Woodroffe North (also known as just Woodroffe) is a neighbourhood in
Bay Ward
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in the west end of
Ottawa
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,
Ontario
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, Canada. It is bounded on the south by
Richmond Road on the west by Pooler Avenue, on the north by the
Ottawa River
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and on the east by the northern prolongation of Sherbourne Avenue. Woodroffe North has also been referred to as a community within the neighbourhood of
Westboro Westboro may refer to:
Places Canada
*Westboro, Ottawa, Ontario, a neighbourhood
** Westboro Station (OC Transpo), an OC Transpo Transitway Station
United States
* Westboro (Topeka), Kansas, a residential neighborhood
* Westboro, Missouri
* Westbo ...
(also known as Westboro Village) which claims its western border to be
Woodroffe Avenue
Woodroffe Avenue ( Ottawa Road #15) is a major north-south arterial road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's west end. It runs south from the Kichi Zibi Mikan through Baseline Road and Barrhaven to just short of Prince of Wales Drive near Manotick. T ...
. The Woodroffe North Community includes residents that live on streets West of Woodroffe Avenue. Originally the homes used to be cottages similar to those in
Britannia
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. Most of the cottages were demolished and changed into houses. Lockhart Avenue is split up at Richmond Road and continues at Byron and ends at Saville Row in front of
Carlingwood.
The area west of New Orchard Avenue is known as
Ambleside
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.
See also
*
List of Ottawa neighbourhoods
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References
External links
Woodroffe North Community Association (WNCA)Flickr Photo Page
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Neighbourhoods in Ottawa