All of the land and trees that are north of the William Saunders Building are expendable. The National Archives photo is from 1940. |
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The Main Lawn on the Experimental Farm.
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
The Ottawa Greenbelt will be marketed for housing.
Despite the fact that the 50,000 acres are a living memorial to Canadian soldiers who never returned after fighting in foreign wars. "Federal, scenic highways and parks in the National Capital Region are dedicated to the memory of Canadian soldiers who died fighting in foreign wars. They will be owned by the citizens of Canada in perpetuity.(Greber Report of 1950, page 228/395.)
Despite the fact that the Greenbelt is part of the National Interest Land Mass and cannot be sold or subdivided.
Despite the fact that Leader of the Opposition Pierre Poilievre said the Ottawa Greenbelt is not needed for housing. "Canada can build more homes 'without getting rid of Greenbelts'" Poilievre says. August 23, 2023, Josh Pringle and Bill Carroll, CFRA The Morning Rush.
House of Commons May 25, 2010: MP Marcel Proulx (Hull-Aylmer) Liberal: "...The Liberal members from the National Capital Region, the member for Ottawa-Vanier, the member for Ottawa South and I as Liberal Members of Parliament, have good reason to call for enhanced protection of the Ottawa Greenbelt. There are, as a matter of fact, no major regulations protecting this area. Together the City of Ottawa and the NCC could do whatever they like with it. We believe this greenspace must be protected from developers."
The City of Ottawa wants 13, 700 acres of the Greenbelt "for development". Environment Minister Jim Prentice refused to hand over the land to the Queen and the National Capital Commission.
HAVE YOUR SAY ABOUT THE GREENBELT'S FUTURE! Public Consultation. "The Greenbelt consists of over 20,000 hectares of green space, forming a crescent-shape band that surrounds the nation's capital. It is a living symbol of Canada's rural landscape and ecologically sensitive areas---with a mix of farm, forests and wetlands which also provides important space for recreational usages, federal institutions and research facilities."
"The Greenbelt is like an "Emerald Necklace" and exists as a memorial to the Canadians who gave their lives in the Second World War. Starting at Shirley's Bay just north of Kanata, it circles down through Stony Swamp and Pinhey Forest and then continues east through the experimental farm, where it arcs back northward through Mer Bleue and then follows Green's Creek to the Ottawa River. The Greenbelt reaches a distance of 45 kilometers and ranges over a distance from two to 10 kilometers." (Google: skyscraperpage forum, waterloo warrior, May 29, 2009.)
A front-page article in the Ottawa Citizen, October 8, 1974. The Hon. Barnett Danson was a Minister of National Defence and a Minister of State for Urban Affairs. |
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Protected land and waterways in the NCR.
- Airbase lands - Federal, Private
- Arboretum Woods - Federal
- Aviation Parkway North - Federal, City
- Brittania Bay - Federal, City
- Brittania Bay Conservation Area - Federal, City
- By-Pass Woods - Federal
- Carlington Woods - Federal, City, Private
- Central Experimental Farm Woods - Federal
- Champlain Bridge Woods - Federal
- Champlain Bridge Islands - Federal
- Chaudiere Rapids - Federal
- Del Zotto Woods - Federal
- Deschenes Lookout - Federal
- Hampton Park Woods - Federal, City
- Hog's Back Woods - Federal, Private
- Lemieux Island - Federal, Private
- Leopold Woodlot - Federal, Private
- McCarthy Woods and Southern Corridor - Federal
- Montfort Woods - Federal, Private
- Nepean Creek Corridor - Federal, Private
- NRC Woods North - Federal
- Parliament Hill - Federal
- Pinecrest Woods - Federal
- Prince of Wales Woods - Federal, City
- RA Centre Woods - Federal
- Rideau River Islands - Federal
- Rideau River Park Woods - Federal
- Riverside Park - Federal
- Rockcliffe Park East - Federal
- Rockcliffe Park - Federal
- Rockcliffe Shores - Federal
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Government buildings in the NCR that are being disposed of.
At least Agriculture Canada never gave Queen Elizabeth and the National Capital Commission 700 acres of the Experimental Farm for a "housing crisis."
The List L'Esplanade Laurier - East Tower, 140 O'Connor.
L'Esplanade Laurier - West Tower, 300 Laurier.
L'Esplanade Laurier - Commercial, 171-181 Bank Street.
Brooke Claxton Building and Annex - 70 Columbine - Health Canada Headquarters.
Asticou Centre - 241 Cite-des JeunesCanadian Broadcasting Centre National Headquarters, Edward Drake Building - 1500 Bronson and Annex. The Edward Drake Building is a Classified Federal Heritage Building.
CBC Building - Graham Spry Building, 250 Lanark.
Sir Charles Tupper Building - 2720 Riverside Drive.
Rideau Falls Lab - 1 John Street.
Jackson Building - 122 Bank Street.
National Capital Region real estate in 1984 and 1985. Reposting.
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The National Capital Commission paid $1 dollar for the Greenbelt Research Farm. |
The Greenbelt Research Farm is bounded by Woodroffe, Hunt Club, Fallowfield and Greenbank Roads. |
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1995 - "The government of Canada is getting out of the business of running Experimental Farms."
Monday, March 4, 2024
The loss of Crown property.
House of Commons Ottawa July 15, 1963 Mr. Gauthier, Social Credit: "How many experimental farms does the Department of Agriculture operate in Canada and, of those, how many in the province of Quebec."
Mr. Bruce Silas Beer (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture) Liberal: "Apart from the research branch headquarters establishment in Ottawa, and two national research institutes located elsewhere in Ontario, the Department of Agriculture operates 39 research stations and experimental farms, six of which are located in the province of Quebec."
Agriculture Canada owned more than two million acres of land in 1985. |
This document is from 1998. |
- Biosystematics Research Institute
- Chemistry and Biology Research Institute
- Engineering and Statistical Research Institute
- Food Research Institute
- Land Resource Research Institute
- Nappan Nova Scotia
- Buctouche New Brunswick
- La Pocatiere Quebec
- Normandin Quebec
- L'Assomption Quebec
- Ottawa Ontario
- Kapuskasing Ontario
- Thunder Bay Ontario
- Smithfield Ontario
- Fort Vermilion Alberta
- Indian Head Saskatchewan
- Prince George British Columbia
- St. John's Newfoundland
- Kentville Nova Scotia
- Charlottetown Prince Edward Island
- Fredericton New Brunswick
- St-Foy Quebec
- St. Jean Quebec
- Lennoxville Quebec
- Vineland Ontario
- Delhi Ontario
- Harrow Ontario
- Ottawa Ontario
- London Ontario
- Lethbridge Alberta
- Lacombe Alberta
- Beaverlodge Alberta
- Swift Current Saskatchewan
- Saskatoon Saskatchewan
- Melfort Saskatchewan
- Regina Saskatchewan
- Winnipeg Manitoba
- Brandon Manitoba
- Morden Manitoba
- Summerland British Columbia
- Kamloops British Columbia
- Vancouver British Columbia
- Agassiz British Columba
- Saanichton (Sidney) British Columbia
The Experimental Farm in the future. The drawing is from Reimagine Ottawa. |
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Federal properties during the year 1985
Parks in Ontario
- Rideau River Park
- Victoria Island
- Vincent Massey and Hogs Back Parks
- Parliament Hill Promenade
- Patterson Creek
- Garden of the Provinces
- Rockcliffe Park
- Rideau Falls Park
- Commissioners Park
- Other Parks
- Gatineau Park
- Place du Portage Park
- Brewery Creek Shoreline
- Tache Park
- E.B. Eddy Park
- Fontaine Park
- Leamy Lake Park
- Moussette Park
- Linear Park
- Experimental Park-Hull
- Other Parks
- Sound and Light
- Bicycle Paths
- Skating Rinks
- Dows Lake Marina
- Boat Tour Marina
- Champlain Golf Course
- Nature Trails
- La Baie Area
- Allotment Gardens
- Rideau Canoe Club
- Corkstown Road/Shirley's Bay
- Canoe Festival
- Festival Equipment
- Steam Train Facilities
- Stoney Swamp
- Mer Bleue
- LeBreton Flats Campsite
- Capital Golf Course
- Toboggan Slides
- Trail Exhibits
- Nepean Amphitheatre
- Bruce Pit
- Art Bank
- Equestrian Trails
- Other Recreation Projects
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Public Consultation on the Ottawa Hospital Site Review-Final Report November 4, 2016
If a medical centre relocates to the Farm there will be irreversible damage to landscapes, views protection, agricultural research...
Cultural heritage - Impact on NCC parks or parkways; known or potential archaeological sites and federal, provincial or municipally recognized heritage properties.
Views protection - Presence of identified government views that are not formally protected and rated "medium" "medium to high" or "high". High rise condos will obscure the Rideau Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site and the hospital wants to expand vertically and horizontally.
In my opinion the Civic and developers will take over Commissioners Park, the Arboretum and the site where the Royal Canadian Navy Curling Club is located. The Curling Club may have to vacate because their rent increased 1,000 percent.
savecfbrockcliffe - Views of the Rideau Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site cannot be hidden. The United Nations will remove the UNESCO designation if a hospital is built on the Farm, Google "May 2018, State of Conservation Report, Rideau Canal" and go to "November 14, 2019". Parks Canada told the UN that the Canadian government cannot protect the waterway.
Possible displacement of existing or planned public science facilities, for example agricultural research that is difficult or impossible to relocate to another site. (Page 11/79.)The South Azimuth on Maple Drive. |
The Dominion Observatory. Wikipedia photo. |
Saturday, February 24, 2024
"The Central Experimental Farm should remain an open area in perpetuity." Reposting.
Thursday, February 22, 2024
The parkways.
House of Commons Ottawa June 1, 1970 Mr. Skoberg (Moose Jaw) New Democratic Party: "Is the National Capital Commission giving favourable consideration to the development of a plan which would eliminate automobiles from the downtown area of Ottawa?"
Mr. Martin P. O'Connell (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion) "...At present, no plans exist for the elimination of automobiles from downtown Ottawa."
House of Commons Ottawa May 15, 1970 Mr. Duncan Gordon Blair (Grenville-Carleton) Liberal: "...Is the government aware of a statement or statements to the press by the Chairman of the National Capital Commission to the effect that he might close the national capital parkways in this region for a week, for the strange inquiries of "Proving their importance in carrying traffic". The second part of my question is whether the Acting Prime Minister can assure the House that the government will not permit the people of this area this inconvenience (caused) by the disruption that this extraordinary and senseless experiment will cause."
Hon. George J. McIlraith (Acting Prime Minister and Solicitor-General of Canada): "This statement has caused concern and I am very doubtful that the Chairman has any such authority under the National Capital Act passed by this Parliament."
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The scenic highways in the National Capital Region are part of the National Interest Land Mass and they cannot be de-paved, sold or given away. "Land forming part of the NILM will be retained by the National Capital Commission on behalf of the government in perpetuity."
"Federal, scenic highways and parks in the National Capital Region are dedicated to the memory of Canadian soldiers who died fighting in foreign wars. They will be owned by the citizens of Canada in perpetuity." (1950 Greber Report, page 228/395.)
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Scenic driveways in the National Capital Region in 1984 and 1985, the NCC Annual Report:
- Ottawa River Parkway
- Airport Parkway
- Eastern Driveway
- Queen Elizabeth Drive
- Hog's Back Road
- Rockcliffe Park Driveway
- Queensway
- Island Park Driveway
- Station Boulevard
- Experimental Farm Drive
- Other Parkways
- Gatineau Parkway
- Voyageur Parkway
- Philemon Wright
- Northern Entrance
- Hull South
- Secteur Fournier
- Lac des Fees Parkway
The following parkways and corridors were part of Canada's landscape in 1988:
- Ottawa River Parkway-Wellington Street to Carling Avenue - 254 ha.
- Champlain Bridge, Island Park Drive -15 ha.
- Airport - 120 ha.
- Eastern Parkway Hemlock Road to Highway 417 - 72 ha.
- Eastern Driveway and Rockcliffe Parkway from Sussex Drive to Greenbelt - 255 ha.
- Ottawa River Shoreline - proposed Voyageur Parkway - 84 ha.
- Leamy Lake Park and part of Philemon Wright Corridor - 285 ha.
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The parkways are "relics of the 20th century" and de-paving them would create billions of dollars of surplus Crown real estate. (Ottawa Citizen interview, February 25, 2014.)
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Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre discovered that the Dow's Lake parking lot is worth $4,021,000. The land has been rezoned as mixed-use and not institutional. The Dow's Lake parking lot was donated to a hospital.
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"Why is the NCC letting these parkways go dark?" CBC News October 23, 2023 by Alistair Steele. Only 83 of the 229 street lights on the Queen Elizabeth Driveway are working, every single streetlight on Colonel By Drive is out, and the scenic driveway through the Experimental Farm is completely dark.
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Petition for the NCC to restore access to the Gatineau Park Parkways. "This is a petition for the NCC to restore access to the Champlain Parkway, Gatineau Parkway and Fortune Parkway in Gatineau Park. Parkways are closed to motor vehicles except for a few hours on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
When the federal highways are closed, 13 parking lots with 377 free spaces are inaccessible;
1.) Pink Lake Lookout - 9 spaces
2.) Pink Lake Trail - 40 spaces
3.) Waterfall Trail - 18 spaces
4.) Lauriault Trail and Picnic Area - 30 spaces
5.) Mulvihill Lake and Picnic Area - 42 spaces
6.) King Mountain Trail and Picnic Area - 42 spaces
7.) Bourgeois Lake - 15 spaces
8.) Huron Lookout - 32 spaces
9.) Etienne Brule Lookout and Picnic Area - 35 spaces
10.) Keogan Shelter - 34 spaces
11.) Fortune Lake Lookout - 9 spaces
12.) Penguin Picnic Area - 12 spaces
13.) Champlain Lookout - 64 spaces.
Sunday, February 18, 2024
National Historic Sites in Ottawa.
Aberdeen Pavilion
My Dad is walking past the Aberdeen Pavilion during the 1940's. |
Billings House
Central Chambers
Central Experimental Farm
Chateau Laurier
Confederation Square
Connaught Square
Diefenbunker
Earnscliffe
Former Archives Building
Former Geological Survey of Canada
Hart Massey House
J.R. Booth Residence
Langevin Block
A photo that I took of Princess Diana on June 21, 1983 with the Langevin Building in the background. |
Laurier House
Maplelawn Gardens and House
National Arts Centre
Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Basilica
Parliament Buildings
Public Grounds of Parliament Buildings
Rideau Canal
Rideau Hall and Landscaped Grounds
Royal Canadian Mint
Victoria Memorial Museum
Friday, February 16, 2024
Zoning and legal protection of government land.
Gatineau Park - "The NCC has prepared a new zoning plan for Gatineau Park which, among other things, will preserve strictly the park's wilderness area." (1975-1976 Annual Report of the National Capital Commission, page 21/52.)
The NCC's Plan for Canada's Capital "For jurisdictional reasons, the lead planning document for land use decisions affecting CEF lands is the NCC's Plan for Canada's Capital. It sets out the federal government's goal for use of federal lands in conformity with with this Plan through the Federal Land Use & design Approval and Land transaction processes."
"The PFCC contains broad, high-level policies that place the CEF within the context of other federal lands in the National Capital Region, identifying the lands
- east of Prince of Wales as Capital Urban Greenspace
- the Rideau Canal and nearby CEF shore lands as Waterway and Shore Lands
- the Canada Agriculture Museum as National Cultural Institution
- the research fields as Rural Lands
- and the lands near Carling as Federal Node
- a new National Gallery
- a new Public Archives
- a new building for the Federal Court
- a plaza in front of the Supreme Court
- a mall and a municipal arts centre.
Sunday, February 11, 2024
Building provincial and municipal projects on federal NCR land is unconstitutional.
From the 1975-1976 National Capital Commission Annual Report, page 9/52. Reposting.
The National Interest Up until recent years, the NCC and its predecessors were in effect the only long-range planners for the National Capital Region. But as Ottawa, Hull and their surrounding communities grew, other jurisdictions began to assume their own and proper responsibilities for planning. Naturally, administrative conflicts have resulted.
Under the National Capital Act the Commission is responsible for protecting and promoting the national interest in the Capital. The objectives and purposes of the Commission are set out in the Act: "To prepare for and assist in the development, conservation and improvement of the National Capital Region in order that the nature and character of the seat of the government of Canada may be in accordance with its national significance."
It has been argued that only municipal authorities have the responsibility for promulgating and implementing region-wide plans in the National Capital Region. The Commission holds that this view is unconstitutional.
Provincial and municipal authorities have responsibility for local concerns in their respective jurisdictions in the Region. But their responsibilities cannot be construed as representing the national interest. Neither can they be substituted for national concerns and interests. If Parliament had not wanted to see a national character for the Capital, it would not have created a national agency for that purpose, and there has been such a national agency since 1899.
An important aspect of this agency-now the NCC-has always been its non-partisan character. The agency has always enjoyed the confidence of successive Parliaments and governments since Laurier's day and progress in the National Capital has never been identified with the policies of a particular government. The resultant continuity and stability are at least partly responsible for the quality of development so far.
The Commission has functions different from those of a government department. Its special advisory committees-on planning, on design and on property transactions-are able to assess federal projects in the Region from a national viewpoint. The committees, like the 20 commissioners themselves, are drawn from all regions and provinces in Canada and they give Parliament and the government independent professional advice in the fields of architecture, urban planning, environment, transportation and land use and development.
In short, the emphasis in the Commissions policies and operations is on the national view in the planning and development of the Capital.
The Ottawa Hospital's Tower A cannot be built because it will create an "irreversible and permanent loss of views from the Observatory to the sky."
- Tower A will create construction impacts.
- Isolation of the complex from its surroundings.
- Obstruction or diminishment of significant views of the Dominion Observatory.
- Obstruction or impact to views of the night sky from the dome.
- Impact of the lighting plan; City of Ottawa Application #D07-12-22-0168.
- Impacts to views from the Observatory dome to the sky should a telescope ever be reinstated-will be irreversible and permanent once Tower A of the hospital building is realized. Also, light spillage and pollution can reduce the amount of stars and astrological features visible. (Page 8/87, City of Ottawa Application #Do7-12-22-01-68.)
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Public Consultation on the Ottawa Hospital Site Review - Final Report. November 4, 2016.
Comments
- Please do not break up the Central Experimental Farm. As the Nation's Capital we should have a "Central Park" and the Farm is the only land that is not yet developed.
- Don't touch the farm. Ottawa has the Central Experimental Farm, which is an invaluable green and agricultural space located inside the urban core. It is unique. What other urban centre wouldn't wish to have such a treasure?
- The Experimental Farm research benefits all Canadians, both farmers and consumers. The hospital should not be built on the Farm.
- The hospital should not be built on the land of the Central Experimental Farm. It is very valuable land used for research that has served the local and distant farming communities for over 150 years and developed some of the most important crops for Canada.
- Placing the new facility on the Central Experimental Farm site is not acceptable. It will destroy important research facilities and greenspace. (From: page 31/53).
- Irreversible impact on the experimental fields and shelterbelts, views and cultural landscape elements identified as having national significance as part of the Central Experimental Farm National Historic Site.
- Impact on cultural heritage due to intrusion into boundary of CEFNHS, proximity to Rideau Canal UNESCO World Heritage Site, and presence of heritage buildings. (The buildings that are slated for demolition are the Dominion Observatory, South Azimuth and surrounding astrophysical landmarks, the vacant William Saunders building and the K.W. Neatby and Oilseed Research Buildings.) The Ontario government saved the Booth Barn during the 1990's.
- Site topography and configuration could create design challenges. (From: NCC Federal Site Review for the New Civic Campus of the Ottawa Hospital, November 2016, pages 30 and 31/256.)
- Land Area: 20 hectares/50 acres
- Owner: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada, National Capital Commission
- National Interest Land Mass Status: Yes
- Existing Land Use: Federal Facilities/Employment, Informal Greenspace, Parking
- Long term planned use: Federal Facilities/Employment, Greenspace. (From: NCC Federal Site Review for the New Civic Campus of the Ottawa Hospital, November 2016, page 27/256.)
Sunday, February 4, 2024
Heritage Conservation Districts in the city of Ottawa.
Overview - "Part V of the Ontario Heritage Act allows municipalities to recognize and protect neighbourhoods, rural landscapes, main streets, or other areas of special cultural heritage value that have a cohesive sense of time and place. Designated heritage districts often enjoy a renewed cultural and economic vitality not only because district designation highlights their special values but also because they are protected from decay and the intrusion of incompatible structures."
Bank Street (By-law 175-2000)
Besserer-Wurtemburg (By-law 2018-339)
Briarcliffe (By-law 2013-65)
ByWard Market (By-law 60-91)
(Carlington North Veterans' Housing - Veterans' Housing Heritage Character Area. Bounded by Carling Avenue to the north, Fisher Avenue to the east, General and Marshall Avenues to the south and Merivale Road to the west. September 10, 2021 - "The City of Ottawa has directed heritage planning staff to conduct a heritage analysis of the veterans housing subdivisions on Carlington North to determine cultural heritage value and consider strategies for conservation and commemoration"
"Proposed changes to a Heritage Character Area do not require the approval of Council, unlike a designated Heritage Conservation District which is protected by the Ontario Heritage Act." (Heritage Ottawa, May 12, 2022.)
savecfbrockcliffe-I believe that powerful entities have their eye on the Veterans Housing units, which are located on valuable land. Deals have probably already been made regarding demolition, rezoning, intensification and air rights. "The housing crisis" will be used as an excuse to validate the destruction of this area. There is a reason why this property is a Heritage Character Area and not a Heritage Conservation District. The Wartime Housing should be the legally protected by the designation "Heritage Conservation District". 20 years ago an Ottawa City Councillor said that "Carling Avenue will be a wall of condos."
Veterans properties that were privatized or sold to a province:
Rideau Veterans Lodge on 363 Smyth Road.
Wallis House on 589 Rideau Street.
Benny Farm in Montreal.
Moffat Farm near Mooney's Bay
Sunnybrook Veterans Hospital in Toronto.
Shaughnessy Military Hospital was sold to the province of BC and it will be demolished.
Royal Roads Military College in Victoria, BC.
Cathedral Hill (By-law 286-89)
Centretown (By-law 269-97)
Clemow Estate East (By-law 2011-346)
Clemow - Monkland Driveway and Linden Terrace (By-law 2020-287)
Daly Avenue (By-law 308-82)
King Edward Avenue (By-law 310-82)
Lorne Avenue (By-law 2005-13)
Lowertown West (By-law 192-94)
Minto Park (By-law 142-88)
New Edinburgh (By-law 2001-44)
Rockcliffe Park (By-law 97-10)
Russell - Range (By-law 2018-338)
Sandy Hill West (By-law 255-94)
Sparks Street (By-law 174-2000)
Stewart-Wilbrod (By-law 311-82)
Sweetland Avenue (By-law 309-82)
Wilbrod-Laurier (By-law 307-82)
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau tried to protect the Parliamentary Precinct from demolition and inappropriate development. The Precinct includes the Parliament Buildings, Lebreton Flats, the Sparks Street Mall and the Dominion Observatory.
House of Commons Ottawa July 20, 1973 The Hon. Jean-Eudes Dube (Minister of Public Works) "...I have today, on behalf of the government, filed a notice of intent to expropriate all the land and buildings in the area bounded by Wellington Street, Elgin Street, Sparks Street and Bank Street. The purpose of this expropriation is to protect the environment of Parliament from any development which could adversely affect it, and simultaneously provide the land for an appropriate expansion of Parliamentary facilities and other governmental requirements..."
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Protected land and waterways in the National Capital Region.
The following properties were part of the National Interest Land Mass, or National Historic Sites of Canada, Province of Ontario Cultural Heritage Districts Ordnance and Admiralty land, etc,
Table 1, Category 1-Google: "urban natural features strategy, City of Ottawa, April 11, 2006".
- Airbase lands-Federal, Private
- Arboretum Woods-Federal
- Aviation Parkway North-Federal, City
- Brittania Bay-Federal, City
- Brittania Conservation Area-Federal, City
- By-Pass Woods-Federal
- Carlington Woods-Federal, City, Private
- Central Experimental Farm Woods-Federal
- Champlain Bridge Woods-Federal
- Champlain Bridge Islands-Federal
- Chaudiere Rapids-Federal
- Del Zotto Woods-Federal
- Deschenes Lookout-Federal
- Hampton Park Woods-Federal, City
- Hog's Back Woods-Federal, Private
- Lemieux Island-Federal, Private
- Leopold Woodlot-Federal, Private
- McCarthy Woods and Southern Corridor-Federal
- Montfort Woods-Federal, Private
- NRC Woods North-Federal
- Parliament Hill-Federal
- Pinecrest Woods-Federal
- Prince of Wales Woods-Federal, City
- RA Centre Woods-Federal
- Rideau River Islands-Federal
- Rideau River Park Woods-Federal
- Riverside Park-Federal
- Rockcliffe Park East-Federal
- Rockcliffe Park West-Federal
- Rockcliffe Shores-Federal
An August 3, 1998 front page article in the Ottawa Citizen. |
Thursday, January 25, 2024
The devolution of federal property in Ottawa.
Environment Minister Jim Prentice refused to give the City of Ottawa 13,700 acres of the Greenbelt "for housing". ("Ottawa Greenbelt Development Under Review" June 17, 2008--"The City of Ottawa has identified more than 13,700 acres of the Greenbelt that could be developed.")
"Canada can build more homes 'without getting rid of Greenbelts' Poilievre says." August 23, 2023. Josh Pringle and Bill Carroll, CFRA, The Morning Rush.
The former Agriculture Canada Research Farm bordered by Hunt Club Road, Woodroffe Avenue, Fallowfield Road and Greenbank Road. |
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Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan refused to give the National Capital Commission 700 acres of the Farm on Carling Avenue "for housing".
The Moffat Farm near Mooney's Bay. Senator Noel Kinsella and Senator Anne Cools were opposed to the sale of Moffat Farm.
Rideau Canal bridges, dams and corridors.
Lazy Bay Commons in Mechanicsville.
Earnscliffe
Chateau Laurier
Major's Hill Park was part of Parliament Hill. Prime Minister Trudeau wanted to return the land pictured below to Canadians.
Photo is from "Dreams of Major's Hill Park, 1969-1970." |
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
"Extensive demolition or relocation of buildings is required for the new build to proceed."
Sir John Carling Location On this site we have at least 24 buildings including Buildings 1 to 9, the Natural Resources Campus including the Dominion Observatory.
Building 49, William Saunders. Vacant.
Building 20, K.W. Neatby and Oilseed Research Centre.
Google: "New Civic Campus. A 21st century hospital in the heart of Canada's Capital" April of 2016, page 10/76.HEADS UP! ROAD CLOSURE ON BIRCH DRIVE.- Section of Birch Drive closed on July 11, 2022 at the new hospital site.
- Birch Drive closure at Maple Drive and bulldozer, August 16, 2022.
- "Construction Site". Birch Drive closure near the William Saunders building, August 16, 2022. (friendsofthefarm newsletter, Fall of 2022, Volume 34, page 3/12. Photos are included in the article.)
Monday, January 22, 2024
24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa is a National Interest Land Mass.
24 Sussex Drive cannot be flattened and the land cannot be sold. The citizens of Canada will own the National Interest Land Mass properties forever.
NILM holdings in Canada's Capital Region.. Reposting. Gatineau Park and the Greenbelt are dedicated to the memory of Canadian soldiers who never returned after World War 11. The Greber Report of 1950.
Gatineau Park - 79,073.722 acres in 1988. Google: 1988-09-15-TB-re-NCC
The 50,000 acre Greenbelt. House of Commons Ottawa August 11, 1987 MP Don Boudria (Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, Liberal) "...It is the responsibility of the NCC to protect and maintain the Greenbelt."
Victoria Island
Shoreline behind Parliament Hill
Chambers Building, Elgin and Queen
Confederation Square
Daly Building, corner of Rideau and Sussex
PM's residence
7 Rideau Gate (Guest House)
G.G.'s residence, Rideau Hall
Lebreton Flats House of Commons Ottawa November 23, 1967 The Hon. George McIlraith (Minister of Public Works) "...The Lebreton Flats were envisioned as a western extension of the Parliamentary Precinct. Buildings on or near the Parliamentary Precinct cannot be any taller than the Peace Tower...The particular building under discussion will be some 4,450 feet from the Peace Tower, which is close to a mile."
The Experimental Farm on Carling Avenue in Ottawa: "The Central Experimental Farm National Historic Site is designated in its entirety as part of the National Interest Land Mass..." (From: "CEF National Historic Site Management Plan" Part 7/20.)
Champlain Bridge, Island Park Drive
Eastern Driveway and Rockcliffe Park from Sussex Drive to Greenbelt
Lower Duck Island Ottawa River
Rideau Canal lands from downtown to Hogs Back Rd. more
The federal government wanted to designate the following land as part of the NILM:
- Experimental Farm Dr. Corridor, Queensway to Experimental Farm - 76.0 ha.
- Western Parkway Corridor, Carling Avenue to Queensway - 40 ha.
- Alta Vista Corridor, Kitchener Avenue to Smyth Road - 69.0 ha.
- Hull South Parkway, Lucerne Blvd. to Gatineau Park - 275 ha.
- Part of Philemon Wright Corridor - 103 ha. (Google: 1988-09-15-TB-re-NCC)
Monday, January 15, 2024
Catalogue of trees and shrubs at the Farm in Ottawa.
The beautiful Prince of Wales Drive that runs through the Farm is slated to be widened from 2 lanes to 4. I have no idea what the future holds for the cherry blossom trees.
Maple Drive is being restricted to emergency vehicles, so how will people access the Dominion Observatory and all the other Natural Resources Canada buildings. As I mentioned before, the Dominion Observatory is part of the Parliamentary Precinct and is partly made of Nepean sandstone---the same material that the Parliament Buildings and many other landmarks in Ottawa are constructed with.
The Main Lawn on the Experimental Farm extends from the William Saunders Building to the Driveway. The Main Lawn is being taken over by the Civic Hospital. The now- vacant William Saunders Building is visible behind Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan.
Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan visit the Ottawa Experimental Farm. |