HERITAGE OTTAWA, By David B. Flemming

Heritage Ottawa celebrated Heritage Day at Ottawa City Hall on February 17th by supporting two projects with $1000 each from the Gordon Cullingham Research and Publication Fund, one to Stephen Jarrett and another to a group consisting of Harold Kalman, Andrew Waldron and Peter Coffman.

The funds are awarded annually in honour of the late Gordon Cullingham, journalist, broadcaster, editor and heritage activist to encourage research on Ottawa's built heritage. The winners of the two awards were selected from among six applicants for this year's grant.

Mr. Jarrett's funds will be used to undertake historical and archaeological research on the former site of the mid-late 19th century W.H.Berry Malt House and Brewery in the west end of Ottawa. The applicant hopes to display the results of the project at Pinhey's Point National Historic Site, one of Ottawa's municipal museums.

The group led by Harold Kalman will use their funding to provide additional research for an expanded edition of the 1983 book Exploring Ottawa. The new edition will contain new architectural tours to cover much of the expanded area of the City as a result of the 2001 amalgamation.

"These two projects will broaden our appreciation of Ottawa's industrial and architectural history," said Heritage Ottawa President, Leslie Maitland. "Heritage Ottawa is pleased to support projects such as these in anticipation of Canada's sesquicentennial celebrations in 2017," she added.

For more information about the Gordon Cullingham Research Grants, contact Heritage Ottawa at info@heritageottawa.org