Views of Dows Lake/the Rideau Canal cannot be negatively affected.

 The city of Kingston rejected development proposals because they would compromise views of the Rideau Canal. "UNESCO expresses concern about Rideau Marina project". Kingston Whig Standard, February 11, 2020:

"UNESCO has concerns about the impact of a seven-storey apartment building proposed for the former Rideau Marina site along the Cataraqui River."..."ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) considers that the construction of a 26-metre high building adjacent to the boundary and buffer zone of the World Heritage property holds the potential to negatively affect the OUV (Outstanding Universal Value) of the property..."

In the year 2022 the city of Kingston rejected the Davis Tannery project. 

City of Ottawa Development Application Search - Cultural Impact Statement-Addendum 2-D07-12-22-0168:

• Application Status: Active
• Date Received: 2022-12-07
• Addresses: 930 Carling, 520 Preston
• Ward: Ward 16-Riley Brockington
• Application: Site Plan Control
• Description: The developments proposed are Phase 3 and Phase 4 of the Ottawa Hospital Master Site Plan. Phase 3 is the CUP (Central Utility Plant) containing electrical, heating and cooling equipment located at the rear of the hospital. Phase 4 is the hospital main building consisting of a 2-storey podium, two towers (8 and 12 storey) and pavilion flanking main entrance.

"This phase of the development of the new hospital has the greatest potential to impact the cultural heritage landscape of the Central Experimental Farm National Historic Site of Canada and the adjacent heritage resources including the Rideau Canal National Historic Site of Canada and UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Federal Heritage Buildings of the Dominion Observatory and other adjacent Federal Heritage Buildings." (Page 17/87)

Affected Visual Presentations

• views from Prince of Wales Scenic Entry---include views toward proposed loading docks.
• view from entrance to Queen Elizabeth Drive/Dows Lake (at Preston/Prince of Wales).
• views from Dows Lake to main hospital buildings.
• views from Carling Avenue both east and west of the main hospital building.
• views identified in the Commemorative Integrity Statement for the Central Experimental Farm.
• views from adjacent CEF heritage buildings (e.g. Dominion Observatory Complex, Saunders Building, along Commissioners Drive and/or Maple Drive).
• views identified in the NCC Visual Assessment Views Analysis (2009 and 2013.)
• view from/along the Rideau Canal including from Commissioners Park, Hartwells Lockstation and Colonel By Drive (that were assessed for the Campus Master Plan and parking garage applications.) Page 18/87.

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Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau refused to give the National Capital Commission 700 acres of the Experimental Farm. An Ottawa Citizen headline from 1974:

 Her Majesty Queen Juliana and HRH Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands at the Tulip Festival, Dows Lake Ottawa, 1968. My Dad gave me this photo.