Between two busy streets on the west side of Centretown sits a small but notable road – Daniel McCann Street — with an interesting historical link.
Situated in Little Italy, the street is only about 100 metres long and connects the bustling Booth and LeBreton streets.
Lined with trees that decorate an otherwise lonely road, Daniel McCann Street has no buildings of its own. It sits between two large government buildings on Booth Street, both belonging to Natural Resources Canada
On the north side of the road are the federal Mining and Mineral Services Laboratories. On the south is the Geology Commission of Canada.
The street is named for Daniel McCann, a city councillor in Ottawa’s Dalhousie ward from 1946 to 1948. He died on Sept. 8, 1954; the bylaw that named the street was adopted on June 4, 1962.
To the west, the street leads to a row of residential houses on LeBreton Street. To the east is a parking lot for the Canadian Materials Technology Laboratory.
Though sometimes busy with traffic, the street offers an oasis of calm for public servants who might choose to lunch at one of three picnic tables on the north side of the road.