Old Ottawa South is situated between two waterways: the Rideau Canal to the North and the Rideau River to the East and South. It is bounded by Bronson Avenue to the West and by Avenue Road to the East. The neighbourhood includes the community of Rideau Gardens.
Old Ottawa South is one of Ottawa’s oldest neighbourhoods; the first settlers arrived in 1814. Its most famous pioneers, Lewis Williams and family, came from Wales in 1818 and bought approximately 111 acres between what is now Main and Bronson. Construction of the Rideau Canal in the late 1820s markedly changed the neighbourhood landscape. In the late 1800’s and early 1900s, land speculation resulted in the growth of Old Ottawa South as a suburb, and the community grew quickly after a streetcar line was established here. At this time, the area north of Sunnyside Avenue was often called “Rideauville”; south of Sunnyside Avenue was a subdivision called “Wyoming Park”, separated from Rideauville by Woodbine Place.
Source: Ottawa Neighborhood Study
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