词条 | Hampton Park, Ottawa |
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The area was first developed in 1910 by J.C. Brennan who shares his name with Brennan Avenue which is a residential street in the area. Originally, the neighbourhood was named Laurentian View. The park is maintained by the National Capital Commission. Many streets near Hampton Park are named for upper-class neighbourhoods of London, including Kensington, Piccadilly, Mayfair, and Windsor. The name Hampton Park might itself be named after the neighbourhood of Hampton in London. HistoryHampton Park has a fairly long history in the context of parks in the city of Ottawa. Baseball games were played in the park at least far back as 1916. An Ottawa Citizen article from the time indicates that the park was the location of a Trolley Line Baseball League game between Britannia and Ottawa West.[6] The park itself has existed in Ottawa's west end for almost 100 years. The area was purchased by the Federal District Commission (now the National Capital Commission) in 1927. The park is several blocks in length and has a flat grassy area with benches as well as a wooded area with paths which is mainly used by people walking their dogs. Current UseThe area of the park just north of the Queensway contains a basketball court, two baseball diamonds, a seasonal outdoor swimming pool, a playground, swings, and changing room facilities. Dogs are allowed in Hampton Park on-leash, but many people still allow their dogs off-leash in the northern part of the park. City of Ottawa by-law officers have been seen in the park, but it is unclear whether they have jurisdiction in the NCC-operated park.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} There is also another park in the neighbourhood called Iona Park. Queensway expansion and Hampton Park{{unreferenced|section|small=yes|date=May 2014}}Hampton Park is notable for being the construction site for the Island Park bridge replacement project that occurred during the summer of 2007. In recent years there has been mounting pressure from the Ontario provincial government to expand the Queensway and make it more efficient. This led to a proposal by the National Capital Commission to build a new off ramp on the west side of Island Park drive. The proposed off ramp would have cut through part of the wooded area north of the Queensway, and would have linked Island Park Drive with Merivale Road via a roundabout. After months of pressure from the Island Park community the plan was eventually scrapped. References1. ^http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/FBLNH 2. ^http://documents.ottawa.ca/sites/documents.ottawa.ca/files/documents/cycling_map_en.pdf 3. ^http://hamptoniona.wordpress.com/ 4. ^http://ourkitchissippi.ca/our-community/community-associations/ 5. ^Census Tract profile 6. ^https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7VcuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T9kFAAAAIBAJ&dq=hampton-park%20ottawa&pg=7047%2C7036805 Ottawa Citizen: Two Matches in Trolley Line External links
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