A Special Event in Appreciation of our Members, Donors and Sponsors!

Join us at the Orange Art Gallery for a special illustrated talk, Obscure Ottawa, with guest speaker Ray Corrin.

Refreshments and time to reconnect begin at 6:30 pm. The lecture follows at 7:00 pm. This free event is by invitation only. Space is limited so PRE-REGISTRATION is required. 

Please join us for this special event so we can properly thank you, our valued members, donors and sponsors for your support of Heritage Ottawa and the work that we do.

The event has reached capacity. Registration is now closed.

OBSCURE OTTAWA

The illustrated talk will focus on arcane aspects of Ottawa and its history that don't make the tourist brochures. Subjects touched upon will include the Daleks at the US Embassy on Sussex Drive, the Giant Staring Eyeballs at the University of Ottawa, the tombstone of nature poet Archibald Lampman in Beechwood cemetery, sixties rock band "Unit 5" at Billings Estate graveyard, the last two films shown at the Elgin Theatre in 1994, plus other oddball Ottawa sights captured to inform and delight the discerning eye.  

SPEAKER:

Ray Corrin was born in Wingham, Ontario, hometown of Alice Munro, though he never met her. He holds an MD degree from Western University in London, Ontario, and works for the World Health Organization. He has lived in Ottawa since it changed its name from Bytown, and is the author of "Obscure Ottawa" (Reprieve Press 2017).  He is currently working on a photo book "Ecclesiae Extinctae: Lost Églises of Bytown,” due in 2023.  

BOOK PURCHASE

Copies of the book Obscure Ottawa can be purchased from Ray Corrin at the event. The book cost is $30.00. Cash only.