Author: Chris
Morgan’s on Sparks (1965)
The Hudson’s Bay Company acquired the Montreal-based Morgan’s in 1960. The Ottawa store, at 74 Sparks, would not even see the mid-1970s.
Bell's Corners/Carleton County/City of Ottawa/Federal District (National Capital) Commission/Greenbelt (Ottawa)/Intermunicipal Affairs/Murray Jones/Nepean/Ottawa/Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton/Transcript
Second City, Second Metro: Nepean Needs a Hospital
The rapidly-growing Nepean Township needed a hospital and much like Harold Denman, the Nepean Township Hospital Committee made sure its arguments for one were h...
The Bay on Rideau from Above (1981)
The HBC Heritage account on Twitter is always a great source of images of HBC stores and HBC owned/acquired retailers. This aerial photograph was identified to ...
City of Ottawa/Greenbelt (Ottawa)/Intermunicipal Affairs/Murray Jones/Ottawa/Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton/Transcript
Second City, Second Metro: Public School Board in Search of “an enlarged administrative area.”
The Ottawa Public School Board’s submission to the Jones Commission made it clear that its boundary should be the outer edge of the greenbelt.