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Street name changes: When Street names change, they usually pass a by-law to make the new name official.
Depending on the street, some streets had several older names that were combined to make one longer street with the same name.
Lucien Brault wrote a book called Ottawa Old & New in 1946. There is a section in the back of the book (pages 309 to 324) about the origins of many of the street names in Ottawa. The street names in Lowertown are quite old and came into use before using by-laws to name streets.
A lot of the names are based on the members of the royal family, various government officials, and some of the people who worked on the construction of the Rideau Canal. Streets would also be named after local landowners if a road ran through their property.
Many streets in Lowertown were impacted by expropriations for the construction of federal buildings, the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge, and the Lowertown East Urban Renewal Projects that began in 1966.
The beginnings of the project in 1966, which also involved the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and the Ontario Department of Municipal Affairs was the result of an increasing number of housing standards cases being reported. Because the work was being done as part of an urban renewal project it qualified for grants which were estimated in 1966 as being able to cover 75% of the costs of the project.
I would like to thank the staff at the City of Ottawa Archives and in particular, Signe Jeppesen, Archives Assistant, for their help in retrieving the information from their commemorations database and guiding me in my research. Their work is the main basis of this document.
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Augusta Street Description:Runs north from Wilbrod Dedication purpose:Former name of London, England under the Roman Empire: Legal description:PLAN 6 PT LOT 37 PT LOT 38; RP 5R3325 PART 1 STEWART S; PLAN 43586 LOT 3 LOT 4; AUGUSTA E Description: Runs north from Wilbrod Dedication purpose: Former name of London, England under the Roman Empire: Legal description:PLAN 6 PT LOT 37 PT LOT 38; RP 5R3325 PART 1 STEWART S; PLAN 43586 LOT 3 LOT 4; AUGUSTA E Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Baird Street Not in the commemorations database. Information:Was located where the Pearson Building and the ramps for the Macdonald Cartier Bridge are now. Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA. Baird, Nicol Hugh – Ordnance officer and prominent citizen of Bytown and Colonel John By's second Clerk of the Works appointed in 1828. Link: (Cast of Characters) Biography: Nicol Hugh Baird Beausoleil Drive Former names: Chapel Street and Friel Street Description: Plan R.P. 43586, Ref. Plans 4R-352, 4R-362 Sources: Name Change Binder: Reference Room: Ottawa By-law 318-76 Official name: Beausoleil Drive Former name: Friel Street and Chapel Street Description: Plan 887 Sources: Name Change Binder: Reference Room: Ottawa By-law 36-78 Bolton Street Former name: Bruyère Street Description: Runs from Sussex to King Edward Dedication purpose: Named for Daniel Bolton, a major in the Royal Engineers during the building of the Canal. Legal description: PLAN 3 PT LOT 4 RP 5R-7947; PART 3 & 4 ROW RP 5R-7947; PART 5: PLAN 3 LOT 2 TO 4 BOLTON N; LOT 3 TO 4 BOTELER S LOT 4;TO 6 SUSSEX EPT Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Bolton, Captain Daniel - Royal Engineer - Colonel By’s second in command. Succeeded By as Superintending Engineer of the Rideau Canal when Colonel By returned to England in 1832. He was later promoted to Major. He took up residence in Colonel By’s house and stayed there during his term as superintendent (1832-1843). This area, on which Colonel By’s house once stood, is now known as Major's Hill Park, named after Major Bolton. Link: (Cast of Characters) Boteler Street Description: Runs from Sussex to King Edward Dedication: Named for Richard A. Boteler, a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Engineers during the building of the Rideau Canal. Designation date: 1952-04-07 Legal description: PLAN 3 E PT LOT 8 LOT 9 Ward 12 - Rideau-Vanier PLAN 3 LOT 22 PT LOT 6: PLAN 611769 PT LOTS 2 & 6 RP;4R-13888 PARTS 1, 3, 5, 10,13 TO 15 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Notes: The street ran between Sussex and the Canal. It was closed for the building of the Japanese Embassy. Maintained by the National Capital Commission (NCC). Bruyère Street Former name: Water Street Description: From Rideau Canal to Waller Street Dedication purpose: Named after Mother Superior Elizabeth Bruyère, head of the Ottawa General Hospital and founder of the Ottawa Grey Nuns Convent. Legal description: Plan 1223, 42482 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Notes: The street name changed on the 100th anniversary of Grey Nuns of the Cross and the founder, Mother Elizabeth Bruyère in Bytown. April 16, 1945 By-Law # 9488 Verified MACK 2021-05-20 Biography:Elizabeth Bruyère Byward Byward is most likely named because it was the site of the public market in the city’s By ward. When the city first starting naming wards the market neighbourhood was in the By ward (named for Col. John By). After awhile the two words became merged hence Byward. By, Colonel John - a Royal Engineer, By was born in Lambeth, England in about 1783. He entered the Royal Military Academy in 1796, joining the Royal Engineers in 1799. Retired on half pay in 1821 he was brought out of retirement in 1826 and appointed Superintending Engineer of the Rideau Canal. By was directly in charge of the construction of the Rideau Canal. He returned to Britain in November 1832 and died on February 1, 1836. Link: (Cast of Characters) Biography: Colonel John BY Cathcart Street Description: Runs from Sussex Drive to Rose Street Dedication purpose: Named for Earl of Cathcart, Governor-in-Chief of Canada, from 1845 to 1847 Legal description: CARL CONDO PLAN 194 LEVEL 1, UNIT 2 to PLAN 1223, PT BED RIDEAU RIVER S, CATHCART ST RP 4R-17079, PART 2 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: Charles Murray Cathcart Chapel Street Description: Runs south from Beausoleil Drive to Mann Avenue Dedication purpose: It was named Chapel because of the nearby Methodist Chapel erected on Rideau in 1828. Legal description: P 43586 L1 L2 CHAPEL E L3 PT; RP5R 5465 PT 1 L25 26 27; RIDEAU N WPT L1 L2 AUGUSTA N; CONGREGATON BETH SHALOM to PLAN 32846 PT LOT 14 LOT 15 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Charlotte Street Former name: Riverside Avenue Dedication: Princess Charlotte only child of King George IV Description: From Theodore Street to Templeton Street Sources: Name Change Binder: Reference Room: Ottawa By-law # 475, Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Clarence Street Former name: Franklyn Street Dedication: Fourth son of George III Description: Between Augusta to the Rideau River Sources: Box # A2011-0056: Acn 2011.0028.1: Ottawa Street Names & Changes Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Ledger: Ottawa By-law # 475 Cobourg Street Description: Runs between Island Lodge Road to Rideau Street Dedication purpose: Coburg, German city where Martin Luther once lived; it is also the name for a royal House of England. Legal description: PLAN 4R1317 PART 1 TO PART 3; PART 7 PT LT 18 PT VILLA; ARTHUR PLAN 12134 P5R10569; PT 1 2 & 3 to PLAN 43586 PT LOT 35 RP;4R14073 PART 23 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: Coburg Cumberland Street Former name:Carleton Street Description: Runs from Laurier Avenue E to Boteler Street Dedication purpose: Named for the Duke of Cumberland Legal description: PLAN 2275 LOT 1 - 5 WALLER E; LOT 6 - 7 LAURIER N to PLAN 42482 PT LOT 27 RP;5R-5041 PART 2 TO 4 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland Dalhousie Street Description: Runs from Besserer Street to Boteler Street Dedication purpose: Named for the Earl of Dalhousie, Governor-General from 1819-1828 Dalhousie, 9th Earl of (George Ramsay) – governor-in-chief of British North America (Canada) from 1820 to 1828. Link: (Cast of Characters) Legal description: PLAN 42482 EPT LOT P LOT Q; RIDEAU N to PLAN 3 PT LOT 6 PT DALHOUSIE; ST RP 5R4494 PARTS 4 AND 8 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie Desjardins Avenue Description: Runs from Charlotte Street to Cobourg Street Former name: Murray Street Sources: Name Change Binder: Reference Room: Ottawa By-law # 6866 Dedication purpose: Named for Alderman Alfred Desjardins who sat on City Council for 32 years Legal description: PLAN 43586 PT LOT 34 PT LOT;35 ST PATRICK S to RP 4R1317 PART 5 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Earnscliffe Dedication: Earnscliffe Residence (eagle’s nest) Not in the commemorations database. Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Was located near where the Pearson Building and the ramps for the Macdonald Cartier Bridge are now. Biography: British High Commissioner in Canada Residence Friel Street Former name: Gloucester Street Description: From St. Andrew to Theodore Street, Extending southerly from Rideau Street Dedication purpose: Named for Henry J. Friel, Journalist. Editor of the Bytown Packet (later Ottawa Citizen). Councillor in first Bytown Council 1847-1850 and 1853. Mayor 1854, 1863, 1868 & 1869. Designation date: 1912-05-25 Sources: Box # A2011-0056: Acn 2011.0028.1 Ottawa By-law #3400 Name Change Binder: Reference Room: Ottawa By-law # 475 (1880) Notes: Street named pre 1861 Former Gloucester Township Biography: Henry James Friel Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA George Street Description: Runs from Sussex Drive to Dalhousie Street Dedication purpose: Named for King George IV Legal description: PLAN 46 LOT 7 W30 PRESTON W; PLAN 46 LOT 1 E16 GEORGE S to PLAN 46 LOT 10 WPT Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Notes: Byward Market area Biography: King George IV Guigues Avenue Former name: rue de l’Église Church Street. Description: From Sussex Street to Rose Street Dedication purpose: Named for the first French Roman Catholic Bishop of Ottawa Joseph-Eugène Guigues Legal description: PLAN 334 LOT 31 S PT LOT 32; E PT LOT 34 to CARL CONDO PLAN 167 LEVEL 1 Ward 13 - Rideau-Rockcliffe Sources: City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Sources: Box # A2011-0056: Acn 2011.0028.1: Ottawa Street Names & Changes Ledger: Ottawa By-law # 3798. Biography: Joseph-Bruno Guigues Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Heney Street Description: Runs from Wurtemburg Street to a dead end Dedication purpose: Named for Honest John Heney, alderman and fuel dealer. Legal description: PLAN 43586 RP 4R-398, PART 1,3,4 & 5; PLAN 43586 W PT LOT 16 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: Heney Street King Edward Avenue Former name: King Street Dedication: King Street in Honour of King George IV now King Edward Avenue named in honour for King Edward VII. Description: From Cumberland Street to Ottawa River Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) Martineau Street Former name: Currier Lane Dedication: Eugène Martineau alderman for 16 years and Mayor during 1872 and 1873. Description: From King Street running easterly Box # A2011-0056: Acn 2011.0028.1 Ottawa By-law 475-1880 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: Eugène Martineau (1837–1880) was mayor of Ottawa McGee Street Dedication: Thomas D’Arcy McGee, poet, orator, journalist and member of Parliament. Assassinated on April 7, 1868 Description: Connected St. Andrew and St. Patrick Street where De La Salle High School is located now. The street was closed and removed during the Lowertown Urban Renewal Project. Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: Thomas D’Arcy McGee |
McTaggart Street Dedication purpose: Named for John McTaggart, who, under supervision of Colonel By, directed the building of the Canal in 1826. MacTaggart, John - Colonel By's Clerk of the Works from 1826-1828. He did some surveys of the Rideau route, the first in later 1826 and a second in 1827. Fell ill from malaria in 1828 and was dismissed from his job for drunkenness by Governor Sir James Kemp. MacTaggart wrote a book about his experiences in Canada called "Three Years in Canada”. (http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/locks/characters.html) Designation date: 1952-04-07 Legal description: PLAN 611769 PT LOTS 2 & 6 RP;4R-16276 PARTS 1 TO 4 Ward 12 - Rideau-Vanier Sources: Reference Room: Ottawa By-law 10-68 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Notes: The street ran between Sussex and the Canal. It was closed for the building of the Japanese Embassy Maintained by the N.C.C. Biography: John Mactaggart Mosgrove Street Dedication: William Mosgrove, lawyer, judge in Carleton County from 1889-1903. See Frieman Lane – This street no longer exists it is where The Bay is now on Rideau Street. Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Murray Street Description: Runs from the Alexandria Bridge to St. Patrick Street Dedication purpose: Named for General Sir James Murray, first Military Governor of Québec in 1759 Legal description: CARL CONDO PLAN 419; PLAN 43586 PT LOTS 22 TO 24 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: James Murray Myrand Avenue Former name: Anglesea Square Description: From Chapel Street to Augusta Street Sources: Name Change Binder: Reference Room: Ottawa By-law # 6091 Former name: Anglesea Street N Description: Runs from Patro Street to a dead end Dedication purpose: Named for Monsigneur J. A. Myrand, parish priest of Ste-Anne's parish Legal description: PLAN 43586 PT LOT 18 PT LOT 1 ST PATRICK S, MYRAND N RP 4R-10815 PARTS 1 2 3 & 5 MYRANDE AVE; PLAN 43586 S PT LOT 6, RP 4R-9577 PART 10, 11 & 12 Ward 12 - Rideau-Vanier Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: Mgr Joseph-Alfred Myrand Nelson Street Former name: Empress Avenue (part) Description: Runs from Templeton Street to a dead-end north of Murray Street Dedication purpose: Named for Horatio Nelson, Admiral of the British Navy at the Battle of Trafalgar. Legal description: PLAN 43586 LOT 7 TO 8 PT; PLAN 45224 PT LOT 38 W/S, NELSON ST RP 4R-21853 PART 2 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Notes: Sandy Hill Biography: Horatio Nelson Notre Dame Street Dedication: After the Cathedral of Paris or after the Blessed Virgin Not in the commemorations database. Notre Dame was located near the current site of De La Salle High School and was removed during the Lowertown Urban Renewal projects when the street grid in that part of the neighbourhood was realigned. Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: Notre-Dame de Paris Old St. Patrick Street Former name: St. Patrick Street Description: Plan 43586 Sources: Name Change Binder: Reference Room: Ottawa By-law 294-82 St Patrick Street was realigned during the Lowertown Urban Renewal Project. This section follows what was the original alignment of St. Patrick Street east of King Edward near De La Salle High School. Papineau Street Dedication: After Louis-Joseph Papineau, leader or the Patriots of 1837 Papineau was located near the current site of De La Salle High School and was removed during the Lowertown Urban Renewal projects when the street grid in that part of the neighbourhood was realigned. Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: Louis-Joseph Papineau Parent Avenue Former name: Barrett Lane Description: Runs from Bruyère Street to Clarence Street Dedication purpose: Named for Dr. Rufus Henry Parent, Ottawa controller 1912-1914 Designation date: 1912-05-25 Legal description: PLAN 42482 PT LOT 8 RP 5R-10322 PART 1; PLAN 42482 PT LOT 10 MURRAY S Sources: Box # A2011-0056: Acn 2011.0028.1 Ottawa By-law #3400 Verified MACK 2021-05-27 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Parliament Street Not in the commemorations database. Parliament was located near the current site of De La Salle High School and was removed during the Lowertown Urban Renewal projects when the street grid in that part of the neighbourhood was realigned. Patro Street Description: Runs from Clarence street to Old St-Patrick street. Pinard Street Dedication: After Alfred Pinard, merchant and alderman Pinard was located near the current site of De La Salle High School and was removed during the Lowertown Urban Renewal projects when the street grid in that part of the neighbourhood was realigned. Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: Alfred Pinard Redpath Street Former name: Rear Dedication: Redpath, John - a construction contractor who worked primarily on the locks and dam at Jones Falls. Redpath was in partnership with Thomas McKay, Andrew White and Thomas Phillips. All four had prior canal building experience, having worked on the Lachine Canal. Redpath is perhaps best known today for "Redpath Sugar" which got its start as the largest sugar refinery in Montreal, built by Redpath in 1854. (http://www.rideau-info.com/canal/history/locks/characters.html) Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA. Biography: John Redpath Rideau Street Description: Runs from Wellington Street to the Rideau River Bridge. It becomes Montreal Road on the east side of the bridge Dedication purpose: Named for the Rideau River Legal description: NEPEAN CON C R.F. PT LOT B RP 5R-11600 PARTS 1, 6 & 15 PT PART 26; PLAN 43586 E PT LOT 50, LOT 51 & 52 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Lowertown. The street, park, and terrace are also named for the Rideau River. Plan of Upper and Lower Bytown dated January 22, 1831 signed by John Burrows and Col. John By shows Rideau Street in its current location between Lot B and Lot C. A true copy of that plan dated April 8, 1858 is in the book Ottawa in Maps on p. 5. This may date from a survey completed in 1826. Rockwood Street No information in the commemorations database. Rockwood was located between Charlotte and Wurtemburg, and Clarence and St. Patrick. It ended almost exactly where the bridge from St Patrick to Beechwood crosses the Rideau River. It would likely have been removed with the realignment and widening of St. Patrick Street during the Lowertown Urban Renewal projects. Rose Street Description: Runs from Cathcart Street to Michel Riel Private Dedication purpose: Named for Sir John Rose, Minister of Finance in the first federal government Legal description: PLAN 1223 PT LOTS 13 & 14 ST ANDREW N; P2879 LO & P ROSE W Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: Sir John Rose St-Andrew Street Former name: Park Street on the eastern part Description: Runs from Sussex Drive to St. Patrick Street Dedication purpose: Named for St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. Legal description: PLAN 42482 LOTS 1 AND 2 ST ANDREW N, LOTS 1 AND 2 BRUYERE S, RP 4R-8893 PT PART 1; PLAN 4797 PT LOT B ANDREW N, RP 4R-3974 PART 1 PART 2 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: St. Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland St-Joseph Street Dedication: After St-Joseph Was located near the current site of De La Salle High School, and was removed during the Lowertown Urban Renewal projects when the street grid in that part of the neighbourhood was realigned. Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: St-Joseph St-Patrick Street Former Name: Ottawa Street. Dedication: Named for St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is desirable that the street which is now known as “St. Patrick Street” west of King Edward Avenue and “Ottawa Street” east of King Edward Avenue, should be known as “St. Patrick Street” throughout its entire length. Designation date: 1912-05-25 Sources: Box # A2011-0056: Acn 2011.0028.1 Ottawa By-law #3400. Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: St. Patrick Sussex Drive Former name: Metcalfe Street from Bolton to the Rideau River and Ottawa Street from the Rideau River to MacKay Street Description: Runs from Bolton Street to Princess Avenue Dedication purpose: Named for the Duke of Sussex, sixth son of George III Legal description: CONC JG PART OF LOTS 3 & 4; CON C, PT LOT B PLAN 42482 PT LOT A PT RIDEAU ST PT SUSSEX DR, RP 4R-20282 PARTS 1 TO 24, 26, 27 & 29 TO 56 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Notes: Byward Market Biography: Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex Tormey Street Description: Runs from Cobourg Street to Brigadier Private Dedication purpose: Named for William Tormey, blacksmith for the Rideau Canal. Legal description: PLAN 43586 E PT LOT 36 RP 5R-5754 PARTS 1, 2, 3 AND 8; PLAN 43586 PT LOT 39 RIDEAU N Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Water Street Description: Runs from Sussex Drive to a dead-end west of King Edward Avenue Dedication: Water Street was named for its position in relation to the Ottawa & Rideau Rivers. Legal description: PLAN 42482 LOTS 3 & 4 ; PART OF VILLA LOT C PLAN 43586 KNOWN AS PART 7 ON RP 5R-13124 ST ANDREW N Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Notes: Byward Market / Lowertown. Prior to 1876 the street ran from King Street (King Edward Avenue) to the Rideau River, the part from King Street to the Ottawa River was named Bolton and Nunnery. In 1877 the two parts were united and named Water Street. William Street Description: Runs from Clarence Street to a dead-end north of Rideau Street Dedication purpose: Named in honor of King William IV Legal description: PLAN 42482 LOT 11 PT YORK S RP 5R- 4944 PART 2: PLAN 42482 S PT LOT 11 E PT LOT 11 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) Wurtemberg Street Description: Runs from Laframboise Place to Rideau Street Dedication purpose: Named for a kingdom in the south of Germany. Legal description: PLAN 106707 PT LOTS 43 & 44: PLAN 6 PT LOT 54 Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: Named for a kingdom in the south of Germany York Street Description: Runs from Sussex Drive to a dead end parallel to Beausoleil Drive Dedication purpose: Named for the Duke of York, second son of King George III Legal description: PLAN 42482 W PT LOT 4 YORK N S, PT LOT 4 CLARENCE S:PLAN 43586 PT OF LOTS 4 & 8 CHAPEL W & RP 4R-277 PTS 3 & 5 AND RF 4R-1156 PT 1 KNOWN AS YORK STREET SCHOOL Sources:City of Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa Room): Lucien Brault, Ottawa Old & New; 1946; 971.384 BRA Biography: Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany |
