HERITAGE OTTAWA’S 2011 WALKING TOURS

JOIN HERITAGE OTTAWA’S EXPERIENCED GUIDES FOR WALKS HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF OTTAWA’S FINEST ARCHITECTURE.

THE TOURS LAST ONE HOUR AND A HALF, RAIN OR SHINE.

TOUR PRICES: HERITAGE OTTAWA MEMBERS $5:00,
NON-MEMBERS $10.00.

Please download a copy of our Walking Tour brochure here 

Central Experimental Farm
June 12, 2 :00 pm – MEET : Dominion Observatory parking lot, SE corner Carling at Irving
During the tour of the built heritage and cultural landscape of the
Central Experimental Farm, your guide will encourage participants to
consider the future of this National Historic Site and ways that Ottawa
residents might protect its heritage value.
(Wear appropriate footgear as lawns will be wet if it rains)

GUIDE: Julie Harris, president of Contentworks Inc, historian for the Central Experimental Farm Management Plan and for other research stations across
Canada.

The Glebe
June 19, 2:00 pm – MEET: Corner of Clemow and O’Connor
W.E. Noffke (1878-1964) was one of Ottawa's most influential architects in the first half of the 20th century. The walk begins with ten diverse Noffke houses, including his own, built around Central Park/Patterson Creek. Then it moves along to a sample of Younghusband houses and other more modest houses, historic schools and churches, and newer infill developments
by notable Ottawa architects.

GUIDE: John McLeod, Glebe resident and heritage buff.

Old Ottawa South
June 26, 2:00 pm – MEET: Southminster United Church, Bank at Alymer
In 1907, Nepean Township villages such as Ottawa South were annexed to the City of Ottawa. Improved city services soon followed, such as a new high-level Bank Street Bridge over the canal. It allowed the privately owned Ottawa Electric Railway to extend streetcar services, stimulating housing and development of one of Ottawa’s first streetcar suburbs.

GUIDE: Leo Doyle, Development and Planning Committee, Old Ottawa South.

Lowertown East * new
July 10, 2 :00 pm – MEET : École Secondaire de La Salle, Old St. Patrick and Beausoleil,
(#1 bus route).
Lowertown East, bounded by Rideau, King Edward, St. Patrick and the Rideau River, has been home to many important religious, residential and civic buildings for over a century. Despite a controversial urban redevelopment in the 1970’s, it is a walkable neighbourhood with a strong francophone history, five designated heritage buildings, works by important Ottawa architects of the last century, and a former city cemetery.

GUIDE: David Jeanes, Heritage Ottawa vice president and a long-term resident of Ottawa, has had many experiences involving Lower Town over the last five decades.

Lowertown West
July 31, 10:00 am (NOTE TIME)* - MEET : Bytown Museum, on the Rideau Canal
‘neath Parliament Hill.
This is the heart of old Bytown where canal workers first settled and
some of Ottawa's earliest residential, commercial, and institutional
structures can be found. The walk will take participants around Major’s Hill Park, up to Nepean Point, and then will look at some of the historic buildings in Lowertown and the ByWard Market.

Guide: Hagit Hadaya, architectural historian

Ruisseau de la Brasserie
(this tour will be in French)
August 14, 2:00 pm – MEET: Théâtre de l’Île, 1 Wellington Street, Gatineau (Hull sector)
Visit the industrial heritage of the former City of Hull, including the
E.B. Eddy buildings, the historical plaque of Hull’s founder Philemon
Wright and the Village d'Argentine where many heritage houses are
located.

GUIDE: Michel Prévost, President, Societé d’histoire de l’Outaouais.

Architecture and Engineering alongthe Rideau Canal
August 21, 2 :00 pm – MEET : Colonel By Fountain in Confederation Park, Laurier Ave W at Elgin
From the Bytown Museum to the Corktown Bridge, a look at the architecture and engineering of buildings and bridges that can be seen along the first mile of the Rideau Canal World Heritage Site.

GUIDE: David Jeanes, Heritage Ottawa vice-president, professional engineer and avid student of Ottawa’s architectural, civil engineering and transportation history.

Parliament Hill
September 04, 2:00 pm – MEET: Centennial Flame
On this tour you will see the monumental grouping of the Centre Block, Library, and East and West Blocks of the Parliament, as well as the buildings that form an integral part of the parliamentary precinct, such as the Langevin, Victoria, Wellington, Confederation and Justice Buildings.

GUIDE: Fern Mackenzie, architectural historian.

New Edinburgh
September 11, 2:00 pm – MEET: Fraser Schoolhouse, 62 John Street, near Sussex
New Edinburgh, a mill-town founded in 1832, is one of Canada’s earliest planned communities and still presents a largely 19th-century face to the world. The tour, as well as looking at the industrial roots of the town and introducing some early inhabitants, will focus thematically on aspects of science and technology in this early Canadian community.

GUIDES: Katherine Arkay, scientist and self-confessed technology nerd, and Janet Uren, writer, are both owners of designated heritage houses in New Edinburgh

Chaudière Industrial District
September 18, 2:00 pm – MEET: former Naval Association building,
150 Middle Street, east off of Booth Street on Victoria Island – free parking 

The area around the Chaudière Falls has been the core of
Ottawa/Gatineau economic life from aboriginal times until the present. The 18th, 19th and early 20th century industrial developments are a microcosm of the development of Canada’s water and forest resources. The walk will look at sites of this industry on both sides of the river as well as the Falls and the potential for heritage re-development.

GUIDE: Chris Warden, iOAA, M.Arch. MTBA Associate.

MTBA Mark Thompson Brandt, Architect & Associates,Ottawa-based Conservation Architects and Urbanists, are the authors of the 1990 Chaudière District Master Plan for the NCC, and of the proposal for its new sustainability upgrade. Former Vice-President of Heritage Ottawa.

Sandy Hill
September 25, 2:00 pm – MEET: Laurier House, 335 Laurier Ave E at Chapel
The tour looks at late 19th – early 20th century buildings of historicalor architectural importance in the northeast quadrant of Sandy Hill, an area favoured by lumber barons, mining magnates and politicians in Ottawa’s early years. Sandy Hill was home to four Canadian Prime Ministers.

GUIDE: Judy Deegan, Sandy Hill resident and heritage activist.

Village of Rockcliffe Park
October 2, 2:00 pm – MEET: Lisgar Road at Princess Avenue
The mix of architectural styles in picturesque Rockcliffe Park range
from stately stone mansions and interesting contemporary designs to remaining summer cottages. Learn about the history of the village and the role the MacKay and Keefer families had in determining its layout and the design of many of its homes.

GUIDE: Martha Edmond, author of Rockcliffe Park: A History of the Village.

Village of Hintonburg
October 16, 2:00 pm – MEET: St-François d’Assise Church, Wellington at Fairmont
Named for Joseph Hinton, a shopkeeper and civic official, the village of Hintonburg was incorporated in 1893. The tour will take you through the heart of this interesting, eclectic and socially varied neighbourhood, rich in heritage.

GUIDES: Linda Hoad and Paulette Dozois, community leaders.