Similarities between the Nepean Sportsplex and Confederation Education Centre.

The Nepean Sportsplex and Confederation Education Centre are on the Greenbelt. "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 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." May 29, 2009.

The Nepean Sportsplex and the former Confederation High School are part of the National Interest Land Mass. "The National Interest Land Mass consists of 'National Shrines, the river and canal banks, the Confederation Boulevard, the Gatineau Park and the Greenbelt in the National Capital Region considered essential to the realization of Vision of the Capital...Land forming part of the NILM will be retained by the NCC on behalf of the government in perpetuity for purposes which lie at the core of the NCC's mandate; and will be managed by the NCC with little or no further management by the Treasury Board Secretariat." 1988.

Most of the land adjacent to the former high school and Sportsplex is reserved for Parks and Recreation: Reposting The Directory of Federal Real Property Nepean Sportsplex:

• Property Number 01009
• Custodian: National Capital Commission
• Interest: Crown Owned
• Primary Use: Parks and Recreation
• Address: 1701 Woodroffe Avenue
• Municipality: Ottawa
• Province/Territory: Ontario
• Federal Electoral District: Nepean
• Census Classification: Rural
• Land Area: 15.8315 ha (39.12048847 acres.)

Confederation Education Centre

• Property Number 01007
• Custodian: National Capital Commission
• Interest: Crown Owned
• Restriction: No Restriction
• Primary Use: Parks and Recreation
• Address: 1645 Woodroffe Ave.
• Municipality: Ottawa
• Province/Territory: Ontario
• Federal Electoral District: Nepean
• Census Classification: Rural
• Land Area: 4.5195 ha (11.1679 acres)
• Record Created On: July 30th, 1998
• Record Last Modified On: September 25th, 2017.

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The Eagleson Park and Ride may be converted to housing units: "Ottawa eyes 20 sites for affordable housing" by Geraldine Grones, April 1, 2019: "The Tom Brown Arena, Bob MacQuarrie recreation complex and a baseball stadium on Coventry Road could one day be redeveloped into affordable housing, according to the City of Ottawa.''

Also on the list: The RCMP Headquarters on the Vanier Parkway; a 2.4 hectare site in Barrhaven; a small gas station site on Richmond Road; the Forward Family Shelter in Mechanicsville, and Park and Rides in Greensboro and Place d'Orleans.

Nepean Sportsplex

Confederation Education Centre

Down the Merivale Road. A poem by W.W. Campbell.

At morning down the Merivale Road When all the world is June 

Of woods and fields the blest abode And meadowlarks atune under the maples in the sun.

 The world is fair and sweet. For miles the fields and meadows run.

 A paradise complete.

In fields where daisies blink their eyes, and molten sunlight shifts the buttercups into the skies.

 Its golden chalice lifts. And out beyond the valley the mighty river lies. Dim, blue and misty, vast and fair.

The lone Laurentians arise.

Front-Norman Duncan and William Wilfred Campbell. Back-W.L. Mackenzie King and Henry A. Burbidge.

The Canadian Space Agency will be shut down.

 

Directory of Federal Real Property

• Property Number: 08591
• Custodian: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
• Interest: Crown Owned
• Restriction: No Restriction
• Primary Use: Communications
• Address: 3701 Carling Ave., Highway 17; Area 1 to 4 and 8
• Place Name: Shirley's Bay, part of the Greenbelt
• Municipality: Ottawa
• Province/Territory: Ontario
• Federal Electoral District: Ottawa West-Nepean
• Census Classification: Rural
• Land Area: 313.2850 ha. or 774.1440943 acres
• Building Count: 59
• Floor Area: 64,326.80 sq. m.
• Record Created On: January 18th, 1990
• Record Last Modified On: April 18, 2024

The world-famous Canadarm was created here, and the agency was part of the American space shuttle missions.

The Nepean Sportsplex.

The Directory of Federal Real Property 

• Property Number 01009
• Custodian: National Capital Commission
• Interest: Crown Owned
• Primary Use: Parks and Recreation
• Address: 1701 Woodroffe Ave.
• Municipality: Ottawa
• Province/Territory: Ontario
• Federal Electoral District: Nepean
• Census Classification: Rural
• Land Area: 15.8315 ha (39.12048847 acres)

The "underutilized football field" behind the Nepean Sportsplex.

 "In alignment with Canada's National Housing Strategy, the NCC will continue to explore the possibility of using underutilized NCC lands to support affordable housing options and sustainability objectives. Through this strategy, the NCC hopes to be an active contributor to resolving the housing crisis in the National Capital Region, while also meeting sustainability targets." (From: Summary of the NCC Corporate Plan 2024-2025 to 2028-2029 page 4/58.)

"While its owned by the National Capital Commission, the city has an existing lease for an 'underutilized football field' and has been given permission to shift its use." (From: Site near Nepean Sportsplex chosen for asylum seeker Welcoming Centre.( The article was written by Elyse Skura, CBC News, November 16,2024.)

Parks, Parkways and Playgrounds.

"These parks will be accessible to the people, on the principle that parks should be brought to the people, instead of people being forced to travel long distances to the parks...There will be a playfield of from 8 to 10 acres within one-half mile of any dweller in the city. These playgrounds should provide room for athletic sports, gymnasiums and playfields." 

• Rockcliffe Park will be extended and the ridge north of the quarries acquired.
• A park adjoining the Rideau River and the Hurdman's Bridge on property now owned by the city.
• The development of Dow's Lake as a recreational centre and its improvement by a revision of the shore line and the construction there of frontage for motor and pleasure boats and its connection with the Experimental Farm; also the connecting of Dow's Lake with Brown's Inlet by means of a canal to allow circulation of water.
• The construction of a park at the bluff at Irving Avenue and the Grand Trunk Railway, and on lower land.
• A park between the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Ottawa River west of the city facing Bate Island and Remic Rapids.
• Lemieux Island, now owned by the Government.
• The land north and west of Bronson Avenue and Wellington Street, at the foot of the cliff on the Ottawa River. 
• Additional area at the Experimental Farm. Under no conditions whatever should the ground now occupied by the Experimental Farm be used for other than park purposes, should its present use as a farm be abandoned.  
• The acquisition of Kettle and Duck Islands as park areas.
• A park in Hull, on the Ottawa River, between the Gatineau River and Brewery Creek.
• Parks in Hull between Laurier Avenue and the Ottawa River.
• A park beyond the Chelsea Road, northwest of Hull.
• The improvement as a park or recreational area of portions of Victoria and Philemon Islands.

Playgrounds-The following playgrounds are recommended: (work in progress)

•  (Information is from the Report of the Ottawa Improvement Commission, 1915, page 180/238.)