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Milestones in the History of the Historical Society of Ottawa

1898

June 3. Founding meeting of “The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa”

1917

October 25. The Society opens “The Bytown Historical Museum” in the Registry Office, 70 Nicholas Street.

1951

September 26. The renamed “Bytown Museum” moves to the Commissariat building beside the Ottawa Locks.

1955

February 25. Men are accepted as full members and the organization is renamed “The Historical Society of Ottawa.”

1971

August 14. Governor General Roland Michener unveils the statue of Lieut.-Col. John By, the city’s founder, in Major’s Hill Park. The project to build the statue was an important undertaking of the Society.

1998

June 3. The Society celebrates its centennial.

2003

June 13. The Society votes to transfer the Bytown Museum and its 7,836 artifacts to the current organization that is operating it.

2012

The Society transfers those artifacts in its collection that the Bytown Museum did not wish to keep to the City of Ottawa Archives.

2014

“To Be Continued…A Short History of the Historical Society of Ottawa” is published.

2023

125th anniversary of the founding of the Historical Society of Ottawa.

The Soviet Embassy Fire

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  • Year 1956
  • Date January 1

Sabotage on Parliament Hill?

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  • Year 1916
  • Date February 3

Armistice Day

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  • Year 1918
  • Date November 11

The Rideau Club Fire

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  • Year 1979
  • Date October 23

The 1939 Royal Visit

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  • Year 1939
  • Date May 19

The History of Ottawa

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  • Year 1846
  • Date June 1

Lord Stanley’s Cup

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  • Year 1892
  • Date March 18

Dawson City Challenge

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  • Year 1905
  • Date January 16

The Catch

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  • Year 1976
  • Date November 28
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