A SPECIAL EVENT FOR OUR MEMBERS, DONORS AND SPONSORS!
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. An illustrated talk, Spanning Time: The Bridges of Ottawa-Carleton, with guest speakers Adriana David and Nicholas Pederson, will be followed by refreshments.
WHERE: Mill Street Brewery, 555 Wellington Street, Ottawa, K1R 1C5
WHEN: June 18, 2025 | 6:30 pm | Lecture at 7:00 pm followed by refreshments
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Spanning Time: The Bridges of Ottawa-Gatineau
Ottawa is a place where three rivers meet: the Ottawa, Gatineau and Rideau. Starting in 2021, and motivated by the possible dismantling of the Alexandra Bridge that opened in 1901, Adriana David and her son, photographer Nicholas Pedersen, spent months researching and recording 44 bridges for an illustrated book that honours the architecture of these spans and stories behind their erection.
Join Adriana and Nicholas who will share what they uncovered about early settlers and the growing communities along the riverbanks, capturing the stories of entrepreneurs, politicians, immigrants, and monarchs, and the First Nations who came before them all, travelling along trade routes that led to the first bridges. Discover how each bridge connects neighbourhoods and the people of Ottawa and Gatineau, and learn about the triumphs and tragedies that lay embedded in the bridges’ stones and steel and how their quiet, constant beauty forms the backdrop to Canada’s Capital.
Speakers:
Adriana David moved to Ottawa in the early 1990s and has spent decades paddling down, running aside, and being amazed by Ottawa’s three great rivers – the Ottawa, Rideau, and Gatineau. In time, she became just as enthralled with the city’s bridges.
Nicholas Pedersen began his journey with photography in high school and was soon hooked by the opportunity it gave him to capture and immortalize the feelings that environments create, which he hopes others can relate to as well.
BOOK PURCHASE
Copies of the book Spanning Time: The Bridges of Ottawa will be available for purchase at the event at a price of $30 (cash only).