adjacent to Kempark. [Ottawa Citizen, June 30, 1960 p.23] 1960 - Swing bridge over Rideau River at Manotick replaced with high level bridge. 1960 - (September 1) The Eastern Parkway opens between Montreal Road and Ogilvie Road. [Ottawa Citizen, August 31, 1960 p.22] 1960 - (September 2) The Ottawa Transportation Commission (now OC Transpo) opens its new headquarters on St. Laurent Blvd. 1960 - (November 25) Queensway opens from Hurdman's Bridge to Green's Creek. 1961 - National Defense Medical Centre opens. First known as Tri-Services Hospital. 1961 - Gloucester Historical Society founded. 1961 - (June 29) Elmvale Shopping Centre opens. 1962 - (June 16) New Township Hall opens at Leitrim. Fire and Works Departments also transferred to Leitrim 1962 - Clubhouse destroyed by fire at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club. 1962 - Rideau-Carleton Raceway opens for harness racing. 1962 - Wind tunnel opens at Uplands Airport. 1963 - Gloucester Coat of Arms designed by Allan Beddoe and approved by council. The coat of arms was officially put into use on January 1, 1968.                     1963 - First Official Plan for the Township approved. 1963 - Eastview incorporated as a city. 1963 - Gloucester High School opens, the first high school opened in Gloucester Township. 1963 - (June 3) Green's Creek Pollution Control Centre, now known as the R.O. Pickard Environmental Centre, opens. 1964 - (January 1) Gloucester Police Department established and begins with 3 patrol cars. [Ottawa Citizen, Sept. 24, 1964 p.5] 1964 - (June 4) St. Patrick's Home for the Aged, first established in 1865, relocates to Riverside Drive opposite from Mooney's Bay.. The Home was officially opened on October 31, 1964 by Archbishop M. Joseph Lemieux. 1964 - CPR abandons old Bytown and Prescott Railway between Sussex Drive and Beechwood Avenue. 1964 - National Aeronautical Collection amalgamated at Rockcliffe Airport for public display. 1964 - The first Township Recreation Board, GCCB, is established. 1964 - Uplands Airport renamed Ottawa International Airport. 1964 - Flying Operations cease at RCAF Station Rockcliffe. 1964 - Queensway drive-in theatre opens north of Montreal Road near the Queensway. It closed in 1986. 1964 - The Carleton West-Russell Historical Society founded, amalgamating local historal groups including the members of the Gloucester Historical Society. 1964 - The distinctive new CBC Headquarters building opens in Confederation Heights. 1965 - Gloucester Hydro established 1966 - (March) Gloucester library board established. 1966 - New VIA Rail Station opens on Tremblay Road. 1966 - Terminal Avenue Railway Freight Terminals open. 1966 - CPR abandons old Bytown and Prescott Railway between Beechwood Avenue and Bank Street 1966 - (July) Gloucester approval allows construction to commence on 650 acre Blackburn Hamlet development by Costain Estates Limited. [Ottawa Citizen, August 3, 1966 p.13] 1966 - (August 2) Gloucester approval allows construction to commence on 700 acre development to become known as Beacon Hill as a joint Minto/Campeau project. [Ottawa Citizen, August 3, 1966 p. 13] Development briefly known as Eastgate. [Ottawa Citizen, March 8, 1966 p.20] 1966 - (August 10) Heron Road Bridge collapses while under construction. 9 killed. 1966 - (August 30) Smyth Road Bridge opens. Its official name is the George McIlraith Bridge named after a former Liberal MP, senator and cabinet minister. 1967 - Centennial Pool, the first indoor pool opens on Ogilvie Road, next to Gloucester High School. 1967 - (Jan.) Riverside Hospital opens. 1967 - St. Laurent Shopping Centre opens. 1967 - St. Laurent Cinemas open in the St. Laurent Shopping Centre. It closed in 2001 but reopened as the Rainbow Cinemas later. 1967 - (May 20) Air Canada DC-8 crashes at Uplands airport. 3 crew members die. 1967 - (June 29) Heron Road Bridge opens to traffic [Ottawa Citizen, June 29, 1967 p.2]. 1967 - Canada Science and Technology Museum opens on St. Laurent Blvd. 1967 - Queen Elizabeth II donates 6 pairs of white mute swans to the City of Ottawa for Canada's Centennial. The "Royal" Swans are housed at the City of Ottawa nursery at Leitrim each winter. 1967 - (Nov. 15) Memorial unveiled for men killed in the Heron Road Bridge collapse on August 10, 1966 [Ottawa Citizen, Nov. 16, 1967 p.21]. 1967 - (Nov. 17) Orléans Public Library opens. It relocates to the Orléans Recreation Complex in August 1982. 1967 - Maple Leaf-Almrausch Club opens (Bavarian Folk Dance Group and Soccer Club). The building was destroyed by fire in February 1980 and rebuilt. 1968 - Gloucester Lions Club established. 1968 - Grant MacIntosh of MacIntosh & Watts buys the Ottawa Montegards Junior Hockey Team and renames it the Ottawa M&W Rangers. The team is renamed the Gloucester Rangers in 1973 and the Orléans Blues in 2005. The team played in the Earl Armstrong Arena for most of its history. 1968 - The sod was turned to commence construction of Highway 417 at Ramsayville. 1968 - Blair Road Queensway Interchange opens. 1969 - (Jan. 1st) Carleton County dissolved. Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton replaces it. 1969 - Ottawa-Gloucester Guardian starts publication. 1969 - City of Eastview renamed City of Vanier to honour the memory of Governor General Georges Vanier who died in 1967. 1969 - (September 27) Leitrim Arena opens. It was renamed the Fred G. Barrett Arena July 9, 1984 following his death. 1970 - Airport Drive-In opens on Uplands Drive. It was converted into airport parking following the 1997 drive-in season. 1970 - Leitrim resident Fred Barrett joins the NHL. He plays most of his career with the Minnesota North Stars. He retired in 1984. Brother John also made the NHL in 1980 with the Detroit Red Wings, and played until 1987. 1970 - Gloucester lacrosse organized. 1970 - (Oct. 5) New main Ottawa Post Office opens on Alta Vista Drive [Ottawa Citizen, Oct. 7, 1970 p.12]. 1970 - (November 22) Gloucester Police Station opens in the former Leitrim Public School. 1971 - (May) Earl Armstrong Arena opens, including the Ogilvie Road branch of the Public Library. 1971 - Colonel By high school opens 1971 - First section of Highway 417 opens within Gloucester. The final leg at 'the split' was not completed until 1975. 1971 - (July 5) Beacon Hill Bullet bus service inaugurated (to and from downtown). It was taken over by OC Transpo on March 2, 1973. 1971 - Gloucester Skating Club started. 1972 - Blackburn fun fair inaugurated. - Gloucester Ringette Association established. The first teams in Gloucester were established at the end of 1970. (History Link) 1972 - Canadian Forces Station Gloucester closes. 1972 - (November 6) OC Transpo extends city bus service into Gloucester Township suburbs of Beacon Hill (Route 24), Blackburn Hamlet and Pineview (Route 25), Cardinal Heights and Carson Grove (Route 27), Blossom Park and Windsor Park (Route 82). Initially, only off-peak service was delivered to North Gloucester. Private peak hour service continued for the time being. [Ottawa-Gloucester Guardian, October 31, 1972 p.1] 1972 - Pineview Golf Course revived as a joint venture between the City of Ottawa, Gloucester Township and the National Capital Commission to serve as a membership based municipal golf course. 1972 - The Vanier City Hall was relocated to Dupuis Street after the previous City Hall was destroyed by fire. This later became a Police Station. 1972 - (August 24) Ottawa-Carleton Regional Detention Centre opens on Innes Road. 1972 - (August 26) The first track and field meet takes place at the Mooney's Bay Sports Complex, now known as the Terry Fox Athletic Facility. [Ottawa Citizen, August 26, 1972 p.18] 1972 - (October 25) Elmvale Shopping Centre converted to an enclosed mall. This subsequently reverted back to an open-air mall. 1972 - Gloucester Coat of Arms first appears on Gloucester police cars. 1973 - (January) Information Gloucester established as a volunteer staffed organization to field questions about life in Gloucester. 1973 - Blackburn Branch of the public library opens. 1973 - Gloucester Police Force and the Gloucester Lions Club collaborate with the purchase of 'Lionel', the talking safety car. 1974 - Gloucester cedes the north half of Long Island at Manotick and Nichol's Island to Rideau Township. 1974 - Police Village of St. Joseph d'Orléans (Orléans) dissolved. 1974 - (Spring) Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario opens on Smyth Road. 1974 - Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School opens. 1974 - A pair of Australian black swans are added to the population of "Royal" swans as a result of a donation by the Montreal zoo. The swans are housed each winter at Leitrim. 1974 - (February) The South branch of the public library opens in Blossom Park. This branch closed in 2006 and was replaced with a larger library in Greenboro. 1974 - (April 17) $165,000 (later valued at as much as $750,000) in gold is stolen in an armed robbery at Ottawa International Airport. Involved in the crime were Patrick "Paddy" Mitchell, Stephen Reid and Lionel Wright but the trio were equally well known for eluding police across North America and for escaping from prison on a number of occasions. [Ottawa Citizen, April 18, 1974 p.1, March 8, 1976 p.27, November 18, 1980 p.59] 1975 Go To Top Go To Index 1975- Gloucester Fair opens for the first time at the Earl Armstrong Arena. It relocated to Rideau-Carleton Raceway in 1997. 1975 - J.B. Potvin arena opens. [Ottawa Citizen, November 28, 2012 pg. D5] 1975 - (November 25) The last section of Highway 417 within Gloucester opens. 1976 - The first phase of the Vanier Parkway opens between Beechwood Avenue and McArthur Avenue. [Ottawa Citizen, September 13, 1988 p.D3] 1976 - (March) Gloucester Block Parent program commences. 1976 - (April) The monthly Gloucester Guide was first published in order to distribute Gloucester Township information and community news. It became the Gloucester Leader in September 1981 and ceased publication in April 1994, when the City of Gloucester decided to cancel its contract to publish city proceedings with the Leader. 1976 - (May 8) Sawmill Creek Pool opens 1976 - (July 15) Olympic flame arrives at Gloucester Place (Earl Armstrong Arena) on way to Montreal. 1976 - Blackburn arena opens. 1976 - Rideau Skating Club founded based in the Manotick Arena with some activities also taking place in the Fred Barrett Arena. 1976 - Ottawa Athletic Club founded on Lancaster Road. 1977 - New Township garage opens south of Innes Road near Cyrville Road. 1977 - Clubhouse at Pineview Golf Course destroyed by fire. 1977 - (Jan.) Gloucester Synchro Swim club is formed. 1977 - (September 7) The new Hog's Back bridge opens. 1977 - (October) Gloucester resident Tracey Clark named Miss Ottawa Rough Rider. 1977 - (Dec. 9) Gloucester Community Police Committee established. 1978 - (July 22) Gloucester Police headquarters re-opens at Leitrim after the former Leitrim Public School was demolished and replaced. The station had temporarily been located in the former Johnston's Corners Public School building on Rideau Road. 1978 - (May) Gloucester Historical Society re-established. 1978 - Gloucester Songsters (choir) established. 1978 - Eastern Driveway built from St. Joseph Boulevard to Blair Road but remains closed because of the lack of access roads. [Ottawa Citizen, June 14, 1988 p.C1] 1979 - (March 12) Gloucester Centre for Community Resources (social services) opens. 1979 - (May 8) Quota Club of Gloucester chartered. This was a women's service club. 1979 - Gloucester resident Pat Messner wins Gold Medal in women's slalom water skiing at World Championships. Pat also won a Bronze medal for the same event in the 1972 Summer Olympics, amongst many other achievements in the same sport. 1979 - Place d'Orléans Shopping Centre opens. 1980 - (Feb. 19) CF-101 Voodoo Jet Fighter crashes at Ottawa International Airport. Pilot Captain Robert Abbott of Ottawa and navigator Captain Albert Oostenbrug of Stratford, Ontario are killed [Ottawa Citizen, Feb. 20, 1980 p.1, p.41]. 1980 - (Sept. 12) Orléans Recreation Complex opens. It was renamed as the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex following his death in 2007. 1980- (Nov. 24) Gloucester Arts Council established. It was renamed Arts Ottawa East after city amalgamation in 2001. 1980 - Ottawa General Hospital opens on Smyth Road. 1980 - Vanier Cineplex opens on Montreal Road just east of the Vanier Parkway. It closed in 2000. 1980- Developer Dorothea Athans proposes a movie studio as part of a 126 acres development at the corner of Hawthorne and Blais Roads. It was never built. 1980 - Gloucester Volunteer Awards established. 1980 - Second phase of Vanier Parkway opens between McArthur Avenue and Coventry Road. [Ottawa Citizen, September 13, 1988 p.D3] The final phase connecting to the MacDonald-Cartier was never built. 1980 - Township of Gloucester incorporated as a City. 1981 - Gloucester Achievement Awards established. 1981 - Passenger service discontinued on CPR short line between Hurdman's Bridge and Blackburn and Rigaud, Quebec 1981 - Gloucester Allotment Garden Association established, taking over discontinued NCC program. 250 garden plots are located in Blackburn Hamlet and on Anderson Road. 1981 - Gloucester Meals on Wheels established. 1981 - Gloucester North Police sub-station opens in a trailer at Shoppers City East on Ogilvie Road. 1981 - Gloucester City Crews begin to replace volunteers in maintaining municipal parks and outdoor rinks. [Ottawa Citizen, January, 20, 1981 pg.4] 1981 - (June 17) Ottawa City Council approves to fill in Gloucester Quarry on Montreal Road with construction site excavation material. This followed a 1978 drowning of a child. [Ottawa Citizen, June 18, 1981 pg.4] 1981 - (July 3) The Mooney's Bay Sports Complex is renamed the Terry Fox Athletic Facility to honour runner Terry Fox who passed away on June 28, 1981. [Ottawa Citizen, July 4, 1981 p.4] 1982 - (Fall) Gloucester Leisure Service Guide first published. 1982 - (Dec. 12) Billings Bridge Plaza bus terminal opens. 1983 - (May) TV Gloucester first broadcast on Skyline Cablevision. 1983 - (Sept. 24) Gloucester flag designed by Harold Diceman first flown. 1983 - Gloucester Resident Horst Bulau finishes second overall in World Cup Ski Jumping Final Standing. Horst is a prominent world ski jumper from 1978 until 1988. He is named Ontario Athlete of the Year for 1983. 1983 - Gloucester South Seniors' Club established. It met at the E.D. Jones Library in Blossom Park starting on January 9, 1984 and later relocated to the former township hall in Leitrim. 1984 - Gloucester Council approves a City Centre concept for the area at Blair and Ogilvie Road. 1984 - Development of 155 acre Ottawa Business Park commences with extension of St. Laurent Boulevard south of Walkley Road. [Ottawa Citizen, July 4, 1987 p.E7] 1984 - (Jan. 14) Cyrville community centre opens. 1984 - (June) Innes Road water tower put into service. 1984 - (July 3) Mayor Fred G. Barrett dies in office. Leitrim Arena renamed in his honour. 1984 - CPR abandons old Bytown and Prescott Railway between Ellwood (near Walkley Road) and Bank Street. 1984 - (October 15) Gloucester Council approves Ward System for electing city councillors. [Ottawa Citizen, Oct. 15, 1984 pB2. & Nov. 14, 1984 p.C2] 1984 - Bearbrook soccer fields renamed Hornet's Nest Park. 1985 - (October 25) Hunt Club Road bridge (Michael J. E. Sheflin Bridge) opens. [Ottawa Citizen, October 28, 1985 p.C3] 1985 - Vanier City Hall relocated to 300 avenue Pères-Blancs in the Richelieu Centre on the former site of the White Fathers Seminary. Another building on the site was put to use as the Vanier Public Library. 1986 - (July 2) Hope cemetery at Leitrim approved. 1986 - Gloucester Chamber of Commerce established. 1986 - CPR abandons short line railway between Hurdman's Bridge and Blackburn and beyond. VIA Rail retains rights to convert this line into a high speed rail link to Montreal. 1986 - Historic Hurdman's Bridge demolished. 1986 - Orléans Star commences publication. 1987 - Telesat Canada and the National Sport and Fitness Administration Centre both open headquarters in the Gloucester City Centre. 1988 - New City Hall opens at 1200 Blair Place. 1988 - (June 13 ) Rockcliffe Parkway (formerly known as the Eastern Driveway) opens between Mile Circle and St. Joseph Boulevard. [Ottawa Citizen, June 14, 1988 p.C1] 1988 - (June 13 ) Aviation Parkway (formerly known as the Eastern Parkway) opens between Montreal Road and Rockcliffe Parkway. [Ottawa Citizen, June 14, 1988 p.C1] 1988 - (June 17 ) National Museum of Aviation opens on former site of Rockcliffe Airport. [Ottawa Citizen, June 14, 1988 p.C1] 1988 - Gloucester "Splash" Wave Pool, the first indoor wave pool in Eastern Canada opens. This was formerly Centennial Pool. 1988 - Handcrafted "Gold Chain of Office" was accepted by the Mayor from the Gloucester Chamber of Commerce 1988 - Gloucester Resident Elizabeth Manley wins Silver Medal in Ladies' Figure Skating at Olympics in Calgary, Alta. 1988 - Hope Roman Catholic cemetery opens on Bank Street at Leitrim. 1988 - Gloucester Centre opens in City Centre (Ogilvie and Blair Road). 1988 - Gloucester 5 Cinemas open at Gloucester Centre. It closed in 2001 following the opening of the neighbouring Silver City complex. 1988 - (June 22) 911 emergency telephone is inaugerated in Gloucester. [Ottawa Citizen, June 22, 1988 p.B1] 1989 - Gloucester Museum opens. 1990 - La Cité Collégiale, Ottawa's french language college, opens on St. Laurent Blvd near Conroy Road. Its permanent campus opens in 1995 on the Aviation Parkway. 1991 - Fire Training Station on Innes Road opens. 1991 - Gloucester Pottery School founded at the Cyrville Community Centre. It relocated to the Shenkman Arts Centre in June 2009. School History. 1991 - (January 1) Pineview Golf Course ceases to be a membership golf course and becomes a 'pay as you go' public course. [Gloucester Leader, November 1990, p.4] 1991 - (July 21) 1st Annual Lebanese festival takes place while St. Elias Church was still under construction across from Mooney's Bay. 1993 - Ottawa International Airport renamed Ottawa MacDonald-Cartier International Airport. 1993 - A major expansion of Ottawa City Hall on Green Island is completed. It was designed by Moshe Safdie. City Hall relocates to the former Regional Headquarters on Laurier Avenue upon amalgamation in 2001, and the old building is sold to the federal government. 1993 - Ottawa Baseball Stadium opens at the corner of the Vanier Parkway and Coventry Road. The Ottawa Lynx of the International League played there until 2007. The Ottawa Rapids of the Can-Am League played there in 2008, which was to be renamed the Ottawa Voyageurs for 2009 but the new team never played. Starting in 2010, the Ottawa Fat Cats played in the Intercounty Baseball League. The Lynx were the triple A affiliate of the Montreal Expos during the early years and the Baltimore Orioles in the last seasons. 1993 - (November 8) Lester Road extension to airport opens. 1994 - Military presence at Rockcliffe is terminated. 1994 - The Ontario Geographic Names Board officially decides that Orléans is to be spelt with an accute accent. 1995 - Uplands military facility decommissioned but the VIP transport unit of No. 412 Squadron continues to use airport. 1995 - Ottawa, Gloucester and Nepean Police amalgamated as Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service. This was renamed as Ottawa Police Service in 2001. 1995 - CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service) opens headquarters on Ogilvie Road. 1995 - (Feb. 20) Gloucester North Lions Club chartered. The Charter President was Lion Ken Macdonald. 1995 - (Sept. 3) Greenboro transit station opens. 1997 - South Keys cinemas open at South Keys Shopping Centre, Bank Street. 1997 - Gloucester Fair relocates to Rideau-Carleton Raceway on Albion Road. 1998 - (January 1) Highway 17 and 31 cease to be provincial highways. Highway 17 east of 'the split' becomes Regional Road 174 while Highway 31 briefly becomes Regional Road 85 before being renumbered more appropriately Regional Road 31. Regional Road 174 has become a bit of a political football as a result of suggestions that it be widened as far east as Rockland in the 2007 provincial election and because of ongoing maintenance problems that are more expensive than municipal budgets allow. 1998 - (Jan. 5th to 9th) Great Ice Storm causes widespread blackouts in Eastern Ontario and Southern Quebec. Hydro towers collapse near Navan Road and Edwards, the latter being an area that experienced power outages lasting several days. Armed Forces called in to assist in repairs. 1998 - Gloucester City Hall relocates to 1595 Telesat Road. This was its final location. 1999 - CPR abandons old Bytown and Prescott Railway between Leitrim Road and Manotick Station and beyond. 1999 - City of Gloucester becomes sole owner of Pineview Golf Course. 1999 - (May 19) Silver City cinemas open on City Park Drive. 2000 Go To Top Go To Index 2000 - Slots open at Rideau-Carleton Raceway. 2000 - Gloucester Hydro amalgamated with Hydro Ottawa. 2001 - (January 1) City of Gloucester amalgamated with the City of Ottawa. 2001 - (October 15) O-Train opens between Greenboro (formerly Ellwood) and Bayview via Carleton University. This uses the rail line opened in 1871. [Ottawa Citizen, October 15, 2001 p.B1] 2002 - (December) Albion Road is closed to through traffic at Lester Road amidst ongoing controversy. The intersection was re-opened on November 28, 2007. 2003 - (October 12) New terminal opens at MacDonald-Cartier International Airport, formerly known as Uplands Airport. [Ottawa Citizen, October 13, 2003 p.B5] 2005 - Gloucester Museum closes. [Ottawa This Week - South Edition May 26, 2011 p.11] 2005 - Gloucester Chamber of Commerce renamed Eastern Ottawa Chamber of Commerce. 2006 - (October 11) Vanier Museopark opens in the former Vanier City Hall. 2006 - With considerable controversy because of a Avian flu scare, the "Royal" Swans spend the entire summer in captivity at the Leitrim swan house. They were again released on the Rideau River in 2007. 2006 - (June 7) Greenboro District Library opens replacing the Blossom Park Library. 2007 - (June 27) Rideau Canal is announced as an UNESCO World Heritage Site. [http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/notice-worldheritage.html]. 2008 - (April 1) Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) founded and located in Gloucester [EMC - Ottawa South, Feb. 24, 2011 p.1]. 2008 - (Sept. 24) Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Survivors Park opens at Alta Vista Drive and Industrial Avenue. 2008 - (November) Rotary Club of Orléans chartered. 2008 - First ash trees killed by Emerald bark beetle in the vicinity of St. Laurent Blvd. and Ogilvie Road. This imported pest is expected to eliminate all ash trees in the Ottawa area over the next 10 years. 2009 - (May) Ottawa Rotary Home opens at Leitrim. This is a respite facility for those with disabilities and under 21. 2009 - (July 31) The former Canadian Forces Base Rockcliffe (RCAF Station Rockcliffe) is closed to the public and fenced off. 2009 - (Sept.) The Eastern Ottawa Chamber of Commerce, originally the Gloucester Chamber of Commerce merges with the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce. 2009 - (Dec. 18) Orléans Empire theatres open on Innes Road. [Orléans Star - Nov. 30, 2009] The Centrum Orléans cinemas had closed the previous day. [Orléans Star - Dec. 16, 2009] 2010 - (November) The first double lane traffic circle in Ottawa opens at St. Joseph Blvd. and Jeanne d'Arc in Orléans. 2011 - (May) Canada Lands Company purchases former Canadian Forces Base Rockliffe from the Department of National Defence for future redevelopment. [Ottawa Citizen, May 26, 2011, Page C2] 2011 - (November) The Cancer Survivorship Centre at Maplesoft House opens on Alta Vista Drive adjacent to the Cancer Survivors Park. It offers counceling and other services to those who have been diagnosed with Cancer. [EMC Ottawa South, November 10, 2011, Page 1]   2011 - (December 27) Capital Exhibition (CE) Centre hosts its first event and is located on Uplands Drive near MacDonald-Cartier International Airport. 2012 - (August 24) Harry Allen Bridge officially named. Located on St. Joseph Boulevard where it crosses Green's Creek, this honours the former Gloucester mayor. Index Numbers A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Numbers Go To Top Go To Top of Index #1 Special Wireless Station 1941 #1 Station HMCS Bytown 1943 24 Sussex Drive 1868, 1943 911 1988 A Go To Top Go To Top of Index Abbott, Captain Robert 1980 Aboriginals 1793 Aerial photography 1920 Ahearn, Thomas 1893 Air Force Day 1947 Airport Drive-In 1970 Airports 1919, 1920, 1927, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1951, 1959, 1964, 1993, 1995, 2003 Aladdin Drive-In Theatre 1951 Albion Road 1951, 1997, 2002 Allen, Harry 2012 Alta Vista Drive 1939, 1941, 1950, 1969, also see Churchill Avenue Alta Vista water tower 1951 Amalgamation 2001 Anderson Road 1981 Annexation 1887, 1888, 1944, 1947, 1950 Apostolic Nunciature 1838 Archibald, Captain Thomas 1950 Arenas 1968, 1969, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1984 Army 1939 Arts Ottawa East 1980 Ash trees 2008 Ashbury College 1910 Assessment lists 1825, 1834 Athans, Dorothea 1980 Avian flu 2006 Aviation Parkway 1990 , Also see Eastern Parkway B Go To Top Go To Top of Index Baldwin Act 1849 Bank Street 1844, 1849, 1865, 1927, 1957, Also see Highway 31, Metcalfe Road, Prescott Road Bannermount 1911, 1941, also see Eastway Gardens Barker, William George 1930 Barracks 1946 Barrett, Fred 1970 Barrett, Fred G. Arena 1969, see also Leitrim Arena Barrett, Fred G. Sr. 1984 Barrett, John 1970 Baseball 1957, 1993 Base Line Road See also St. Laurent Boulevard Baseline Road See also Ramsayville Road Bathurst District 1838 Bayview 2001 Beaches 1936, 1952 Beacon Hill 1966 , 1972 Beacon Hill Bullet 1971 Bearbrook Soccer Fields 1984 Beddoe, Allan 1963 Beechwood Avenue 1921, 1947 Beechwood Cemetery 1873, 1929 Belanger, Lieut. Mark 1950 Besserer Estate 1910 Bilingual employees 1923 Billings Bridge 1830, 1834, 1847, 1854, 1874, 1876, 1880, 1882, 1888, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1920, 1928, 1942, 1944, 1954, 1958 Billings Bridge Horticultural Society 1930 Billings Bridge Plaza 1954, 1982 Billings Estate 1892 Billings family 1815, 1829 Billings, Braddish 1812, 1813, 1823, 1825, 1864 Billings, Hugh Braddish 1927 Billings, Sabra 1815 Bingham, Samuel 1893 Bingham's Bridge 1893 Birch, William 1920 Blackburn 1834, 1902, 1940, 1972, 1981 Blackburn Arena 1976 Blackburn family 1939 Blackburn Fun Fair 1972 Blackburn Hamlet 1966, 1972 Blackburn Public Library 1973 Blair Road 1968 Blair, Bessie 1901 Bloch, Richard & Annette, Cancer Survivors Park 2008 Block Parents 1976 Blossom Park 1849, 1911, 1972, 1983 Blossom Park Library 1974, 2006 Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex 1980 Boehler, Constable Willard 1953 Boer War 1902 Bombing 1942 Borden, Sir Robert 1911 Bowesville 1834, 1913, 1940, 1951 Bowling alley 1902 Boyd, Kenneth 1953 Brickyards 1882, 1958 Bridges 1830, 1837, 1846, 1847, 1854, 1865, 1872, 1873, 1875, 1886, 1893, 1901, 1906, 1913, 1915, 1921, 1922, 1936, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1977, 1985, 1986, 2012 Bridge collapse 1967 British Commonwealth Air Training Plan 1940, 1941 Brookfield 1912 Bulau, Horst 1983 Bus services 1923, 1924, 1926, 1928, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1971, 1972 Bus stations 1982, 1995 Bytown 1834, 1837, 1854 Bytown & Prescott Carriage Road 1834 Bytown and Prescott Railway 1854, 1957, 1964, 1966, 1984, 1999, also see Canadian Pacific Railway, Ottawa and Prescott Railway Bytown Bridges 1954 Bytown Cricket Club 1865 C Go To Top Go To Top of Index Cagney, James 1941 Camp Fortune 1910 Canada Atlantic Railway 1882 Canada Land Company 2011 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation 1952 Canada Science and Technology Museum 1967 Canada Theatre 1923 Canadian Forces Base Rockcliffe 2009, 2011 see also Rockcliffe Air Station, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ottawa Air Station, Rockcliffe Airport Canadian Forces Station Gloucester 1943, 1972 Canadian Forces Station Leitrim 1941 Canadian Jumping Championships 1910 Canadian National Railway 1939, 1942 Canadian Northern Railway 1909, 1912, 1913, 1939, 1952, see also Canadian National Railway Canadian Pacific Railway 1854, 1902, 1957, 1964, 1966, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1999, see also Bytown and Prescott Railway, Ottawa and Prescott Railway Canadian Security Intelligence Service 1995 Cancer Survivors Park 2008 Cancer Survivorship Centre 2011 Canoe clubs 1883, 1923 Capital Exhibition Centre 2011 Capital Golf Gardens 1960 Captains of the Clouds 1941 Cardinal Heights 1972 Carleton County 1838, 1969 Carleton County fire 1870 Carleton County Police Force 1871, 1936 Carleton County Wardens 1876 Carleton Cricket Club 1865 Carleton University 2001 Carleton West-Russell Historical Society 1964 Carlsbad Springs 1852, 1870, 1882, 1902, see also Eastman's Springs Carson Grove 1972 Carson Road 1955 Cartier Square 1865 Castle, The 1838 CBC Headquarters 1964 CE Centre 2011 Cemeteries 1872, 1873, 1902, 1986, 1988 Centennial Pool 1967, 1988 Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation 1952 Chain of Office 1988 Chamber of Commerce 1986, 1988, 2005, 2009 Champlain Local Health Integration Network 2008 Chateau Laurier 1941 Chaudiere Junction 1871 Child, first Caucasian 1815 Childrens' Hospital of Eastern Ontario 1974 Choirs 1978 Churches 1834 Churchill Avenue 1939, also see Alta Vista Drive City Crews 1981 City Halls 1958, 1972, 1985, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2006, also see Town halls, Township Halls Clandeboye 1908 Clark, Tracey 1977 Clarkstown 1907, 1908, 1950, also see Ward 6 Coat of Arms 1963, 1972 Codd's Road 1908 Colleges 1955 , 1990 Colonel By High School 1971 Commandeurs de l'ordre de Jacques Cartier 1926 Common Schools Act 1851 Commuter service 1945 Confederation Heights 1950, 1958, 1964 Constables 1850, 1909, 1915 Convents 1904, 1915, 1941, 1950, 1956 Cornwall 1954 Coronation Park 1874 Cosy Theatre 1919 Coventry Road 1993 Cowan Ice House 1944 Crawford Purchase 1793 Cummings Bridge 1837, 1865, 1893, 1908, 1922 Cummings, Charles 1837 Cummings, Robert 1876 Cunningham, John 1832 Currier, Joseph Merrill 1866 Cyclone 1888 Cyrville 1850, 1868, 1909, 1928, 1933, 1947, 1950, 1957, 1958 Cyrville Bus Lines 1950 Cyrville Community Centre 1984 Cyrville Fire Hall 1958 D Go To Top Go To Top of Index Dalhousie District 1842 Daughters of Wisdom 1904 Dawson 1928 Delorme 1850, see also Cyrville Department of National Defense 1940, 1941 Department of Transport 1938 Dickinson's Grist Mill 1859 Dominion Bureau of Statistics 1928 Dominion of Canada Rifle Association 1898, 1900, 1912, 1937 Dominion Police 1920 Dominion Springs Company 1870 Dow, Lamira 1813 Dow's Lake 1871 Drew, Hon. George S. 1950 Drive-In theatres 1951, 1964, 1970 Drowning 1901 Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh 1793 Dunbar Bridge 1955 Dunbar, Hon. George 1955 Dundas County 1793 Dupuis, François 1820 Dutch Elm Disease 1957 E Go To Top Go To Top of Index Earl Armstrong Arena 1968, 1971, 1975, 1976 Eastern District 1793 Eastern Driveway 1978 , 1988 , see also Rockcliffe Parkway Eastern Ottawa Chamber of Commerce 2005 , 2009 Eastern Parkway 1960 , 1988 , see also Aviation Parkway Eastman, Daniel 1852 Eastman's Springs 1870, 1902, see also Carlsbad Springs Eastview 1908, 1909, 1914, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1938, 1943, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1963, 1969, see also Janeville, Vanier Eastview Broadcasting Corporation 1953 Eastview Bus Company 1924, 1943, 1950 Eastview Fire Department 1909 Eastview incorporated 1908, 1913, 1963 Eastview Police Force 1909 Eastview Theatre 1946 Eastview Town Hall 1909, 1915 Eastway Gardens 1911, see also Bannermount Edwards 1898 Edwards Mill 1928 Ellwood 1949, 1955 Elmvale Shopping Centre 1961, 1972 Elmwood School 1915 Embrun 1933 Emerald Bark Beetle 2008 Emergency shelters 1946 Enemy attack 1941 Explosions 1929 F Go To Top Go To Top of Index Fairs 1874, 1975, 1997 Farmer, George 1923 Farmer's Bridge 1830, see also Billings Bridge Federal District Commission 1958 Fencing 1917 Ferries 1868 Festivals 1991 Figure skating 1988 Finter 1946 Fire services 1909, 1950, 1962, 1991 Fire Training Station 1991 Fire trucks 1921 Fires 1870, 1923, 1927, 1932, 1937, 1943, 1944, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977 Flag 1983 Floods 1947 Flying clubs 1928 Fox, Terry 1972 , 1981 Franco-Ontario rights 1914 Fraser, James 1837 Fred G. Barrett Arena 1969, 1976 see also Leitrim Arena French Embassy 1939 G Go To Top Go To Top of Index Gateville 1874 Gatineau Point 1868 Gauvin Road 1954 General Explosive Company 1908 George McIlraith Bridge 1966 Glen Ogilvie 1919 Gloucester 5 Cinemas 1988 Gloucester Achievement Awards 1981 Gloucester Agricultural Fair 1874 Gloucester Agricultural Society 1854 Gloucester Allotment Gardens Association 1981 Gloucester Arts Council 1980 Gloucester Centre 1988 Gloucester Centre for Community Resources 1979 Gloucester Chamber of Commerce 1986, 1988, 2005, 2009 Gloucester City Centre 1984, 1987, 1988 Gloucester City Hall 1998 Gloucester Community Police Committee 1977 Gloucester Fair 1854, 1874, 1975, 1997 Gloucester Guide 1976 Gloucester High School 1963 Gloucester Historical Society 1961, 1964, 1978 Gloucester Horticultural Society 1925 Gloucester Hydro 1965, 2000 Gloucester incorporation 1850, 1981 Gloucester Lacrosse 1970 Gloucester Leader 1976 Gloucester Leisure Service Guide 1982 Gloucester Library Board 1966 Gloucester Lions Club 1968, 1973 Gloucester Museum 1989 , 2005 Gloucester named 1793 Gloucester North Lions Club 1995 Gloucester Police 1964, 1973, 1995 Gloucester Police Headquarters 1978 Gloucester Police Station 1970 Gloucester Pottery School 1991 Gloucester Quarry 1981 Gloucester Rangers 1968 Gloucester Recreation Board 1964 Gloucester Ringette Association 1972 Gloucester Skating Club 1971 Gloucester Songsters 1978 Gloucester South Seniors' Club 1983 Gloucester Splash Wave Pool 1988 Gloucester Station 1854 Gloucester Synchro Swim Club 1977 Gloucester Volunteer Awards 1980 Gloucester-Nepean Police Department 1959 Gold 1974 Golf courses 1924, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1972, 1977, 1991, 1999 Gorffwysta 1866 Gorman, Mrs. M. 1926 Gould, A.R. 1950 Governor Generals 1865, 1901, 1909, 1969 Governor's Bay 1883 Gravel pits 1913 Gréber Plan 1947 Gréber, Jacques 1947 Green Island 1846, 1887, 1928, 1954, 1958, 1993 Green's Creek 1870, 1960 Green's Creek Pollution Control Centre 1963 Greenbelt 1958 Greenboro 1974 Greenboro District Library 2006 Greenboro Transit Station 1995, 2001 Grey Nuns 1885, 1915, 1941, 1950, 1956 Grey, Lord 1909 H Go To Top Go To Top of Index Hailstorms 1933 Hamilton, Lord Frederick 1887 Hamilton Powder Company 1908 Hardscrabble 1827 Harness racing 1962 Hardy, Caleb 1917 Harrington, Allan 1950 Harper, Bert 1901 Hawthorne 1882, 1888, 1898, 1925, 1933, 1951 Hawthorne Cemetery 1902 Heron Road Bridge 1966 , 1967 Hiawatha Park 1910 High speed railway 1986 Highway 17 1920, 1952, 1998 also see Regional Road 174, Montreal Road, St. Joseph Blvd. Highway 31 1927 , 1998 , also see Prescott Road, Metcalfe Road, Bank Street, Regional Road 85, Regional Road 31 Highway 417 1968, 1971, 1975 Hockey clubs 1968 Hockey players 1970 Hog's Back 1815, 1829, 1952 Hog's Back Bridge 1886, 1936, 1977 Hog's Back Park 1958 Hope Cemetery 1986, 1988 Hope, Donald 1955 Hope, Murray 1955 Hopewell, Mayor Charles 1908 Hopewell Hospital 1913 Hornet's Nest Park 1984 Hospitals 1913, 1941, 1950, 1953, 1961, 1967, 1974, 1980 Hull 1908 Hull, Wesley 1902 Hunt Club Field 1919, 1927, also see Lindbergh Field, Uplands Airport, Ottawa International Airport, MacDonald-Cartier International Airport Hunt Club Road Bridge 1985 Hurdman's Bridge 1875, 1882, 1898, 1902, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1912, 1915, 1926, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1981, 1986 Hydro Ottawa 2000 Hydro towers 1931 I Go To Top Go To Top of Index Ice houses 1944, 1953 Ice skating 1901 Ice storms 1931, 1998 Incorporations 1850, 1867, 1908, 1922, 1925, 1963, 1981 Industrial development 1947 Information Gloucester 1973 Innes Road 1984, 1991 Innes, Jack 1939 J Go To Top Go To Top of Index J. H. Parkin Building 1941 J.B. Potvin Arena 1975 Jails 1972 Janeville 1837, 1854, 1890, 1904, 1907, 1908, see also Eastview, Vanier Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard 2010 Jet aircraft 1945 Johnson, Lieut. Thad 1927 Johnston, James 1827 Johnston's Corners Public School 1978 Juliana, Crown Princess of the Netherlands 1940 Junction Gore 1831 K Go To Top Go To Top of Index Keefer, Alan 1914 Keefer, Thomas Coltrin 1864 Kilborn Avenue 1957 King's Highways, The 1930 L Go To Top Go To Top of Index L'association canadienne-française de l'Ontario 1914 La Cité Collégiale 1990 Lancaster Road 1903, 1976 Lacrosse 1901, 1970 Langstaff farm 1913 Leader of the Opposition residence 1950 Lebanese Festival 1991 Lebreton Flats 1871 Leitrim 1834, 1907, 1941, 1945, 1962, 1967, 1974, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 2009 Leitrim Arena 1969, 1984 Leitrim Public School 1970 Leitrim Road 1950 Lemieux, Marie-Joseph Archbishop of Ottawa 1955 , 1957, 1964 Les Soeurs Antioniennes de Marie 1951 Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School 1974 Lester Road 1951, 1993 Libraries 1951, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1985, 2006 Lindbergh Field 1927, 1928, see also Hunt Club Field, Uplands Airport, Ottawa International Airport, MacDonald-Cartier International Airport Lindbergh, Charles 1927 Linden Theatre 1947 Lindenlea 1888, 1921 Lionel, the talking safety car 1973 Lions Club 1968, 1973, 1995 Local Health Integration Network 2008 Long Island 1854, 1859, 1974 Long Island Village 1833, 1834, 1859 Lourdes 1850, see also Cyrville Lowertown 1901 Lunenburg District 1788 M Go To Top Go To Top of Index MacDonald-Cartier International Airport 1993, 1995, 2003, see also Hunt Club Field, Lindbergh Field, Uplands Airport, Ottawa International Airport MacIntosh, Grant 1968 MacNab, Duncan Rynier 1838 MacQuarrie, Bob, Recreation Complex 1980 Mail delivery, rural 1911 Mail flights 1918 Major, Asconio J. 1914 Manley, Elizabeth 1988 Manor Park 1911 , 1950 Manotick 1859, 1960, 1974 Manotick Station 1854 Maple Leaf-Almrausch Club 1967 Maplesoft House 2011 Margriet, Princess 1940 Mayors 1984 , 2012 McArthur Avenue 1868 , 1950 McEvoy, C.P. 1955 McIlraith, George, Bridge 1966 McKay Estate 1864 McKay, Thomas 1831, 1833, 1838, 1854, 1855 McKay/Keefer Estate 1873 McPhail farm 1873 McWhinney, Constable John Derrie 1953 Meals on Wheels 1981 Mer Bleue 1942 Merkley brickyard 1882, 1958 Messner, Pat 1979 Metcalfe Road 1907, 1913, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1942, 1949, see also Prescott Road, Highway 31, Bank Street, Regional Road 31, Regional Road 85 Methodist Church 1834 Michael J.E. Sheflin Bridge 1985 Minto Bridge 1901 Minto Cup (Lacrosse) 1901 Minto Cup (Figure skating) 1903 Minto Challenge Cup (Figure skating) 1903 Minto, Earl of 1901 , 1903 Minto Skating Club 1903 Miss Ottawa Rough Rider 1977 Mitchell, Patrick "Paddy" 1974 Montreal Road 1868, 1908, 1920, 1923, 1929, 1941, 1946, 1952, 1980, also see Highway 17 Monuments 1901, 1902 Mooney's Bay 1936, 1952, 1964, 1972, 1981, 1991 Mooney's Bay Beach 1952 Mooney's Bay Sports Complex 1972 , 1981 Motion pictures 1941 Movie studio 1980 Municipal government 1849 Municipal Isolation Hospital 1913 Municipal Reform Act 1832 Museums 1957, 1964, 1967, 1988, 1989, 2005, 2006 Musical Ride 1912 N Go To Top Go To Top of Index National Aeronautical Collection 1964 National Capital Commission 1958 National Capital Planning Committee 1947 National Capital Region 1947 National Defense Medical Centre 1961 National Museum of Aviation 1988 National Research Council 1917, 1928, 1941, 1950 National Sport and Fitness Administration Centre 1987 Nepean 1854 New Edinburgh 1831, 1833, 1837, 1846, 1854, 1867, 1868, 1883, 1887, 1893, 1901, 1929, 1954 New Edinburgh Bridge 1872 New Edinburgh Cinema 1947 Newspapers 1969, 1976, 1986 Nichol's Island 1974 North Bay 1941 North Gloucester Little League Baseball 1957 Notre Dame Cemetery 1872 Novitiate of the Grey Nuns of the Cross 1915, 1941 O Go To Top Go To Top of Index OC Transpo 1971, 1972, see also Ottawa Transportation Commission Official plan 1963 Ogilvie Road 1954, 1971, 1981, 1995 Olympic Flame 1976 Olympics 1988 Ontario Athlete of the Year 1983 Ontario Hydro 1924 Ontario Provincial Police 1948 Ontario Temperance Act 1924 Oostenbrug, Captain Albert 1980 Orange Hall 1902 Orange Lodges 1849, 1876 Orléans 1820, 1885, 1909, 1915, 1922, 1939, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1994, 2008, 2010, see also St. Joseph Orléans Blues 1968 Orléans Public Library 1967 Orléans Recreation Complex 1967, 1980 Orléans Star 1986 O-Train 2001 Ottawa 1865 Ottawa Air Station 1920, 1924, see also Rockcliffe Airport Ottawa Athletic Club 1976 Ottawa and Gloucester Road Company 1865 Ottawa and Morrisburgh Electric Railway 1913 Ottawa and New York Railway 1898, 1954, 1957 Ottawa and Prescott Railway 1854, 1865, 1871, see also Bytown and Prescott Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway Ottawa Baseball Park 1993 Ottawa Business Park 1984 Ottawa Canoe Club 1883 Ottawa City Hall 1958, 1993 Ottawa City Passenger Railway Company 1870, 1893 Ottawa Civic Hospital 1940 Ottawa Cricket Club 1865 Ottawa Dairy Ice House 1953 Ottawa District 1816 Ottawa Electric Railway 1893, 1894, 1924, 1937, 1948 Ottawa Electric Street Railway 1893 Ottawa Fat Cats 1993 Ottawa Flying Club 1928 Ottawa General Hospital 1980 Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club 1924, 1962 Ottawa Hunt Club 1909 Ottawa International Airport 1964, 1974, 1980, 1993, see also Hunt Club Field, Lindbergh Field, Uplands Airport, MacDonald-Cartier International Airport Ottawa Lynx 1993 Ottawa M&W Rangers 1968 Ottawa Montegards 1968 Ottawa New Edinburgh Canoe Club 1883, 1923 Ottawa Planning Area Board 1947 Ottawa Police Service 1995 Ottawa Post Office 1970 Ottawa Railway Station 1966 Ottawa Rapids 1993 Ottawa River 1901, 1904, 1930 Ottawa Rotary Home 2009 Ottawa Ski Club 1910 Ottawa Street Bridge 1873, see also St. Patrick Street Bridge Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club 1912 Ottawa Transportation Commission 1928, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1960, see also OC Transpo Ottawa Voyageurs 1993 Ottawa Wireless Station 1941 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Detention Centre 1972 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service 1995 Ottawa-Carleton, Regional Municipality 1969 Ottawa-Gloucester Expansion Committee 1944 Ottawa-Gloucester Guardian 1969 Overbrook 1911, 1922, 1941, 1943, 1950 P Go To Top Go To Top of Index Paardeburgh Park 1911 Park Hill 1829 Parks 1874, 1893, 1945 , 2008 Parliament Hill 1901 Parry, W.J. 1880 Pickard, R.O., Environmental Centre 1963 Pineview 1972 Pineview Golf Course 1959, 1972, 1977, 1991, 1999 Piperville 1898 Place d'Orléans Shopping Centre 1979 Plane crashes 1927, 1930, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1967, 1980 Police 1871, 1909, 1936, 1948, 1959, 1964, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1995 Police Stations 1890, 1970, 1972, 1981 Police Villages 1908, 1922, 1974 Porter's Island 1888, 1913, 1946 Post offices 1970 Pottery School 1991 J.B. Potvin Arena 1975 Prescott 1834 Prescott Road 1844, see also Metcalfe Road, Highway 31, Bank Street, Regional Road 31, Regional Road 85 Prime Minister's residence 1943 Princess Juliana 1940 Princess Margaret 1958 Princess Margriet 1940 Prohibition 1911 Provincial Highways 1920, 1930 Proving Grounds 1940 Provost Company 1939 Q Go To Top Go To Top of Index Quarries 1908, 1981 Quebec City 1904 Queen Elizabeth 1957, 1967 Queen Mother 1954 Queensway 1955, 1957, 1960, 1968 Queensway Drive-In Theatre 1964 Quota Club of Gloucester 1979 R Go To Top Go To Top of Index R.A. Centre 1958 Radio 1953 Railway collision 1942 Railway freight terminal 1966 Railway stations 1966 Railways 1854, 1871, 1882, 1893, 1898, 1902, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1964, 1966, 1984, 1999, 2001 Rainbow Cinemas 1967 Ramsayville 1888, 1898, 1925, 1950, 1968 Ramsayville Road (formerly Baseline Road) 1950 RCAF Station Rockcliffe 1945, 1957, 1964, 2009, see also Rockcliffe Air Station, Canadian Forces Base Rockcliffe, Ottawa Air Station, Rockcliffe Airport RCAF Station Uplands 1957 Real estate boom 1910 Reeves 1850, 1930, 1939 Reid, Stephen 1974 Regional government 1947 Regional Road 31 1998 also see Prescott Road, Metcalfe Road, Bank Street, Regional Road 85, Highway 31 Regional Road 85 1998 also see Prescott Road, Metcalfe Road, Bank Street, Highway 31, Regional Road 31 Regional Road 174 1998 also see Highway 17, Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton 1969 Richelieu Centre 1985 Rideau Annex 1950 Rideau Bridge 1865 Rideau Canal 1826, 1832, 1853, 1883, 2007 Rideau Falls 1830, 1846 Rideau Hall 1838, 1865, 1887 Rideau Health and Occupational Centre 1944 , see also Rideau Veteran's Home Rideau Military Hospital 1941, 1950 Rideau Park 1892 Rideau River 1954, 1960 Rideau River floods 1907, 1913 Rideau Skating Club 1903 , 1976 Rideau Tennis Club 1912 Rideau Terrace 1955 Rideau Township 1974 Rideau Veterans' Home 1944, 1947, see also Rideau Health and Occupational Centre Rideau-Carleton Raceway 1962, 1975, 1997, 2000 Rifle ranges 1898, 1900, 1905, 1908, 1912, 1918, 1920, 1937 Ringette 1972 Riverside Drive 1964 Riverside Hospital 1967 Riverview Park 1953 Road maintenance 1901 Robberies 1974 Robillard Quarries 1908 Rockcliffe 1831, 1864, 1870, 1889, 1893, 1894, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1905, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1918, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1933, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1954, 1957, 1964, 1994, see also RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Canadian Forces Base Rockcliffe, Ottawa Air Station, Rockcliffe Airport, Rockcliffe Air Station Rockcliffe Air Station 1929 , 1950 , see also RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Canadian Forces Base Rockcliffe, Ottawa Air Station, Rockcliffe Airport Rockcliffe Airport 1930, 1940, 1943, 1947, 1950, 1964, 1988, see also Ottawa Air Station, Rockcliffe Air Station, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Canadian Forces Base Rockcliffe Rockcliffe Emergency Shelter 1946 Rockcliffe Lawn Tennis Club 1923 Rockcliffe Manor House 1838 Rockcliffe Park Crown Game Reserve 1929 Rockcliffe Park incorporated 1925 Rockcliffe Parkway 1988 , see also Eastern Driveway Rockcliffe Preparatory School 1915 Rockcliffe Streetcar Barn 1927, 1932, 1937, 1946 Rockeries Park, The 1937 Rockville 1908 Rotary Club of Orléans 2008 Rothwell Heights 1951 Royal Air Force 1918 Royal Canadian Air Force 1924 Royal Canadian Mounted Police 1912, 1920, 1939, 1948, 1953 Royal Northwest Mounted Police 1920 Russell 1933 Russell County 1800 Russell Road 1944 S Go To Top Go To Top of Index Safdie, Moshe 1993 St. Charles Parish 1909, 1926 St. Elias Church 1991 St. George's 1902 St. Jean Baptiste Society 1909 St. Joseph 1915, see also Orléans, St. Joseph d'Orléans St. Joseph Blvd. 2010 , see also Highway 17 St. Joseph d'Orléans 1922, 1974 St. Joseph School 1958 St. Joseph's Orphanage 1955 St. Laurent Blvd. (formerly Base Line Road) 1950, 1960, 1967, 1984, 1990 St. Laurent Cinemas 1967 St. Laurent Shopping Centre 1967 St. Laurent, Louis 1943 St. Louis de Montfort Hospital 1953 St. Louis, Jean-Baptiste 1830 St. Patrick Street Bridge 1873, 1893, 1921 St. Patrick's Home for the Aged 1887 , 1964 St. Thomas Aquinas Separate School 1944 Sand piles 1941 Sandy Hill 1898 Sandy Hill 1898 Sandy Hill Bridge 1865 Sarsfield 1945 Sawmills 1823, 1830 Sawmill Creek 1823 Sawmill Creek Pool 1976 Schools 1837, 1904, 1915, 1925, 1940, 1944, 1963, 1971, 1974, 1991 Seminaries 1938, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1985 Séminaire des Père Blancs, Le 1938 Service clubs 1968 , 1973, 1979, 1995, 2008 Settler, first permanent 1812 Sewer explosion 1929 Sewer services 1919 Sheflin, Michael J.E. Bridge 1985 Shopping centres 1954, 1961, 1967, 1972, 1980, 1988 Sieveright, James 1850 Silly Billy 1793 Silver City Cinemas 1999 Sir Galahad 1901 Sir Leonard Tilley Building 1950 Skating clubs 1903 , 1971, 1976 Skead Road 1929 Ski jumping 1910, 1983 Skiing 1887, 1910 Skyline Cablevision 1983 Smallpox 1913 Smyth Road 1944, 1974, 1980 Smyth Road Bridge 1966 Snow family 1905 Snowstorms 1869 Social services 1979 Soper, Warren 1893 South Gloucester 1834, 1865, 1913 South Keys Cinemas 1997 Southmount 1928 Spratt, Thomas Andrew 1930 Stagecoach services 1834, 1880 Star-Top Drive-In Theatre 1951 Statues 1901, 1902 Statute labour 1901 Steinhardt, Laurence (U.S Ambassador) 1950 Stornoway 1914, 1940, 1950 Strathcona Park 1898 Street lights 1912 Streetcars 1893, 1894, 1900, 1912, 1921, 1924, 1927, 1932, 1937, 1946, 1954, 1959 Suicide Hill 1910 Survey completed 1820 Survey, first 1792 Sussex Drive 1837, 1870, 1893, 1939, 1954 Swans 1967, 1974, 2006 Swimming pools 1967, 1976 Synchronized swimming 1977 T Go To Top Go To Top of Index Taverns 1905 Telephone services 1907, 1911, 1988 Telesat Canada 1987 Tennis clubs 1912, 1923 Terry Fox Athletic Facility 1972, 1981 Theatres 1919, 1923, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1980, 1988, 1997, 1999 Tilley, Sir Leonard, Building 1950 Timber raft 1904 Tollgates 1920 Topographic mapping 1920 Town Halls 1909, 1915, 1950, see also Township Halls, City Halls Towne Cinema 1947 Township B 1792 Township garage 1977 Township Halls 1874, 1962, see also Town Halls, City Halls Township meeting, first 1832 Traffic circle 2010 Tramway 1889 Trans-Canada Airlines 1938, 1939 Trenton 1941 Tri-Services Hospital 1961 Trueblood, Lt.Col W.F. 1950 Tunney's Pasture 1928 TV Gloucester 1983 U Go To Top Go To Top of Index UNESCO 2007 Uplands 1957 Uplands Aerodrome 1927 Uplands Airport 1927, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, see also Hunt Club Field, Lindbergh Field, Ottawa International Airport, MacDonald-Cartier International Airport. Uplands Bus Lines 1940, 1947, 1950 Uplands Emergency Shelter 1947 Upton farm 1913 V Go To Top Go To Top of Index Vanier 1938, 1969, see also Janeville, Eastview Vanier Cineplex 1980 Vanier City Hall 1972, 1985, 2006 Vanier Museopark 2006 Vanier Parkway 1976 , 1980 , 1993 Vanier Public Library 1951, 1985 Vanier, Governor General Georges 1969 Villa St. Louis Convent 1956 Vincent Massey Park 1958 W Go To Top Go To Top of Index Walkley Railway Yards 1949, 1955 Ward 6 1950 , see also Clarkstown Wards 1984 Wass Junction 1940 Water services 1910, 1919 Water skiing 1979 Water towers 1951, 1984 White Fathers Seminary 1938, 1985 Whiten, William 1880 William Frederick 1793 Willowdale Telephone Company 1911 Wind Tunnel 1962 Windsor Park Village 1972 Wireless 1941 Women's Institutes 1919 World Heritage Site 2007 World War II 1939 Wright, Lionel 1974 Wright, Philamon 1815 Wrightville 1908 Y Go To Top Go To Top of Index Youville Farm 1885 Z Go To Top Go To Top of Index Zoning 1956, 1959

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