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History of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Journey back in time to Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Visit Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 1800 - First European settlement on the site of present-day Ottawa.
  
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• 1832 - Rideau Canal from Kingston to Ottawa completed
  
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  Canadian Scenery,
  by N.P. Willis, Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett, 1842
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  Bridge at Bytown, Upper Canada
  Canadian Scenery,
  by N.P. Willis, Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett, 1842
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• 1850 - Bytown (Ottawa), Ontario founded
  The site of By's headquarters during the construction of the Rideau Canal is incorporated as Bytown. Plains Indian culture is at its height,...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  www.freeusandworldmaps.com
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•  1855 - Melancholy Occurrence
  On Saturday night last about 9 o'clock, Mrs. Robert Skead was drowned at the slide at the Chaudiere Falls; she left the house as was supposed, for...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1855 - Bytown Renamed
  The capital city, Ottawa, was originally named Bytown after Colonel John By, who headquartered there while building the Rideau Canal to connect the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1857 - Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as the new capital of the United Province of Canada.
  
  www.canadahistory.com/ timeline.asp
  
  
• 1869 - Ottawa
  "Ottawa — The Capital of the Dominion of Canada, is situated on the Ottawa River, 87 miles from its confluence with the St. Lawrence, and where the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1870 - Fire
  OTTAWA, Ont., Aug. 19. - Several wealthy farmers have been burned out recently, losing from $8,000 to $10,000 each. GILMOUR'S piling-ground for...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1873
  OTTAWA, formerly BYTOWN, a city of Ontario, capital of the Dominion of Canada, and of Carleton co., is beautifully situated on the right bank of the...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1879 - Basilique-Cathédrale Notre-Dame-d’Ottawa established at Ottawa
  
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• 1882 - The Electric Cooking Range (or Stove) Invented in 1882 in Ottawa, Ontario by Thomas Ahearn and first showcased at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893,
  it had by the 1930s replaced most gas stoves in kitchens around North America and Europe.
  canadaalive.wordpress.com/ 2010/ 08/ 11/ invented-in-canada/
  
  
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  Rideau Canal Locks
  
  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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  Head of the Locks - Rideau Canal
  
  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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  A First Glimpse of the Capital
  
  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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  Under Dufferin Bridge
  
  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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  From Main Entrance Under Central Tower
  
  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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  Main Buildings, Houses of Parliament
  
  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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  Ottawa - Parliament Buildings, From Major's Hill
  
  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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  Post Office, and Dufferin and Sappers' Bridge
  
  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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  Tower of Eastern Block, Departmental Buildings
  
  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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  Tobogganning at Government House
  
  1882 - Lucius O'Brien - Picturesque Canada (1882–84)
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•  1892 - Wreck of the Quadra.
  OTTAWA, Ontario, May 28. - The Minister of Marine and Fisheries has received a dispatch from the agent of his department at Victoria, stating that...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1895 - Ottawa
  "Ot'tawa, a city of Ontario, capital of the Dominion of Canada and of Carleton co., is beautifully situated on the right bank of the Ottawa River, at ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
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  West Block, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Canada.
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  Supreme Court Building, Ottawa, Canada
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  Elgin Street, Ottawa.
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•  1906 - CYCLONE STRIKES OTTAWA.
  Churches Partially Unroofed and Windows Broken.
  
  Ottawa, Aug. 6. - A cyclone struck Ottawa at 6 o'clock last night and left thousands of dollars of ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1906 - FIRE IMPERILS A HUNDRED IN HOTEL.
  WERE FORCED TO JUMP FROM WINDOWS AND FIRE ESCAPES.
  MANY INJURED, 2 WILL DIE.
  
  Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 15 - A hundred guests were trapped in the flames ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1906 - FOUR KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK - Timber-Laden Train Broke in Two Ascending a Steep Incline.
  Special to The New York Times.
  
  OTTAWA, Ontario, July 8. - A railroad wreck in which four persons were killed occurred on the Temiskaming and...Read MORE...
  
  
  
• 1908 - A branch of the Royal Mint is established in Ottawa, making for the first time coins in Canada.
  
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•  1913 - EIGHT DEAD IN WRECK
  Spreading Rails Sends Two Immigrant Cars Into Ottawa River
  
  OTTAWA, June 25, - Eight persons were killed and more than twenty injured this aternoon ...Read MORE...
  
  
  
•  1916 - CANADIAN PARLIAMENT FIRE AN ACCIDENT.
  FIVE LIVES LOST WHEN $6,000,000 HISTORIC AND BEAUITFUL STRUCTURE BURNS.
  
  Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 4. - Two women and three men are known to have perished ...Read MORE...