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Bytown is the former name of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was founded on September 26, 1826, incorporated as a town on January 1, 1850, [1] and superseded by the incorporation of the City of Ottawa on January 1, 1855. The founding was marked by a sod turning, and a letter from Governor General Dalhousie which authorized Lieutenant Colonel John ...
The Ottawa Senators (French: Sénateurs d'Ottawa), officially the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club and colloquially known as the Sens, are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa. The Senators compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference and play their home games at the 18,652-seat ...
For those times when a car is needed, Ottawa has a convenient car-sharing service called VRTUCAR. Many people in Ottawa also walk or bike to work, with over 31,000 residents walking to work, and about 9,000 riding their bikes.
History - Ottawa REDBLACKS. The great great granddaddy of our franchise, Football Club, in Ottawa was founded in 1876, only nine years after confederation. Then in 1898, as a tribute to Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders unit that fought in the Spanish American War, the team name was changed to Ottawa Rough Riders, with the iconic red and black ...
Jun 7, 2013 · OTTAWA — Ottawa’s new CFL team today announced that REDBLACKS will be the team’s official nickname and the logo will be a classic R on a background that represents a saw blade. The ...
Apr 8, 2017 · Bytown became Ottawa in 1855, a name believed to come from an Algonquin-speaking First Nation, likely from the word “adawe,” meaning to trade. It’s apt because long before the Ottawa River ...
t. e. The history of Ottawa, capital of Canada, [1] was shaped by events such as the construction of the Rideau Canal, the lumber industry, the choice of Ottawa as the location of Canada's capital, as well as American and European influences and interactions. By 1914, Ottawa's population had surpassed 100,000 and today it is the capital of a G7 ...
