Lower Town (Ottawa, Ont.)
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- 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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