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39 unusual facts about Ottawa


1998 Memorial Cup

However, that record was broken the following year in Ottawa.

Albert Edwin Honeywell

He was born in Ottawa, the son of Ira Honeywell and Sarah Nelson, the former one of the first settlers in Nepean Township.

Battle of Fort Pitt

In the Canadian North-West, a period of escalating unrest immediately preceded the rebellion as Ottawa refused to negotiate with its disaffected citizens.

Brittania Beach

Britannia, Ottawa - a westend suburban community of Ottawa, Ontario

Bruce Hutchison

He married Dorothy Kidd McDiarmid in 1925, around the same time that he began his journalism career as a political reporter in Ottawa.

Bulgarian National Front

In Canada the BNF gained attention for the protests it held in Toronto in 1971 against a visit by Alexei Kosygin, a rally held in Ottawa in 1976 and annual masses held on 9 September, the date of the establishment of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, to commemorate Bulgarian war dead.

Butha-Buthe

Bokoro is twinned with Ridgemont High School in Ottawa.

Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

To assist them in their pastoral work, the bishops have established a permanent bilingual secretariat in Ottawa, which includes various offices and services.

Charles Beaubien

Nevertheless, there is some evidence that Beaubien, while on a trip to Kaskaskia with the Wea, warned George Rogers Clark of an Ottawa plot to kill him.

Charles D. Neff

He was the first in his family to attend college, starting at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas, eventually finishing with a BS in Economics from Central Missouri State Teachers College.

Charles N. Haskell

In his work as an attorney, Haskell became one of the most successful lawyers in Ottawa, Ohio, the county seat, as well as one of the most prominent members of the Democratic Party in northwestern Ohio.

Christopher Levenson

Levenson lived in the Netherlands and Germany, before moving to Ottawa in 1968.

Cyprien Tanguay

A plaque marks the site of the house in which he lived in the Lower Town area of Ottawa not far from the National Art Gallery and the Byward Market.

Dave Dallas

Dave Dallas was the 25th head football coach for the Ottawa University Braves located in Ottawa, Kansas and he held that position for eight seasons, from 1989 until 1996.

Don Harrison

Harrison, a native of Ottawa, Kansas, spent over three decades in the broadcast business.

Eve, the Serpent and Death

Eve, the Serpent and Death (or Eve, the Serpent, and Adam as Death) is a painting by the German Renaissance artist Hans Baldung, housed in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.

Fallingbrook

Fallingbrook, Ottawa, a neighborhood in the community of Orléans, in the city of Ottawa

Francis Fogarty

In 1943 Fogarty was a member of the RAF mission to Ottawa and in August 1944 he became the Senior Air Staff Officer at the headquarters of No. 4 Group.

Frederic Zook

Previous to that, Zook was a Dean of Students and faculty member of the campus in Ottawa, Kansas.

Gojko Šušak

They had two daughters, Katarina and Jelena, and a son named Tomislav, and the whole family lived in Ottawa.

Jean Talon

The Jean Talon Building (Building 5) in Tunney's Pasture, Ottawa, Ontario (a Statistics Canada building, so named because Jean Talon conducted the first census in what is now Canada)

Jerome Liebling

His photographs are in the permanent collections of many museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Fogg Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., The Jewish Museum in New York, and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.

Late Night Counsell

Late Night Counsell or LNC is a late night conservative talk show hosted by John Counsell on the radio station CFRA in Ottawa, Ontario.

Lycée Claudel d'Ottawa

As the school is located in Canada's national capital, some Canadian politicians' children are among its alumni, including the children of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, of current Quebec Premier Jean Charest

Margaret Mick

Margaret Ann Mick (June 1, 1860 - May 25, 1925) was the first female Canadian peace officer to be killed in the line of duty, and the first woman to be added to the memorial commemorating fallen police or peace officers near Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Margaret Wade Labarge

They moved to Canada, and she spent most of her later years in Ottawa, where the couple had two daughters and two sons.

Newford

De Lint generally avoids writing about cities that he has not been to; however, his hometown of Ottawa did not afford him the necessary freedoms for certain stories, and he began to set them in an "unnamed" big city.

Old Sandwich Town

The area was initially inhabited by various Aboriginal nations including the Chippewas, Ottawas, Potowatomis and Wyandots.

Ottawa Giants

The Ottawa Giants were a professional minor-league baseball team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada that operated in 1951.

Ottawa-Carleton Educational Space Simulation

The Habitat, called the Hawking III as the third in a series of OCESS habitats named after eminent physicist Stephen Hawking, is the simulated living space for astronauts during missions.

Paul Bernard Dilworth

As an employee of the National Research Council (NRC) in Ottawa, Dilworth was an executive member of the team involved in Canada's first jet engine tests in 1943, serving as manager of the cold-weather test station Turbo Research Ltd. from September 1944 until May 1946.

Ralph W. Beiting

He received the Meeker Award from Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas, in 1997; and the Lincoln Award from Northern Kentucky University in 1998, which said, "This award represents a commitment to service, fidelity to noble causes and sense of turning challenges into opportunities."

Raphael Tuck

A political scientist and lawyer, he was constitutional advisor to the Premier of Manitoba and worked in special research at the Department of Labour in Ottawa, both in Canada.

René Mailhot

He began his career at the age of twenty with the French-language newspaper Le Droit, published in Ottawa.

Thomas Guthrie Marquis

He was editorial writer of the Ottawa Free Press (1905) and office editor of Canada and Its Provinces (1914-15), a publication in 22 volumes on the history of Canada.

Ulmus 'Rosehill'

The tree was later marketed by the Willis Nursery Co. of Ottawa, Kansas.

Wesley Irwin Haskett

He was born in Montreal, the son of Samuel Wesley Haskett, and was educated at Lisgar Collegiate Institute in Ottawa.

WQEW

On some nights, WQEW can be picked up loud and clear as far West as Cleveland, Ohio, where it out performs WWMK AM 1260 in its distance areas, and as far North as Ottawa, Canada.

Ypresiomyrma

The holotype part and counterpart are included in the Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa collections as GSC 127632a and GSC 127632b.


36th Grey Cup

Calgary's Woody Strode recovered and returned it to the Ottawa eleven yard line.

Alejandro Abellan

Alejandro Abellan (born May 13, 1965, Ottawa) is a Canadian film and television actor.

Alex Munter

He said he planned to improve public transit in the city of Ottawa, to review the O-Train project and to fix possible irregularities regarding the contract with Siemens.

Bob Kudelski

Traded to Florida by Ottawa for Evgeny Davydov, Scott Levins, Florida's 6th-round choice (Mike Gaffney) in 1994 Entry Draft, and Dallas' 4th-round choice (previously acquired, Ottawa selected Kevin Bolibruck) in 1995 Entry Draft, January 6, 1994.

Boris Brott

Brott is Founding Music Director and Conductor Laureate of the New West Symphony in Los Angeles, the McGill Chamber Orchestra in Montreal and was Principal Youth & Family conductor with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, where he had guest conducted for 40 years and continues as such with an emphasis on family and education concerts.

Centretown Movies Outdoor Film Festival

Centretown Movies Outdoor Film Festival is an open-air, pay-what-you-can community film festival held annually in Ottawa during late summer in Dundonald Park.

CJSB

CKQB-FM, a radio station (106.9 FM) licensed to Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, which held the call sign CJSB from 1982 to 1994

Coat of arms of Ottawa

A royal crown alludes to Queen Victoria's choice of Ottawa as Canada's capital, while the maple leaf is the national emblem of Canada.

Cognos Reportnet

ReportNet is developed by Canada’s Ottawa based business intelligence (BI) and performance management solutions company Cognos (formerly Cognos Incorporated), an IBM company.

Columbus Red Birds

Columbus immediately gained a new AAA team when the Ottawa franchise of the International League began playing there in 1955.

Dan Dodge

After moving to Kanata, Ontario, (a high-tech area outside Ottawa) to start Quantum Software Systems (later renamed QNX Software Systems to avoid confusion with the famous hard drive manufacturer), the first commercial version of QNX was released for the Intel 8088 CPU in 1982.

Disgorge Mexico

The instruments were recorded from the 6th to the 17th of August 2007 at Liverpool Court Studios in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Dominican University

Dominican University College a bilingual Roman Catholic university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Elissa Lansdell

She then began working in front of the camera, reporting on weather at The Weather Network in Toronto and The New RO in Ottawa.

Fairness is a Two-Way Street Act

Both sides of the Ontario-Quebec border are highly populated with major population centres on both sides - Ottawa and Cornwall on the Ontario side, and Montreal and Hull on the Quebec side.

George Harrison Dunbar

The George Dunbar Bridge which crosses the Rideau River near Carleton University in Ottawa was named in his honour.

Girard incident

Specialist Third Class Girard, a 21-year-old enlisted man from Ottawa, Illinois, used a grenade launcher mounted on an M1 rifle to fire an empty casing at Sakai, which killed her.

International Guide Academy

Now IGA continues its program availability, with a course in Ottawa, Canada; Denver, Colorado; Cuernavaca, Mexico, and on board the NCL Star.

James FitzGibbon

In 2003 his descendants donated some of his personal effects, including a signet ring and a ceremonial sword, to the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

Janice Dean

Previously, she was on CHUM Limited in Ottawa where she held numerous positions such as a morning news anchor for Breakfast @ the New RO, producer and host of The Broad Perspective on CFRA and an anchor for KOOL-FM.

Jeff Sarwer

Jeff used to entertain large crowds by playing 40 people at the same time known as simultaneous chess, every Canada Day from the age of 7 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Julie Blanchette

She played in the Ringette World championships of 2004 in Stockholm, of 2007 in Ottawa and of 2010 in Tampere.

Ken Cheveldayoff

Educated at Carleton University in Ottawa, University of Saskatchewan, and Newport University in Southern California, Cheveldayoff holds a B.A. (Honours) in Economics and Political Science (1988) and a Masters of Business Administration (1996).

Kenny Caceros

He played for the Orange for four years before returning to Ottawa to play for the Fury's PDL club, where he played three seasons.

Larry Regan

Lawrence Emmett Regan (b. August 9, 1930 in North Bay, Ontario - d. March 9, 2009 in Ottawa, Ontario), was a retired Canadian National Hockey League(NHL) professional ice hockey player and hockey executive.

Lawrence Day

As a youth in Ottawa, Day came under the influence of Fedor Bohatirchuk, a strong Ukrainian International Master and doctor, who had emigrated to Canada after the Second World War.

Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies

The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (MASI) is an institute at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada specializing in Eastern Christian Studies.

Michael Joseph Hoeppner

He studied for the priesthood and continued his education with a JCL from St Paul's in Ottawa and a master's in Education from a Winona-area university.

Michael Pitfield

He went to Ottawa to join the civil service in 1959 where he worked as an administrative assistant to Justice Minister E. Davie Fulton.

Nepean Township, Ontario

The original town hall of the township of Nepean was located in Westboro, which became part of Ottawa in 1949.

Nesta Toumine

She was born Nesta Williams in Thonrhill Heath, Croydon, England, the daughter of Alfred Edward Williams and Agnes Mary Sievers, and was educated in Ottawa.

Nick Foligno

He is an avid supporter of cancer patient care and research at Roger’s House, the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation, the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation and the Ottawa Hospital Foundation.

Ontario Hockey Association

The Ottawa District represents the part of Ontario East of and including Lanark County, Renfrew County, and Leeds County, but not including the town of Gananoque.

Ottawa Fringe Festival

Because Ottawa is a bilingual city, both English and French productions are presented at the Fringe, though a small number of productions in past years have been bilingual.

Ottawa Valley

Among the well-known people who hail from the Ottawa Valley, are former governor-general and broadcaser Adrienne Clarkson, Alanis Morissette, Margaret Atwood, Lorne Greene, Bryan Murray, Terry Murray, Frank Finnigan, Bruce Cockburn, Peter Jennings, Matthew Perry, Dan Aykroyd, Mark Redman, Tom Green, Rich Little, Paul Anka, Alan Verch and Princess Margriet, sister of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Owen McCourt

Ironically enough, as champions of the league, Ottawa challenged for the Stanley Cup, which was accepted by the trustees, and played a year later against the Montreal Wanderers in January, 1908.

Pat Cochrane

Pat Cochrane was a Canadian morning radio personality (disc jockey) on CHOG (AM 640 The Hog) in Toronto, CJSB (54 Rock) in Ottawa, CFBR-FM in Edmonton, CKIK-FM in Calgary, CHIQ in Winnipeg, CHEC in Lethbridge, CKSO in Sudbury and CJOK in Fort McMurray.

Peter Appleyard

Appleyard and Sinatra performed together several years later during a benefit concert in Ottawa that was arranged by Rich Little.

Philémon Yang

Yang lived in Ottawa's Grenfell Glen neighbourhood during his long stint as High Commissioner.

Power Holding Company of Nigeria

In 2007, the Bureau of Public Enterprises hired CPCS Transcom Limited, an international consulting firm based in Ottawa, Ontario, to provide advice about the best ways to move forward with the privatization of the country's 11 distribution companies and the 6 generation companies.

Public duties

The Governor General's Foot Guards, a Canadian Primary Reserve Unit, have often been called upon to perform additional public duties in Ottawa since their inception in 1872.

Rockcliffe Yacht Club

In 1964, a dam was put across the Ottawa River for the Carillon Generating Station which raised the water level by 9 ft.

Russell County, Ontario

Cumberland Township became part of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton in 1969, and is now part of the single-tier city of Ottawa.

Thomas G. Fuller

Capt Thomas G Fuller ran Thomas Fuller Construction, which built the Ottawa Police Service headquarters, Ottawa General Hospital, Ottawa Congress Center, the Varette Building (1982) on Albert Street, and Standard Life's twin towers on Laurier Avenue.

Valentin Streltsov

2007 - Was awarded Pontifical medal by Pope Benedict XVI after the decoration of the Papal Chapel of Apostolic Nunciate in Ottawa (Canada).