Ottawa History Hub Podcast
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A podcast exploring the history of the city of Ottawa and the area. ottawahistoryhub.com
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The War of 1812 continues and concludes in this week’s episode! If you’re not into accessing podcasts through podcatching apps, then you can listen to the episodes directly from the website here:
ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
. Advance, Ottawa!
7 days ago
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Good morning, Ottawa History people and welcome to the end of the War of 1812! This episode closes up the war and prepares us for the impetus behind the Rideau Canal project. I hope you enjoy it!
8 days ago
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This was one of the first works of fiction that I read which took place in Ottawa. The first time I realized that stories didn't need to take place somewhere far away to be exotic.
ottawahistoryhub.com/moonheart
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Moonheart | Discover Ottawa's Past Now — Ottawa History Hub
Explore Ottawa's rich history and cultural stories through our podcasts, books, and activities. Dive into local heritage and history today.
https://ottawahistoryhub.com/moonheart
12 days ago
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This week, we’ve started a two-parter, looking first at the setting leading up to the so-called War of 1812, and next week, we’ll be looking at the war itself, insofar as it relates to the setting up of the Rideau Canal project. I hope you enjoy it!
ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
14 days ago
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Happy Monday and welcome to the War of 1812! This war gave the British the impetus to take on the Rideau Canal, and build a settlement at the north end, which would one day become Ottawa!
15 days ago
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I'm really shocked that there would be this much interest in a slow-burn history of Ottawa. I haven't even hit Colonel By yet! Thanks to everyone who's given it a listen!
18 days ago
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In case anyone missed yesterday’s podcast, we’re talking about Philemon Wright, who migrated from Massachusetts and founded Columbia Falls, the future city of Gatineau in 1801. I hope you enjoy his trip!
ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
21 days ago
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Happy Monday, Ottawa history enthusiasts! In this week’s episode, Philemon Wright enters the region and founds a little colony on the other side of the river to be the future Gatineau. A Chalcedon to our Byzantium! Give it a listen now!
22 days ago
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‘Tell the truth’: Algonquin poet urges ‘Ottawa 200’ to fully acknowledge Indigenous history before colonization
23 days ago
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I like visiting museums and sharing my thoughts. A few months ago, I went to the Aviation Museum in the east end. Here’s my review!
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25 days ago
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In the last few decades of the 18th Century, immigrants began to arrive into the Ottawa area from the south and east. In this week's episode, we meet some of those families.
ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
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Chapter 2 — Ottawa History Hub
https://ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
28 days ago
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Happy Family Day! Today we learn about some of the first families to arrive in the Ottawa area! Coming north up the Rideau River and west along the Ottawa, settlers, homesteaders and would-be farmers arrived into the territory that would one day become Ottawa!
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29 days ago
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One great way to explore Ottawa's history is through fiction. There's some great fiction, historical an otherwise, set in town. Here's a review of Gwen Tuinman's book "Unrest" that I quite enjoyed.
ottawahistoryhub.com/unrest
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Unrest | Discover Ottawa's Past - Engage Today — Ottawa History Hub
Explore Ottawa's history through the 'Unrest' novel and related resources. Discover stories of 19th-century Lowertown, family struggles, and local political history.
http://ottawahistoryhub.com/unrest
about 1 month ago
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We’ve got a new episode of the OHH this week. The Constitutional Act of 1791 divided Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada, paving the way for the cities across the river, and the dynamic of today. Give a listen on the website or wherever you get your podcasts!
ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
about 1 month ago
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Happy Monday! In this week’s episode of the Ottawa History Hub Podcast, the grounds of Ottawa are cut from Quebec and become part of Upper Canada, with a new set of rules and regulations! Give a listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube!
www.buzzsprout.com/2535232/epis...
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Upper Canada - Ottawa History Hub
The Constitution of 1791 divided the great province of Quebec in two. Upriver was the creation of Upper Canada, and downriver was the new province of Lower Canada. There were new systems o...
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2535232/episodes/18352222
about 1 month ago
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Good morning! Season 2, Episode 5 dropped yesterday, as European settlers finally arrive into the Ottawa area. Learn about how Ottawa became a city by starting from the absolute beginning on The Ottawa History Hub Podcast!
ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
about 1 month ago
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Happy Monday! A new episode of the Podcast drops on the Loyalist refugees settling up the Rideau River and finally into the Ottawa area! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you get podcasts!
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The Loyalists Approach Ottawa - Ottawa History Hub
The Crown was selling land and giving it away throughout the late 1700s, and some hearty settlers went beyond the Saint Laurence and Great Lakes, north of Kingston and west of Montreal. Roger S...
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2535232/episodes/18348116
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
On this day in 1796, the capital of Upper Canada was moved from Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake) to York (now Toronto) by Lt. Governor John Simcoe to ensure the capital was farther from the US border. It remained the capital until 1841 when the Province of Canada was created.
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In the wake of the American War of Independence, thousands of United Empire Loyalists moved into Canada, particularly into what would become Ontario. Here is the start of that story:
ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
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Chapter 2 — Ottawa History Hub
https://ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
about 2 months ago
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The dust has settled from the violence in America, and the refugees are expelled from that sad and war-torn land. No, it’s not the news, it’s the Loyalist expulsion after the American Revolution! Listen to it now on Apple Podcasts or Spotify!
www.buzzsprout.com/2535232/epis...
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Got word overnight my ODSP app was declined. While I will appeal; in effort to not move out of
#Ottawa
, I ask again if anyone need a smart, articulate, creative - with warfighting, full stack software, community org/building and poli/king maker skills. Needs to be remote, on call is fine.
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Yesterday I posted the latest episode of the Ottawa History Hub Podcast, about the American Revolution, that was the direct cause of the Loyalist Migration to populate Ontario. Keep up-to-date as we continue to look at the world into which Ottawa would be born!
ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
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Chapter 2 — Ottawa History Hub
https://ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
about 2 months ago
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It’s Monday, so a new episode of the Ottawa History Hub Podcast drops! This week it’s the Revolution Next Door, where our southern neighbours decide to be independent, and what that means for us.
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about 2 months ago
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Episode 2: The Quebec Act dropped yesterday! Here's a link in case you missed it!
ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
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Chapter 2 — Ottawa History Hub
https://ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
2 months ago
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New Episode! The Quebec Act centralised the authority of the Crown in geographically large province of Quebec, raising fear of a spreading tyranny in the 13 colonies that called the act intolerable. Check it out
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2 months ago
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Hit the 1k downloads today. Feelin’ good.
2 months ago
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Brian Doyle died earlier this month. He'd written "Angel Square", the first book that I'd read that took place in Ottawa. Here's my review of the book
ottawahistoryhub.com/new-page
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Angel Square | Explore Ottawa’s Past — Join Us Today — Ottawa History Hub
Discover Ottawa's history and culture through Angel Square, a children's book set in 1945 Lowertown, highlighting community, diversity, and post-war life.
https://ottawahistoryhub.com/new-page
2 months ago
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2 months ago
From 1663 to 1673, 800 French women immigrated to New France. The Filles du Roi came to the colony in a program sponsored by King Louis XIV to boost the population of New France. Their descendants include Madonna, Angelina Jolie and Bernie Geoffrion. This is their story. 🧵 1/10
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This is a great podcast about les Filles du Roi. The Bride of New France is a good piece of historical fiction that takes place against this backdrop.
ottawahistoryhub.com/bride-of-new...
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2 months ago
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Yesterday the first episode of Chapter 2: Bytown dropped. I hope you enjoy it!
ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
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Chapter 2 — Ottawa History Hub
https://ottawahistoryhub.com/chapter-2
2 months ago
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New episodes! I’m starting the Chapter 2 of the podcast, where we look at how Bytown formed and eventually became the city of Ottawa! Enjoy!
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2 months ago
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Picked up some winter reading
2 months ago
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A new episode of the Ottawa History Hub Podcast drops tomorrow. Here’s the introduction to Season 2: Bytown!
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2 months ago
Bytown Museum celebrating 200th anniversary of Bytown’s founding
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Bytown Museum celebrating 200th anniversary of Bytown’s founding
The Bytown museum is kicking off a year-long celebration to mark Bytown’s 200th anniversary.
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Happy New Year, Everyone! My resolution this year is to tell the story of Bytown in an exciting and truthful way. I hope that 2026 is an exciting year for all of us!
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Here is my interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National Breakfast. I talked about the Dionne Quintuplets and the passing of the last living Quint, Annette.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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The last of the Dionne Quintuplets dies aged 91 - ABC listen
The Dionne sisters- five identical girls born in Canada in 1934- became the first quintuplets in recorded medical history to survive infancy, then global sensations but their lives were also marked by...
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/dionne-quintuplets/106186102
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Happy Christmas, Everyone!
3 months ago
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I’m always happy when good things happen to good people!
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3 months ago
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I had an interesting visit to the Goulbourne Museum a few weeks ago. The smaller museums in the Ottawa area have a lot of history and shouldn't be overlooked!
ottawahistoryhub.com/goulbourn
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Goulbourn — Ottawa History Hub
https://ottawahistoryhub.com/goulbourn
3 months ago
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The conclusion of Season 1 – The Fall of New France is out! Give it a listen on the website, and I'll see you in the New Year!
ottawahistoryhub.com/podcasts
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Chapter 1: Creation to the Fall of Nouvelle France | Discover history today — Join us now — Ottawa History Hub
Explore the history of Nouvelle France from creation to its fall through our podcasts on Ottawa History Hub.
https://ottawahistoryhub.com/podcasts
3 months ago
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The Fall of New France ends Chapter 1 of the History of Ottawa. From here on in, it’ll be the English Crown. Download the latest episode now!
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
What Toronto and Montreal have done, Ottawa / Gatineau is overdue to try. I continue to work with
@shawnmenard.bsky.social
and
@envirocentre.bsky.social
to bring bike share to the National Capital Region. In Toronto, from 2.4 million rides in 2019 to 8.1 million (projected) in 2025.
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Thousands of new e-bikes, smart docks and digital ads: Bike Share Toronto lays out 5-year plan | CBC News
As Toronto's bike share program continues to see record growth, its leadership plans to massively expand its electric bike network by 2030, with the hopes of enticing riders who are hesitant to try ou...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bike-share-thousands-of-e-bikes-9.7014326
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I'm not the only one telling Ottawa's stories. I review books that tell the stories of Ottawa! Here's my review of Brian Doyle's Angel Square, about growing up in Lowertown in the wake of WW2!
ottawahistoryhub.com/new-page
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Angel Square | Explore Ottawa’s Past — Join Us Today — Ottawa History Hub
Discover Ottawa's history and culture through Angel Square, a children's book set in 1945 Lowertown, highlighting community, diversity, and post-war life.
https://ottawahistoryhub.com/new-page
3 months ago
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I started planning my podcast in August, and uploaded the first episode in August. Being pretty niche, I hoped for 100 by Christmas. I hit 500 today! I'm grateful to everyone who's given it a listen.
3 months ago
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The Beaver Wars were a series of conflicts between various Indigenous nations throughout the 18th Century. Locally, it took the shape of war between the Haudenosaunee from the south and the local Algonquin. Listen to the podcast and read more on the website here:
ottawahistoryhub.com/podcasts
3 months ago
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The long-awaited conclusion of the Beaver Wars! Also called the French-Iroquois War, this was a series of conflicts that went on decades in the 18th Century, changing the dynamic amongst Indigenous peoples across the continent.
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3 months ago
On this day in 1989, an armed gunman murdered 14 women at École Polytechnique de Montréal. Another ten women and four men were injured. The anniversary of the massacre is commemorated annually on Dec. 6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
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This past summer, I went on a tour of Ottawa with Black History Ottawa. I learnt a lot and had a nice tour of the city. It was even on local TV!
ottawahistoryhub.com/black-histor...
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Black History Walk | Discover Black Heritage Today — Ottawa History Hub
Explore Ottawa's Black history and achievements through guided tours and activities. Discover stories of Black excellence and civil participation in the city.
https://ottawahistoryhub.com/black-history-walk
3 months ago
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The Beaver Wars, also called the French-Iroquois Wars, were a series of conflicts across the North-East quadrant of North America in the 1700s. You can stream this week’s podcast about the causes of the wars and find other resources on the website here:
ottawahistoryhub.com
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Ottawa History Hub | Explore Ottawa's Past Today
Explore Ottawa's rich history through historical activities, books, and our podcast. Discover local heritage and history events in the Ottawa area.
https://ottawahistoryhub.com
3 months ago
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