OTTAWA 



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OTTAWA 



Outline and Questions 

 on Ottawa 



I. Location and Si*e 



( 1 ) On Ottawa River 



(2) Population 



(3) Reasons for growth 



(a) Water traffic 



(b) Choice as capital 



II. Description 



(1) Picturesque situation 



(2) Division into two parts 



(a) English-speaking 



(b) French-speaking 



(3) Buildings 



(4) Parks 



(5) Experimental farm 



(6) Educational institutions 



(7) Social life 



III. Industrial Life 



( 1 ) "Water power 



(2) Chief products 



IV. History 



(1) Early explorers 



(2) Settlement 



(3) Choice as capital 



(4) Growth 



Questions 



Why was Montreal deprived of the 

 honor of being the seat of Government? 



Why was the selection of Ottawa as 

 the capital a wise one? 



What did the Indians call the Chau- 

 diere Falls? What did the name mean? 



How could you tell, if you walked 

 along the streets and listened to the 

 conversation of the passers-by whether 

 you were in the Upper Town or the 

 Lower Town? 



Describe the natural beauties of the 

 site of Ottawa. 



To what was the early growth of the 

 city due? Why is this factor no longer 

 of prime importance? 



Of what architectural style are the 

 Parliament Buildings typical? 



Who was the first white man who 

 visited this site? What Impression did 

 it make on him? 



What was the first name of the town? 

 Why was it given and when was it 

 changed? 



How many cities of the Dominion are 

 larger than Ottawa? 



What park is named for one of Can- 

 ada's great statesmen? What states- 

 men are commemorated by statues in 

 another park? 



ral private educational institutions, and the 

 University of Ottawa. It is, too, a center of 

 social life, to which people of wealth, culture 

 and talent flock. There are many attractive 

 resorts near by, both for summer and for winter 

 visitors. In recent years Ottawa has begun to 

 rival Montreal in all kinds of winter sports. 



Industrial Activity. The many attractions of 

 Ottawa do not overshadow the fact that it is 

 one of the chief manufacturing cities of the 

 Dominion. Its annual output is approximately 

 $30,000,000 worth of manufactured articles. To- 

 gether with Hull, this section comprises one of 

 the largest lumbering centers in the Dominion, 

 the lumber being floated down the Ottawa and 

 its tributaries. There is abundant water power 

 for all kinds of mills and factories. In addition 

 to lumber, matches, paper and various other 

 wood products, the important manufactures are 

 carbide, mica, clothing, marine gas buoys and 

 steel and iron products. There are about 200 

 manufacturing establishments. 



History. The site of Ottawa was first visited 

 by white men in 1613, when Champlain's party 

 ascended the river. Thereafter for two cen- 

 turies the Chaudiere Falls portage lay on the 

 main route from the Saint Lawrence to the far 

 country in the West. In 1800 one Philemon 

 Wright, a native of Massachusetts, built a hut 

 on the north bank of the Ottawa River, where 

 Hull now stands, but it was not until 1827 that 

 a settlement of any size was made on the south 

 bank. It was named Bytown, in honor of 

 Colonel John By (1781-1833), a British army 

 officer who superintended the construction of 

 the Rideau Canal. In 1854 Bytown was in- 

 corporated as a city, and its name changed to 

 Ottawa. Four years later it was selected by 

 Queen Victoria as the capital of Canada. Mon- 

 treal had been the capital until 1849, but had 

 then forfeited its right to be the seat of gov- 

 ernment by the riots following the passage of 

 the Rebellion Losses Bill. The other rivals, 

 Toronto, Kingston and Quebec, were near the 

 border and exposed to possible attack. The 

 first Parliament to meet in Ottawa sat in 1865, 

 and thereafter the city's growth was rapid. 

 Population in 1911, 87,062, making it fifth in 

 size among Canadian cities; in 1916, with its 

 suburbs, about 135,000. G.H.L. 



OTTAWA, a North American tribe of In- 

 dians belonging to the Algonquian stock. From 

 their homes along the Ottawa River, in Canada, 

 they were driven out by the Iroquois in the 

 middle of the seventeenth century, and were 

 forced to settle on Manitoulin Island, in Lake 



