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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Monday, November 12, 2018

The Museum Proudly Presents: More rare 1960s Ottawa train footage!

I am pleased to be able to share an exciting series of home video footage of trains in and around Ottawa during the mid-late 1960s. Other th...

Friday, November 9, 2018

Profile on Early Hintonburg Merchant Francis Holmes Gilchrist

My article in the November issue of the Kitchissippi Times focused on profiling Mr. Francis Holmes Gilchrist. He was one of Hintonburg's...

Saturday, November 3, 2018

Happy 40th Anniversary Newswest - Here is Issue #1 from November 1978

It is 40 years ago this month that the community newspaper Newswest first launched. A small group of community members got together and put ...

Sunday, October 28, 2018

The unbelievable 1890s Hintonburg arson case!

In the 1890s, Hintonburg was still a collection of almost exclusively small wood-frame houses, built by the workers at the nearby rail and m...

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

McKellar-Bingham House in Westboro

My article in October's Kitchissippi Times was an in-depth history of an important Westboro structure, the McKellar-Bingham House. It...

Monday, October 8, 2018

Street Profiles: Ross Avenue

Current Street Name: Ross Avenue Former Street Names: First Avenue (1874-1892) [And technically, the part north of Scott now known as Sir...

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