Ottawa is a small town situated north of
Durban
Durban ( ; , from meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the Provinces of South Africa, province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Situated on the east coast of South ...
,
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN) is a Provinces of South Africa, province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the government merged the Zulu people, Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu language, Zulu) and ...
, South Africa, neighbouring
Verulam. It is part of the
eThekwini Municipality.
History
Ottawa was originally a
sugarcane estate, founded in 1861 by Anthony Wilkinson
. On the site was a
cane spirits distillery and sugar mill on the
oHlanga River
The Ohlanga River is a river in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which empties into the Indian Ocean just north of uMhlanga, north of Durban.Tourism KwaZulu-NatalAbout Durban retrieved September 2006 The river has extensive reed beds in the estuary a ...
, which runs through the area.
The name Ottawa, from the
Canadian capital city, was chosen as a homage to Wilkinson's wife, who was Canadian.
References
Suburbs of Durban
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