"A Capital City belongs to a certain extent to the whole country, and should not be placed in such a position that any one man, or company of men, can have it in their power to seriously mar its beauty, and thus throw discredit on the nation. As a Capital City, the park and open spaces should be numerous, and ample boulevards and parkways should skirt the different waterways as well as connect the principal parks and the different public bridges."(The Todd Report, 1903.) Frederick Todd was designated a National Historic Person on October 21, 2020 by the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Federally owned public gardens in 1950. Rockcliffe Park, 70 acres. Central Park (Clemow Avenue), 16 acres. Brewer Park (End of Bronson Ave.) 39 acres. Commissioner Park (Dow's Lake), 4 acres. (Commissioners Park now encompasses 22 acres and is part of the Greenbelt. savecfbrockcliffe.) Green Island Park (Mouth of Rideau River) 6 acres. Nepean Point and Major's Hill Park, 21 acres. McDonald Park (Charlotte Street) 21 acres. Anglesea Square (York Street) 3 acres. Strathcona Park (Range Road) 8 acres. St. Luke's Park (Frank Street) 1-5 acres. Minto Park (Elgin Street) 1-5. Dundonald Park (Somerset Street) 2 acres. Plouffe Park (Preston Street) 4 acres. McNab Park (Gladstone Avenue) Reid Park (Sherwood Drive) 6 acres. Ballantyne Park (Main Street Ottawa East) 1 acre. (From: The Greber Report, page 160/396.)
House of Commons Ottawa September 16, 2009. Member of Parliament Steven Blaney (Bellechase-Les Etchemins-Levis, Quebec) Conservative. "...Other properties found in the Greenbelt are Commissioners Park, where there is a display of of over 100,000 tulips."
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