Archive: People

FILIP KONOWAL
Story kiosk location Corner of Booth Street and Albert Street Important dates (1917) – The year Filip Konowal was awarded the Victoria Cross for his

MALAK KARSH
Story kiosk location Mackenzie and York Steps Important dates (1937) The year that photographer Malak Karsh immigrated to Ottawa from Turkey, following his already famous

COLONEL BY EXCAVATION
Story kiosk location Corner of Mackenzie and Murray Important dates (1826) – The year Colonel By’s home was built, soon after his arrival. Audiofile No

ELISABETH BRUYÈRE AND THE 1847 TYPHUS EPIDEMIC
Story kiosk location Corner of Bruyère and Dalhousie Important dates (1847 – 1849) The grey nuns built a school, hospital, orphanage and old-age home for

DR. VALADE
Story kiosk location Corner of Bank and Holmwood at Lansdowne Park Important dates (1885) – Found guilty of leading the North-West Resistance, Louis Riel was

HENRY J. FRIEL
Story kiosk location Corner of Sussex and Murray Important dates (1858) The year that founded a daily newspaper, the Ottawa Union, with offices close by