Westboro is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Canada often referred to as Westboro Village. Westboro is among the richer neighbourhoods in Ottawa. Located along the Ottawa River, the neighbourhood is bordered on the east by Island Park Drive, and on the west by Woodroffe Avenue. The Southern border can be stretched up to Carling Avenue. Westboro's northernmost point is a little more ambiguous. Westboro, Ottawa File links The following pages link to this file: Westboro Categories: User-created public domain images ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada location. ... This is about the river in Canada. ... Woodroffe Avenue is a road that runs south from Carling Avenue through Baseline Road to Prince of Wales Drive towards Manotick and Barrhaven. ... Carling Avenue is a major east-west arterial road in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ...

The neighbourhood got its start in the late 19th century, when flyers were published proclaiming 'Move to Westboro,' and offering prospective residents 'views of the Laurentian Mountains.' This slightly creative name for the distant geological formation along the Eardly escarpment is now better known as the Gatineau Hills. The Gatineau Hills can be seen across the Ottawa. The Gatineau Hills are a geological formation in Canada which represent the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains which stretch east through Quebec, beginning north of Montreal and joining up with others into Vermont and New Hampshire. ...

19th Century descriptions of the neighbourhood refer to its location along the Macadam Road to Bells Corners. That road is now known as Richmond Road, and where it slices through Westboro it is the commercial heart of the Village-like neighbourhood, once the centre of the old Nepean Township. The old Town Hall on Richmond Road used to house the bell that later became the symbol of the former city of Nepean, now a part of the city of Ottawa. Categories: Canada geography stubs ... Categories: Canada geography stubs ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada location. ...

The other prominent street in Westboro Village is Churchill Avenue. For many years this street was known as Main Street, but was named in honour of Winston Churchill following World War II. Just a few blocks to the west, another street was originally named River Road since it bisected the neighbourhood and lead down to the beach on the Ottawa River. That street was renamed Roosevelt Avenue for similar post-war reasons. The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, FRS PC (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ...

Westboro existed as a police village from 1903 to 1949 when it was annexed by Ottawa. 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

Today, Westboro is a thriving community with an increasingly lively street scene. Several condominium projects are encouraging densification and promising to bring more life into the neighbourhood. The free annual Westfest music festival is held in June. The neighbourhood attracts nature-loving residents with its unrivalled selection of outdoors stores and its proximity to cycling trails, whitewater rapids in the Ottawa River and the Gatineau Hills. This is about the river in Canada. ... The Gatineau Hills are a geological formation in Canada which represent the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains which stretch east through Quebec, beginning north of Montreal and joining up with others into Vermont and New Hampshire. ...

The neighbourhood is served by two stations of the rapid-bus Transitway: Westboro and Dominion. In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the public transit sevices operated by OC Transpo have two rapid transit systems: the Transitway, a bus rapid transit network, and the O-Train, a diesel-powered light rail line. ... Station platform on the below-grade Transitway. ... Dominion Station is a stop on the Transitway in Ottawa, Ontario. ...

See also: List of Ottawa neighbourhoods This is a list of neighbourhoods in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada // Central Ottawa Byward Market Centretown Centretown West Downtown The Glebe Lebreton Flats Lower Town Sandy Hill K-Lau-Bro East End Manor Park New Edinburgh Rockcliffe Park Lees Avenue Lindenlea Old Ottawa East Vanier South End Airport-Uplands Alta Vista...