Laurentian View is a sub-neighbourhood of

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, 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, as the area is now found completely with in the boundaries of the Hampton-Iona neighbourhood. 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 The Laurentian Mountains ( French: ''Laurentides'') are a mountain range in southern Quebec, Canada, north of the St. Lawrence River and Ottawa River, rising to a highest point of at Mont Raoul Blanchard, northeast of Quebec City in the Laurentid ...

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, and a post office was established on Hilson Avenue.Ottawa, Ontario. 1:63,360. Map Sheet 031G05, d. 3 1914; Survey Division, Department of Militia and Defence

Features

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

References

External links

Westboro Community Association (WCA)Flickr Photos from Westboro
Neighbourhoods in Ottawa {{ottawa-stub

History

Features

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