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Britannia Village (est. 1818) [7] [8] has a rich history and architecture, having been founded some eight years before Bytown (est. 1826), [9] the former name of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The history of the village is interwoven with the creation of the adjacent Britannia Amusement Park, today simply known as Britannia Park.
The first trip of the Ottawa Electric Railway Car 202 Britannia-on-the-Bay on the Britannia Line was January 13, 1900. [9] The electric line to the village on Britannia Bay was open for regular traffic in the spring 1900. [10] Children's Day 1904 Britannia-On-The-Bay. By 1904, the trolley company had built a wide pier 1,000 feet long out into ...
An exceptional example of 19th-century cemetery design, containing a concentration of mausolea, monuments, and markers of significant importance to the history of Canada, Ontario and Ottawa; the cemetery was declared the national cemetery of Canada in 2009. It has served as the national military cemetery since 1944 and the RCMP's national ...
This is a list of properties which have been designated by the City of Ottawa under Part IV of the Ontario Heritage Act as having cultural heritage value or interest. At many properties, a bronze plaque gives a bilingual description of the property's history.
This is a list of neighbourhoods and outlying communities within the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.In 2001, the old city of Ottawa was amalgamated with the suburbs of Nepean, Kanata, Gloucester, Rockcliffe Park, Vanier and Cumberland, and the rural townships of West Carleton, Osgoode, Rideau and Goulbourn, along with the systems and infrastructure of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa ...
The ship’s wheel was taken from King Edward VII’s racing yacht, also named Britannia, according to Boat International, and the 126-meter ship could reach speeds of 22.75 knots, or a seagoing ...
Former Ottawa Teachers' College (Ottawa Normal School) Ottawa ( Ottawa City Hall ) ON 45°25′12″N 75°41′27″W / 45.42000°N 75.69083°W / 45.42000; -75.69083 ( Former Ottawa Teachers' College National Historic
The ship was home to a lot of history. Long before it became a floating museum, the Britannia had an eye for history. The gold and white binnacle housed on the ship's veranda deck was originally ...