Ottawa Ontario History and Cartography (1895)
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- Ottawa Ontario history and cartography is explored and examined from this vintage map that was originally produced in 1895. In the video we zoom in and look at various historical aspects that give a background to the evolution of the city.
The beginning of the video includes some historical background to the city that includes information about the indigneous Algonquin tribes in the area, Samuel de Champlain, Philemon Wright, The city of Bytown, Queen Victoria's selection of the Canadian capital and much more.
Credit and More Information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa
As a resident of Ottawa, born here, this video description is brutal to watch.
no kiddng... geeez .. he knows nothing of the city!!
Same here Ree-doo canal almost killed me 😂
it was very frustrating. He kept scrolling around so fast and I wanted to take a longer look at certain areas. I know this whole city very well. I've walked and driven on most of the main streets.
Rideau BECOMES Wellington. I would happily do this again with you with images of today of some of the buildings shown. I appreciate your enthusiasm but you've got some work to do 😉
Also are you able to share a digital copy of the image you used?
I hereby offer to redo the narrative of this video, free of charge.
That sounds great. I wish a group of people from Ottawa could get together and create a great video using that map. It wasn't just the narrative that was bad, but he kept scrolling around the city so quick, I got dizzy watching it.
People who live in Ottawa are over here wondering where the Re-do canal is.
I drove all day trying to find the Ree-doo canal lol
Stumbled across this video and while I appreciate your motive and effort - I suggest you cut out the narrative commentary until you do more homework on Ottawa and knowing at least how to pronounce names. Cringe worthy to hear someone from afar make such a running mono log. Sorry - try better on next one.
rideau= "ree-doh"*
Good to know, thanks!
Liam Smith it bothered me to a point that I stopped watching the video....thank you Liam
Rideau > French > in English. Noun. curtains curtain drapes blinds draperies drapery. tambour. The Rideau Falls that look like curtains.
Rideau St is east of the canal. Not south. The map faces west.
Also, its Albert St. Not Alberta.
Thank you for this Adam. It is also easy to locate exact addresses if you check out a current google map, which you can compare to this layout, with the help of the rivers & canal. Yes "eau" in Rideau is pronounced O, as is the word eau, meaning water in french. Many of us are bilingual here. I live & work in real estate here & love to see how things have evolved. Thanks again.
Ah that's right Eau is water in french... interesting I did not realize that. Glad you liked the video and thanks for watching!
Actually rideau is curtain in French, the Rideau falls gave the impression of a curtain to the early explorers, hence the name Rideau
Fascinating. In 1828 my great great grand parents farmed in Nepean (now west Ottawa, but the earliest part settled). In 1835 they moved 60 miles up river to settle at Ile du Grand Calumet, Pontiac, Quebec. Very remote wilderness in those days. Across the river from Bytown (Ottawa) on the Quebec side of the river Aylmer and Hull were also being settled, mainly for the lumber industry. Philemon Wright came there in 1900 to start business.
Very poor analysis of this well known map of the capital of Canada. You mis-identified many sites including calling the old City Hall our State House - Ottawa and Canada do not have any State houses.
the best part was... he was reading directly from Wikipedia!
It's the original post office. That's even clearly indicated in a photograph and accompanying description in the "History of Ottawa" Wikipedia article, just as I put it there. The two bridges there were replaced by the very wide Plaza Bridge in 1912, and the Post Office you see in this video used to be on the grounds for the National War Memorial. City Hall was the building on the northeast side of where Elgin meets Albert and you can see it in this video. And we ain't got no State Houses around here, where is he from? In the Wikipedia article of the "Ottawa River Timber Trade" (also by me) is another map from roughly around that era that may help you to place things, and tell you about the mills. You can see that the Canada Atlantic Railway station is on Catharine. Any serious sawmill was either on Lebreton Flats or Hull where the (fast) water is (for powering it!), so any company on Bank Street is likely pretty insignificant in comparison to Bronson's mills over the years, Booth, and Perlee and Pattee. I still think that something cool is that there was an old "Union Station" (predating the one built in 1912) located on the northwest side of Boteler and Dalhousie, and you can still see the dismantled bridge stuff in the Rideau River just a little south of Green Island's Union Street; viewable in Google Satellite view, or in person and up close right from the path in Bordeleau Park (although at times there may be somewhat limited access with a fence). And the Chief William Commanda Bridge is still unchanged from the original, as seen on this video. Not related, but interesting, is that there was also a nice looking streetcar station on Broad Street (Lebreton Flats); there are lots of photographs of it. Streetcar information is in the Wikipedia article "Ottawa Electric Railway". And lol on not even knowing that that mysterious generic "waterway" is the Ottawa River.
Algonquin** not Algonquian (linguistic group)
Should do one of what it looks like today
Theres actually footage, from airships, of Ottawa, from 1809, Ottawa archives, microfiche, its crystal clear, there was thousands of airships, they fueled from the Domes you saw at the highest buildings
Loved the map! Just a quick point and a question.
As you look for the Stonehouse & Chamberlin carriage works (at 12:44) you reference the waterway and "church" in the background which are actually the Ottawa River and the Parliament of Canada buildings. Moving forward in time but before you actually pinpoint the location of the carriage works you hover your mouse directly over the Parliament of Canada buildings that are right on the Ottawa River. Hope that makes sense.
My question is whether this map is available digitally? I would absolutely love to spend some time with it myself (I live in Ottawa).
Oh okay, my mistake. Thank you for clarifying, also here is a copy of the map for you to explore: www.loc.gov/item/75696739/
Check out City of Ottawa e-maps where you can view several overlays back to 1920's
I've lived in Ottawa my whole life can name almost every main street there. I wish so much I could explore this map myself and see what the Billings Bridge area looked like where I grew up. Of course it was all farms and considered "out in the country", but I'd still love to see the place on the earth that I grew up. Can you give me the link where I can explore it myself please?
I would also like to get a copy of the high resolution image file.
speaking as an Ottawa boy, you did a great job... well done!.. a lot of what you showed (streets etc) are still around. you should visit! you probably know the city better than most!
Thanks Ed! I would'nt mind visiting, not too far away here in New England. Thanks again for the kind comments and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Bravura Media Company ... wish I had been there to guide you along... I'm also a bit of a history nut so this is right up my alley!
But for someone not from here you hit some good spots
Thanks Ed I appreciate it! Some of the Reddit people get angry I'm not from Ottawa but overall I've had good feedback about it.
@@BravuraMediaCompany The Nation's capital. Pariament Hill, lots of great museums, lovely park land, tulip festival in May -- indeed come and visit!
Rideau (pronounced Ree-doe) is the French name for curtain, as the falls looked liked curtains
Should have prepared ! !
That is a great video, I have actually repaired the rips and tears and restored this map!
It's amazing how many of the street names are consistent with what exists today. The couple that have changed (Maria and King St) are because they are named after people that weren't alive at this time. Also the rail line at the top left of the map has been replaced with a highway, the manager in my office building says his house which is beside the highway contains railroad ties in the framing of the house.
I offer reprints of the repaired map if any of your community is interested in it.
How much for a reprint?
Our (new) Ottawa architectural firm would be interested in a copy of this map, or a high definition file might be even better. You can find me/my name on LinkedIn where we can start a conversation. Thank you in advance.
@@jessegroulx833 Hi, sorry I just saw this video. Don't know if you are still interested, but you can go to my website at www.ottawadetroit.com
@@brunodesrosiers9603 Were you able to get a copy of the file? I'd love to get a copy.
The graphics are great. I appreciate your attempt to put this all together. The narrative is choppy and the pronunciation of several place names is incorrect. Keep the graphics and do a little more prep with the narrative. Run this past someone who lives and study the history of the area and then do a redo. It just needs a little polishing but this is a good starting point. There is lots of great information here. Thanks for trying to put this all together.
How can I get my hands on this map ??
Covered bridge is in wakefield on the gatineau river
I have always loved Canada
Enjoyed the map. You aren't a Ottawa native are you. Lol. Re: Name pronounce.
Suggestion drop the small video of yourself reading your script - it's quite distracting.
Rideau sounds same as Ree-doe but when pronounced no pause in the name.
Thanks for the link to the map!
Ya I'm not a native bu just a map and history enthusiast. Ya I've been getting a few people telling me that reading the script is distracting, but I mean to be honest its ALOT of information soo I'm working through this process. Thanks for watching.
Brian Beattie PLEASE PLEASE WATCH CTV OR CBC NEWS IN OTTAWA FOR A WEEK AT LEAST TO LEARN HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE STREETS.....OR COMPARE YOUR OLD MAP TO A GOOGLE MAP. MAYBE CALL SOMEONE IN TOURIST Ottaw and run your lines past them. It will bring the credit you deserve for wanting to explore this wonderful map p
very cool map, can I have the image file of your map? Thanks!
He hasn't posted in 5 years, he isn't going to reply to your comment
@@Seft2_ 😭
@@Leaskh lol
Great video!!! I can tell you are not from Ottawa but I bet we'd all mess up names too if we had to comment on some other place. To all the critical people - give the guy a break; if you spend time watching this it was because you didn't have this map yourself so he was doing you a favour. I
it was fun watching this and very informative!!! Good job! Thank you.
At 14:42 you are looking for Stonhouse on Wellington and you found one at the end of sparks street and wellington but at 15:13 you have the mouse right beside the real building just on the left tbe building have small smoke coming out and the building on the picture in the background is the west block building so stonhouse is in the connor of wellington and Lyon street
...in the 50s i lived on wellington st just east of booth on the south side. This was between the good compannions lodge and wellington st public school. It was a 3 story apt building i would like to locate. Was born there. It was on the south side of lebretton flats. Believe it was 123 wellington st ottawa.ca
can you link to a digital copy of this map?
found the link in the comments eventually. :) www.loc.gov/item/75696739/
@@michaelmurray2833 Thanks so much!
Who built the street cars
As fun as finding Waldo . . . lol !!
etien bruel? I thougth it was Étienne Brûlé. reedoo canal? I thought Rideau.
Who is this guy? Is he Canadian at all? Red-Do?
Ridoo is funny
It's Rideau not Redu ;)
No sign of any trees
Philomon Wright: Philomen is not "fylomin" it's "fill-o-men". Brutal pronunciation. Also, Ottawa isn't "half-way between Ontario and Kingston". Painful to watch while you keep jerking the map around. Is there a link to the map?
I had friends who went to philimon in aylmer
Home
Cool map but you should have summoned someone from Ottawa to narrate the story. 🙄 And what you called north is actually west... you could refer to a recent map or even your phone to figure that out. I recommend reposting this with a nice selection of music from the era instead. 😁
RE-DOH Canal. Learn the lingo and this would be so much better.
"Redo", its a o sound lol
your pronouncing Rideau wrong. it's pronounced "Ree-doe"
Maybe study a modern map first and figure out the layout of the city before jumping back in time. Maybe visit here for a weekend and learn how to pronounce the names.
This was tough to listen to.
Appreciate the enthusiasm though.
You did fine. Don't listen to trolls
Are you an Ottawa native? Did you listen to the video? Why would you make that comment then?
You might think it's great, but others have their own opinions. This guy did no prep. This really is painful to watch.
"Ottawa is halfway between Ontario and Kingston" 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Ottawa is the halfway point between montreal qc and kingston on.
@@rosskeene5395 thats correct...
My man. Its ree dough. Not ree duh
Rideau!
hard to listen to
What a ghastly reading. Like a grade 6 history project presentation. And why show an inset of you staring away at your text (so poorly read from)?
Dude.. I would take this video down.. it's so generic it's pushing plagiarism ALSO!!! all the pronunciation mistakes makes you look like a you don't know anything about the subject. I wish I could take my view back in don't want you paid for this
Lasted 3 minutes. It hurts to listen.
Rideau is never pronouced not REDO try. ReDough... Centre is pronounced Center more prep is needed and the jumping around is incredibly jerky to watch
You need to learn how to pronounce basic words like Philemon.
Who did you make this very irritating video for?
It's pronounced "Reedough". So annoying!
Red Canoe he’s obviously not from there, just enjoy the effort😂
Really , really bad