Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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 the convergence of several railways, 120 miles W.N.W. of Montreal, 425 miles from Boston, and 469 miles from New York. It is one of the most flourishing cities of Ontario, being the entrepôt of the great lumber-trade of the Ottawa River, which here forms the splendid Chaudière Falls (200 yards wide and 40 feet high), and, with its tributary, the Gatineau, supplies the motive-power for the numerous lumber-mills, flour-mills, factories, &c. The Rideau Canal, which was made in 1827, passes through the city, extending hence through the Rideau Lakes to Kingston, on Lake Ontario. Lumbering is the principal industry of Ottawa and its vicinity, thousands of men, in the winter season, being engaged in cutting timber and drawing it to the streams in readiness for the spring freshets to carry to the Ottawa mills. The cut of timber in some seasons is estimated as high as 800,000,000 feet. Flour, iron-ware, bricks, leather, and matches are also among the manufactures. Ottawa has numerous churches, and contains the residences of the governor-general, the bishop of Ontario (Church of England), and the Roman Catholic bishop of Ottawa. The educational facilities include a normal school, a collegiate institute (both public), a large college conducted by the Oblate Fathers, a ladies' college, a musical academy, an art school, besides parish and public schools, and a well equipped geological museum. The chief attraction is the government buildings, of sandstone, on Barrack Hill, 150 feet above the river, the parliament building being 500 feet in length, the two department buildings 375 feet long, and the library, a beautiful detached circular building, with a dome 90 feet high. The two legislative halls are on each side of the library, but in the main building. The buildings cover nearly 4 acres, and cost about $8,000,000. Five daily newspapers are published in Ottawa. A fine suspension-bridge spans the river just above the Chaudière Falls, The city returns two members to the House of Commons, and two to the provincial legislature. Pop, in 1861, 14,669; in 1871, 21,545; in 1881, 31,307; in 1891, 44,154."


Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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