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, April 25, 2023

Tunney's Pasture: The Past and Future at Jane's Walk 2023

I am very happy to announce that on Sunday May 7th, I will be co-leading a Jane's Walk at Tunney's Pasture! This will be an excitin...

A (Hockey) League of Their Own: The Westboro Pets

I love this story! While researching something else a while back, I came across the story of the Westboro Pets, a women's hockey team fr...

Sunday, April 9, 2023

Holland Junction, the Huron-Byron streetcar yards and development

Holland Junction. Looking west from Holland Avenue up Byron. May 15, 1951. (Source: David Knowles) The March 2023 issue of the Kitchissippi ...

Saturday, April 8, 2023

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To my subscriber list, I apologies for the ongoing issues with the mail-out. I officially hate Blogger/Blogspot and the Mailchimp tool that ...

The Long-time Wellington & Huron Shell Station

To most residents of the neighbourhood today, the Bank of Montreal parking lot near the intersection of Wellington and Holland is just a bor...

Monday, February 20, 2023

Independent Coal and Lumber - so much history on the Metropole site

My February column in the Kitchissippi Times goes over the history of the Metropole site in Westboro, which has an amazing history, that I c...

Thursday, January 26, 2023

The 1934 Hintonburg-Island Park Drive Teenaged Car Chase and Shootout

I recently came across a fantastic story. It was about an event I'd never heard about, and subsequent Googling/searching found no traces...

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