Ottawa
Ottawa names 4 different subjects across the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. Each is set out below.
Ottawa a city of Ontario
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city of Ontario, Canada, the capital of the Dominion, and the It is on the county-seat of Carleton co. right bank of the Ottawa river at the junction of the Rideau. It is on the Canadian Pacific, the Canadian Northern, the Grand Trunk, and the Ottawa and New York railroads. There is steamship communication by the Ottawa river with Montreal and by the Rideau Canal with Lake Ontario. The Ottawa river rushes over several cataracts and falls near the city. The city has an area of 5,295 acres or approximately 8 square miles. The Ottawa river and its of tributaries furnish an abundance water power which is employed by the is estimated industries of the city. It that within 50 miles there is available 1,000,000 hydraulic horse power. The city is attractively situated in the midst of picturesque and beautiful scenery. It is essentially a city of homes. It is in the center of one of the most attractive agricultural belts in Ontario and is also the center of an extensive lumber region. The river is spanned by several large bridges and the Rideau Canal divides the city into the Upper Town or western portion and the Lower Town or eastern portion, the former being distinguished by its predominantly English and the latter by its predominantly French population. The streets are wide and attractively laid out at right angles. The most notable buildings are those of the Dominion Parliament. The Parliament buildings were burned in 1916 but their rebuilding was at once begun and in 1921 the main structure was almost completed. Other notable buildings include the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Notre Dame, Christ Church, city hall, Rideau Hall, the residence of the governor-general, several large hospitals, the Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition building, public library, and Museum. Ottawa cational center. schools. manufacturing manufactures 468. the National Victoria light plants, National banks, and several is an important edu- daily and weekly newspapers. It has There are 24 public manufactories of window glass, bottles, and lamp chimneys, drain-tile, sewerschools and over 30 separate schools, inpipe, fire-brick, organs, carriages, flour, cluding a model and normal school. It saddlery, pumps, harness, lumber, agriis the seat of Ottawa University and has cultural implements, etc. Pop. (1910) in addition many business colleges, 9,535; (1920) 10,816. women's colleges, convents, and private
Ottawa the capital of the Dominion of Canada
Aiton's Encyclopedia (1910)
the capital of the Dominion of Canada . It is situated on the Ottawa River, about-120 miles west of Montreal. The river is navigable as far as the falls. The Rideau Canal connects the city with Lake Ontario. The Canadian Pacific and other railroads pass through the city. A fine waterpower has made Ottawa a point of importance in manufacturing. The sawing of lumber is at present the leading industry. There are large flour mills and foundries, machine shops, paper mills, and car shops. Matches, carriages, and woodenware are manufactured. The Parliament buildings are among the finest specimens of public buildings on the western continent. They suggest the Houses of Parliament at London, but are not so extensive. They stand at an elevation of 125 feet above the river. They were built of sandstone at a cost of $8,000,000. The University of Ottawa is a Roman Catholic institution. A prosperous normal school is located here. The Parliament Library contains 200,000 volumes. Ottawa was selected as the capital in 1858. The population in 1901 was 59,902. It is safe to assign a population for 1910 of about 65,000. See Ontario ; Canada
Ottawa a city and county-seat of All the great Canadian banks have Franklin co.
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
a city and county-seat of All the great Canadian banks have Franklin co., Kan.; on the Marais des branches in Ottawa. The bank clear- Cygnes river, and on the Missouri Pacific, ings in 1918 amounted to $357,958,751. and the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fé There is an exceptionally attractive park railroads; 58 miles S. W. of Kansas City. system. The largest park is Rock Here are the Ottawa University (Bapt.), Cliffe, which contains 89 acres. The as- Chautauqua Assembly, high school, pubsessed valuation of property in 1919 was lic library, Sante Fé Hospital, National $158,846,717. There are nearly 200 APNA 000000000000000000 CANADIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING AT OTTAWA establishments and the and State banks, gas and electric lights, include wood products, and daily and weekly newspapers. It has manufactories of carriages, carriages, furnipaper, cement, carbide, foundry products, ture, soap, flour, gas engines gines and foundry mica and clothing. Ottawa is the seat products. Pop. (1910) 7,650; (1920) of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ottawa and of the Anglican Bishop of 9,018. Ottawa. The city was founded in 1827
Ottawa one of the largest rivers of British North America
Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
one of the largest rivers of British North America, rises nearly 300 miles due N. of Ottawa city, flows W. to Temiscamingue, some 300 miles, Lake Ten and thence 400 miles S. E., and falls into the St. Lawrence by two mouths, which form the island of Montreal. Its drainage basin has an area variously estimated at from 60,000 to 80,000 square miles. During its course it sometimes contracts to 40 or 50 yards; elsewhere it widens into numerous lakes of considerable size. It is fed by many important; tributaries, the Petewawa, Bonnechère, Madawaska, Rideau, Coulonge, Gatineau, and Rivières du Lièvre and du Nord. These, with the Ottawa itself, form the means of transit for perhaps the largest lumber trade in the world.
What Has Changed in the Last Century
Collier's 1921 note that the burned Parliament buildings were "almost completed" catches the rebuilding mid-stride: the new Centre Block was finished through the 1920s, and the Peace Tower with its carillon was dedicated in 1927. The Centre Block was closed again in 2019 for a rehabilitation expected to run into the 2030s, with the Commons and Senate sitting in temporary chambers. The city of "5,295 acres or approximately 8 square miles" swallowed its neighbours in the 2001 amalgamation with Nepean, Kanata, Gloucester and others, and now covers roughly 2,800 square kilometres with a population over a million; Hull, across the river, merged into Gatineau in 2002. The sawmills and "extensive lumber region" that made the place, and the Chaudière mills with them, are gone, replaced by federal employment and a technology sector nicknamed Silicon Valley North, while the Rideau Canal that once divided Upper from Lower Town became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007 and a winter skateway.
Written for this edition, 2026.