Macdonald Gardens Neighbourhood, Ottawa

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Here are a few photos I've taken since we have made Macdonald Gardens our home in May 2007... Thanks for being our neighbours and thanks for tolerating me taking photos. :-)

There are web pages for each of Nicolas, Annabelle and our house. My web page is here. As for the silly bikes, they can be found on my cycle page and HPVOoO pages.

Richard Guy Briggs

I'll also add any interesting links to history tid-bits here...

• MacDonald Gardens Park
• Lowertown
• Lowertown
• Lowertown Community Association
• Map of Bytown, 1842
• Early cemetaries in Ottawa / Bytown and Hull / Gatineau including MacDonald Gardens Cemetary
• list of those interred in the old Sandy Hill Cemetary
• Sandy Hill Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario Sandy Hill Cemetery Transcription of Those Whose Bodies Were Never Claimed
• Ottawa Valley Paranormal/Phenomenon Investigations -- MacDonald Gardens Park In Sandy Hill - Case Results
• Cummings Island in the Rideau River just south of Cummings Bridge connecting Montreal Road and Rideau Street (There was a house and a store on Cumming's Island in 1879, bridge was built in 1836)
• Sandy Hill
• Gloucester in 1879 from New Edinburgh to Long Island
• New Edinburgh
• University of Ottawa
• Byward Market
• There have been various spellings and mis-spellings of Wurtemburg Street. It was originally spelled Wurtemberg, and occasionally gets mis-spelled Wertemburg.
• Subdivision 106707 plan for Wurtemburg/Clarence/Rockwood (which used to be Wurtemberg/Franklin/Montrose), dated June 10th, 1911
• Statutes of the Province of Ontario references to "Wertemburg Street" on page 293
• Residence of Hayter Reed (Wurtemberg Street between Clarence and Rideau Streets), Photo, May 1895
• Residence of Hayter Reed (Wurtemberg Street between Clarence and Rideau Streets), Photo, May 1895.
• Sir Robert Borden's house
• Jules Morin's house
• 1895 map of the City of Ottawa
• 1950 Plan for the National Capital by Jacques Gréber
• The Lewiston Daily Sun, Tuesday January 22nd, 1935, Jules Morin: Ottawa Showshoer Arrives Here After A 400 Mile Walk
• Map of Ottawa, 1894
• Kingsview Park treasure trove on the east bank of the Rideau River between Cummings and St. Patrick bridges.
• Vintage Ottawa
• Marc Aubin's photostream, historic photos and maps of Ottawa (1901: LowerTown, MacDonald Gardens Park, Cummings Island Bridge)
• NeighborGoods community resource sharing web site
• Capital Neighbourhoods: Lowertown
• Ottawagraphy: Sharing Ottawa's Stories
• A Historical Timeline for the Township of Gloucester (including Cummings Island, Vanier and New Edinburgh)
• Further along Patrick Street
• Insurance Plan of the City of Ottawa, Canada and adjoining Suburbs and Lumber Districts, January 1888 MacDonald Gardens Wikipedia
• Insurance plan of Ottawa, Ontario, June 1878
• Cummings Bridge, 1896
• Cummings Island
• Circuit Vanier
• A Brief History of Quartier Vanier
• Vintage Ottawa
• Ontario Abandoned Places, Ottawa
• OTTAWA: Passé c. Présent; Past vs. Present (Alexandre Laquerre)
• geoOttawa
• Ottawa H H
• James Ballantyne photo collection