The Kitchissippi Museum

Dave Allston's blog about west Ottawa's little-known history, with stories, photos and information covering the fascinating history of the historic Kitchissippi neighbourhoods.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

This Just In! Island Park Drive 1927

Just had to share this photo this morning! While diving through the depths of the National Aerial Photo Library on Booth Street last week (a...

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Broadview School and the heritage designation question

This week's issue of the Kitchissippi Times released today includes an opinion/history piece I wrote on the heritage question for Broadv...

The Island Park Drive at Richmond Road traffic circle

Tonight I'm sharing one of the coolest secrets of Kitchissippi's past. It's one of the topics that garners the most attention an...

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Your input is always appreciated!

The first few posts of the new blog are up, and I hope you enjoy the content. Please bookmark this site and check back once in awhile. I won...

A map of Kitchissippi...from 1879

One of the greatest series of books ever published has got to be the Belden Atlas series of the 1870's. And I am very thankful for it. I...

Wellington Village's pioneer Stewart family

The history of Wellington Village is probably the least-known history of any pocket of central Ottawa that I have come across. This area has...

Sunday, December 28, 2014

The start of something old

Welcome to my blog. What is the "Kitchissippi Museum" exactly? I'm not quite sure. I have long wanted to get a solid local his...

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