A safer Billings Bridge and Bank Street
From Shawn Menard’s Capital Ward Bulletin, an announcement about changes coming to Bank Street in Old Ottawa South and to Billings Bridge.
Billings Bridge Changes, Bank Street Bike Lanes
On September 14, 2023, Council approved a plan to add a bike lane in each direction on Bank Street between Riverside Drive westbound and Chesley Street, including on the Billings Bridge. The recommended plan proposes reducing the number of through-lanes for vehicles on this segment from two per direction to one, in order to accommodate the bike lanes. The plan also includes modifications at the Riverside Drive and Riverdale Avenue intersections to provide right-turn…
Billings Bridge Sketch 1877
The Archives of Ontario has collected and preserved many works by Anne Langton (1804–1896), artist and pioneer settler in Upper Canada, including this charming depiction of the area along the Rideau River by Billings Bridge.
Wyoming Park in Ottawa South
Originally published in the February 2013 OSCAR. In the late 1890s the area of Ottawa South bounded by Bank, Grove, Bronson, Sunnyside, and Woodbine Place was promoted as a new residential neighbourhood under the name “Wyoming Park.”
Ottawa Then & Now Photos
John West has developed a creative hobby — he re-takes old photographs of Ottawa and then creates an animated dissolve between the old and new photograph. He posts his work on his website www.Ottawahh.com. Have a look at some of the images of the Old Ottawa South area.
A New Addition to Linda Thom Park
Just north of the Billings Bridge, on the west side of Bank Street, a new historical marker has been installed. Sponsored by the Gloucester Historical Society, Association of Friends of the Billings Estate Museum, Gloucester Lions Club and Billings Bridge Shopping Centre, the plaque commemorates the 200th anniversary of the arrival in 1812 of pioneer settler Braddish Billings to the Ottawa area. The official unveiling of the plaque to honour Braddish Billings took place Wednesday,…
Billings Estate Commemorative Wall
The first permanent European settler in the area of Old Ottawa South was Braddish Billings in 1812 along the banks of the Rideau River. His holdings were primary on the south bank of the Rideau but included the north bank (later Old Ottawa South) up to present day Cameron Avenue. On the south bank just east of Billings Bridge at the (relocated) outlet of Sawmill Creek along the National Capital Commission’s Rideau River Eastern Pathway is…
Islands of Work
Following the dramatic flooding in the spring of 1928, (see OSCAR column “Years of the Great Floods”, OSCAR, April 2008, pgs 22-23), Ottawa City Council decided to take action to mitigate against the annual Rideau River inundations. One of the flooding “hot spots” was in Ottawa South at the islands in the river just upstream from Billings Bridge where the ice would often jam causing the river to back up and flood both Ottawa…
Petition for the Establishment of a Post Office at Rideauville
Petition for the Establishment of a Post Office at Rideauville On August 10, 1897, Mr. P. Robertson of Rideauville addressed a letter to the Postmaster General of Canada, the Hon. Wm. Mulock, asking for the establishment of a post office in Rideauville (Ottawa South) and recommended that Mr.T.R. Scott, owner of a store at the corner of Bank and Cameron Street, be appointed the postmaster of this establishment. With his letter he submitted a…
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