Archive 1997-2016
At first glance, the Canadian Museum of Nature seems a little out of place. Housed in the grandiose, a castle-like Victoria Memorial Museum building on McLeod Street, the building would seem better suited to the rolling hills of medieval Europe than the middle of a bustling Ottawa neigbourhood where it currently sits.
From a distance, the McNabb Community Centre looks more like a public school than a multi-use facility. Sitting comfortably in a quaint residential area, the rectangular brick building faces Percy Street, a quiet one-way, instead of looking towards the bustling traffic on Bronson and Gladstone avenues.
Located in the middle of the Ottawa River and under the shadows of Parliament Hill, Victoria Island bears witness to Ottawa’s past.
Situated on the east side of Centretown, Minto Park is a picturesque urban park that occupies the full city block between Elgin Street, Cartier Street, Lewis Street and Gilmour Street. It was bought by the city in 1898 from J.R. Booth and was originally named Minto Square after the newly arrived Governor-General Lord Minto.