More personal photos.

Me in 1972.

 

Fort Macleod Alberta.

I drove by the Farm yesterday,

 The parking garages are blocking views of the Rideau Canal.

The Main Lawn on the Experimental Farm.

All of the land and trees that are north of the William Saunders Building are expendable. The National Archives photo is from 1940.

 

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.

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

(The information is from "urban natural features strategy, City of Ottawa April 11, 2006".)

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 Jeunes

Canadian 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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1958 Annual Report of the Federal District Commission, the National Capital Commission.

National Capital Act, page 79 0f 96. Part 1 - The Commission is, for all purposes of this Act, an agent of Her Majesty, and its powers under this Act may be exercised only as an agent of Her Majesty.

2. The Commission may, on behalf of Her Majesty, enter into contracts in the name of Her Majesty or in the name of the Commission.

3. Property acquired by the Commission is the property of Her Majesty and title therefore may be vested in the name of Her Majesty or in the name of the Commission.

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L'Esplanade Laurier - "Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada is the owner in fee simple of the property (the "Property") municipally known as 171-181 Bank Street, 140 O'Connor Street and 300 Laurier Avenue West, in the City of Ottawa, and commonly referred to as "L'Esplanade Laurier". June 22, 2017. (The term "fee simple" means "a permanent and absolute tenure of an estate of land with the freedom to dispose of it at will...Freehold tenure is the main type of land ownership.)

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The citizens of Canada do not own the Rideau Canal. That is why Parks Canada told the United Nations that the government of Canada cannot control what happens to the waterway and adjacent land. (Google: May 2018 - "State of Conservation Report-Rideau Canal" and go to "November 14, 2019.") And why high rise towers will be permitted to block views of the Rideau Canal at Dows Lake, resulting in the UN removing the UNESCO designation from the waterway.

Also, all the infrastructure in the National Parks and Historic Canals will be sold---bridges, dams, culverts, highways, etc., Google: "Rideau Canal bridges and dams are prime candidates for sale." "Parks Canada to look at divesting highways, bridges and dams. Cash-strapped agency examines whether to divest non-heritage assets worth $8.3 billion dollars" by Dean Beeby, CBC News, August 26, 2017.

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House of Commons Ottawa November 22, 1991 Mr. Dennis Mills (Broadview-Greenwood) Liberal: ..."It concerns me that in one year, with the support of this bill (Bill C-3), its possible that there will be no Crown land assets left."

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The 4,000 acre Greenbelt Research Farm was an annex of the Central Experimental Farm on Carling Avenue:

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.

"Behind closed doors, with no one allowed to watch or listen, the National Capital Commission ponders making deals with Nortel, battling El Nino and buying the Experimental Farm for $1 dollar." by Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen, August 24, 1998."
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1995 - "The government of Canada is getting out of the business of running Experimental Farms."