Beacon Hill is a neighbourhood located in Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward in the east end of

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, Canada. Beacon Hill was a part of the City of

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until it was amalgamated with the new city of Ottawa in 2001. Beacon Hill is a primarily residential area, built in the 1960s and '70s. It consists of two parts, Beacon Hill North and Beacon Hill South, divided by

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. It includes the Robert O. Pickard sewage treatment plant and three high schools,

Colonel By Secondary School Colonel By Secondary School is a high school in the Beacon Hill neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is a non-semestered school, and was the only English public school in Ottawa that offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma pro ...

, Gloucester High School, and Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School. According to the Beacon Hill Community Association, the neighbourhood is bounded on the east by the

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, including the Green's Creek ravine, to the south by Highway 174, and on the west by Blair Road (south of Montreal Road) and

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(north of Montreal Road). Beacon Hill North had a population of 9,177 while Beacon Hill South had a population of 8,319 (17,496 total) according to the

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Sub-neighbourhoods

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*Beacon Hill North * Beacon Hill South * Beaconwood *

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* Rothwell Village

History

It is most likely that the community drew its name from a lighthouse in the

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, downstream from Duck Island. It is thought that the light from the river could be seen from Naskapi Dr. (the top of the hill), hence Beacon Hill. Though the lighthouse is no longer in use, its foundation is still visible from the bike path. The 'Hill' the name refers to is actually a ridge running roughly parallel to the Ottawa River. A large area of the ridge is the municipal Ski Hill Park. An open area of the park located behind the Beacon Hill Mall on Ogilvie Road is a very popular winter sledding and skiing hill. while the remaining two thirds (approximate) of Ski Hill Park is undeveloped natural woodlands with many walking and snowshoeing trails throughout.

Community Association

In the mid- to late 1970s the Beacon Hill Community Association was formed. It was disbanded for lack of interest in the late 1980s. It was later revived as the Beacon Hill North Community Association (with borders to match the name) in 2009 by a group of residents, with the main goal to rally residents to help save local High School Colonel By from being closed. In 2010 it was returned to the Beacon Hill Community Association, again with the expanded borders to include Beacon Hills North and South.

Schools

* Le Phare Elementary School (French Immersion Public) *

Robert Hopkins Public School The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, reno ...

(English/French Immersion Public) *

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(English/French Immersion Public) *

(English/French Immersion Public, with International Baccalaureate Program) *

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(French Catholic) *

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(French Public) now in the building of the former Lamira Dow Billings Public School which closed following the 2000-2001 school year. *

Thomas D'Arcy McGee Catholic School Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

(English Catholic) * Gloucester High School * Lester B. Pearson Catholic High School *

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(former Elmridge Catholic)

Toboggan Hills

From largest to smallest: * Green's Creek (in Blackburn Hamlet) *

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Notable Beacon Hill residents, past and present

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(Canadian Figure Skater) *

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in the early 1970s *

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in the early 1970s *

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, comedian *

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