Lower Town (Ottawa, Ont.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Lower Town (Ottawa, Ont.)
Other forms of name
Ottawa (Ont.). Lower Town
Coordinates
-75.6917 -75.6917 45.4333 45.4333 (gooearth )
W0754137 W0754137 N0452555 N0452555 (geonames )
Associated country
Canada
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 143239556
Wikidata: Q4267481
Library of congress: n 97039087
OCoLC: oca04317830
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(region; 45°25ʹ55ʺN 075°41ʹ37ʺW)
  • Work cat.: Newton, M. Lower Town Ottawa, 1979.

Wikipedia description:

Lower Town (also spelled "Lowertown" (French: la Basse-Ville) is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Vanier Ward in central Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to the east of downtown. It is the oldest neighbourhood of the city, with construction beginning in 1826. It includes the commercial Byward Market area in the south-western part, and is predominantly residential in the north and east. It was historically French Canadian and Irish, and is to this day home to many Franco-Ontarian families, businesses and institutions.

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