Champlain Park Explained

Official Name:Champlain Park
Pushpin Map:Canada Ottawa
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Canada
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ontario
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2:Ottawa
Leader Title:MPs
Leader Title1:MPPs
Leader Title2:Councillors
Leader Name1:Joel Harden
Leader Name2:Jeff Leiper
Leader Title3:Governing body
Leader Name3:Champlain Park Community Association
Leader Title4:Co-Chair
Leader Name4:Heather Pearl[1]
Area Total Km2:1.047
Settlement Type:Neighbourhood
Population As Of:Canada 2016 Census
Population Total:1,090
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:45.4027°N -75.7457°W
Elevation M:60
Website:Community Association

Champlain Park (French: Parc Champlain; also known as Ottawa West[2]) is an older urban neighbourhood in Kitchissippi Ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was considered in the 1930s as the west end of town. The boundaries of the neighbourhood are the Ottawa River (to the north) and Scott Street (to the south). To the east is Tunney's Pasture and to the west is Island Park Drive.[3] [4] Westboro Beach is also to the west. The population as of the 2016 Census was 1090.[5]

The area was part of the police village of Ottawa West from 1912 until being annexed by Ottawa in 1949. The police village was bounded by Ottawa's city limits, the Ottawa River and the Briannia street car line.[6] Most of the homes were built in the 1920s and 1930s, with the last development in the 1950s. The community association was incorporated in 1991.[7]

Notable buildings include St. George Elementary School, the Ottawa mosque where the Ottawa Muslim Association has their meetings, and the adjacent Hall of Peace, formerly Northwestern United Church.

Recreation

For recreation there is Champlain Park, and the NCC (National Capital Commission) bike path.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The CPCA Organization. 10 June 2016.
  2. FAYWK. Ottawa West.
  3. Web site: Community Associations - Our Kitchissippi . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180905123140/http://ourkitchissippi.ca/our-community/community-associations/ . 2018-09-05.
  4. News: About us. Champlain Park Community . 12 December 2011.
  5. Population calculated by combining Dissemination Areas 35061869 and 35061873
  6. Web site: Ottawa West again asking annexation. Ottawa Citizen. March 4, 1926.
  7. https://champlainpark.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/champlain-park-ca-incorporation-original-letters-patent.pdf