Laurentian View

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Laurentian View is a sub-neighbourhood of Westboro, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded west by Tweedsmuir, north to Richmond Road, east to Hilson and south by Carling Avenue. While the name still appears on maps, it fell out of use to describe the area in the 1970s, [1] as the area is now found completely with in the boundaries of the Hampton-Iona neighbourhood.

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Hampton Park, Ottawa human settlement in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Hampton Park is a park and neighbourhood in Kitchissippi Ward, in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is directly north of the Queensway at Island Park Drive. The neighbourhood, referred to as Hampton-Iona by its community association is sometimes considered a sub-neighbourhood of the Westboro area. The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by Tweedsmuir Avenue, on the east by Island Park Drive on the north by Richmond Road and the south by Carling Avenue. The population of the neighbourhood was 2,852 according to the Canada 2011 Census.

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The neighbourhood is a mixture of low to high class residences. The townhouses are south of Dovercourt Avenue and north to Carling.

History

The neighbourhood was named after the Laurentian Mountains due to being on a steep hill seeing "the views of the Laurentian Mountains". The view of the Laurentian Mountains was mentioned in a flyer "move to Westboro" in the late 1800s.

Residents of the area adopted the name in 1909, [2] and a post office was established on Hilson Avenue. [3]

Features

There are bike paths along Byron Avenue. The bike paths used to be part of the Ottawa Trolley Line until 1959.

See also

Westboro

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