Abbott's Guide to Ottawa and Vicinity/Driveway

by George F. Abbott

 

VIEW ON THE DRIVEWAY

DRIVEWAY.

The Ottawa Improvement Commission was created by the Dominion Government in 1899, with power to purchase and hold property for parks, squares, areas, driveways and thoroughfares, and an annual appropriation was authorized. The Commission consisits of the Mayor and 7 members. The work is being continued yearly. At present the Driveway extends from the Experimental Farm to Cartier Square, via the bank of the Rideau Canal. Another division commences at the gates of Government House, runs through Rockcliffe Park, and along the Ottawa river to the Rifle Range. Some 30,000 trees and shrubs have been planted, and boulevards, shady iparks, miniature lakes and arbours make the Driveway the finest and longest in Canada.