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24 Sussex Drive

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is the home of the President of the United States.10 Downey Street, the home of the UK’s Prime Minister.24 Sussex, home to Canada’s Prime Minister.Or at least it was.Today, it is home to far too many corpses of rodents in...

Ottawa-Hull Fire of 1900

It was a beautiful spring morning in Hull, Quebec on April 26, 1900. The sun was shining, the leaves were emerging on trees and birds were chirping to welcome the new season after a long winter. But there was still a chill in the air, causing many...

How Ottawa Became The Capital

You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at Ottawa is the capital of Canada and every school child and Canadian knows that. It has been our capital since before Canada was even a country, but how did it become the capital? It was once a...

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