Why the Dominion Observatory in Ottawa should be protected by the United Nations.

   The campus is endangered because of encroaching development.

The Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England and the Jodrell Bank Observatory in northern England are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Ottawa's Observatory was modeled after the Greenwich, England monument designed by Sir Christopher Wren.

One day the Dominion Observatory will be reopened. 

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They are classified as federal, provincial or municipal heritage buildings, in some cases all three:

Federal Heritage Designation.

The Dominion Observatory is bounded by buffer zones including Queen Juliana Park.UNESCO designated properties have buffer zones.

Senate Bill S-203, introduced in November of 2019 by Senator Serge Joyal, will stop any demolition, alteration, etc. of National Historic Sites. But the National Capital Commission has the power to remove the designations National Historic Site of Canada; National Interest Land Mass; Classified Federal Heritage Building and Recognized Federal Heritage Building.

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                                                                   A 1966 photo.

 

The 33-acre Queen Juliana Park is outlined in blue while the Sir John Carling site is outlined in red.

The Dominion Observatory campus was part of the Experimental Farm long before March 19, 1954. On that date Prime Minister of Canada Louis St-Laurent declared that the Farm should remain an open area in perpetuity. A Cabinet document.