To mark Ottawa’s 200th anniversary, the Centretown BUZZ community newspaper has commissioned Jack Hanna to pen an eight-part series reflecting back on the history of our city.
Jack Hanna is a retired teacher and journalist, amateur historian, and heritage chair of the Centretown Community Association.
, painted circa. 1870. (Library and Archives Canada, W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana).jpg)
“Lake Allumette on the Ottawa River in Ontario”, by Alfred Holdstock (1820 1901), painted circa. 1870. (Library and Archives Canada, W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana)
As a (non-Indigenous) Centretown resident, Jack Hanna reflects on the devastation caused to the Algonquin Anishinaabe people following the establishment of Bytown.
The charge of the Fenians at the Battle of Ridgeway, near Niagara, Canada West, on June 2, 1866. LAC.
Jack continues his look at local history by examining the threat posed by Americans over the years.
A contemporary map showing Richmond Landing and Richmond Road.
Jack Hanna shares the story of the Earl of Dalhousie, Captain LeBreton, and the shaping of the Rideau Canal:
A drawing by Col. John By in 1826 of the Chaudiere Falls. (National Gallery of Canada).
Jack Hanna paints an intimate portrait of the legendary overseer of the Rideau Canal’s construction, Lt. Colonel John By.
