“HOTTEST DAY IN TEN YEARS – 98 IN THE SHADE – What the Thermometer Registered To-day – Gradually Growing Hotter Since Yesterday – Registration of Thermometers at Different Points Throughout the City.' – The #Ottawa Journal, July 5, 1897.

#heatwarning #ottawaweather #heatwave

We’re throwing down reality here folks, not reality TV! Come on down to the Bytown this summer for all your local history needs. We’re open Wed thru Sun & we’ve got a ton of new stories to share. Hope to see you soon! 🙌 #myottawa

Plan your visit 👉 shorturl.at/uvXZ6

“After an absence of 75 years Mr. George Wilson once more visits the capital: ‘There was no #Ottawa when I was here last,’ he said. ‘Old shacks, perhaps one or two stone houses, with cattle grazing in the streets, was the By Town of my days.’” - The Ottawa Journal, July 3, 1907

A little #CanadaDay trivia for you: DYK that the finial atop Canada's Centennial cake flagpole was... a silver spray-painted toilet tank float?!?

We interviewed the late Grete Hale back in 2010 about it. Here's an excerpt: shorturl.at/awKO4

#myottawa #CanadaDay 2023

This summer we’re pleased to host artists Gary Blundell and Victoria Ward in our Community Gallery.

Details 👉 bit.ly/2zTkuDO
#myottawa Victoria Ward 💙

#ThrowbackThursday June 29, 1891: Thomas Ahearn and Warren Soper began public operation of the #Ottawa Street Railway Company; the first electric streetcar service in Ottawa. #OTD OC Transpo

[Ottawa Electric Railway Co., Operating Department, 1894]

[The new Ottawa Children’s Hospital] “is lath and plastered, with painted woodwork, and is irregular in shape, with point gables… ” – The #Ottawa Journal, June 28, 1889. #OTD

On June 27, 1952 the Bytown Historical Museum officially opened its doors in the Commissariat – #Ottawa ’s oldest stone building and Lt.-Col. John By’s storehouse on the #RideauCanal . #OTD

Thanks to staff at the @bytownmuseum for a great tour and scavenger hunt yesterday! 🩷😊

It’s so great when friends drop by for a visit! Thanks to Alex & the entire staff Ottawa Art Gallery | Galerie d'art d'Ottawa for paying us a visit yesterday. Come back soon! 🏛️🙌

Our Board of Directors approved today the Algonquin name Kichi Zībī Mīkan (kitchi zee-bee MEE-khan) to replace the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway.

The name Kichi Zībī Mīkan means “Great River Road,” and was chosen based of an Indigenous naming and engagement exercise. #ottnews

Congrats to the Ottawa Art Gallery | Galerie d'art d'Ottawa and to our friend Mairi on the installation of this amazing new piece! ❤️

We’ve been littlized! Did you know that the Bytown Museum is featured in the ever-growing Little Canada exhibition in #Toronto ? Check us out in miniature the next time you’re in TO! #myottawa

#NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay The Bytown Museum is honoured to present our Permanent Gallery in English, French, and Anishinabemowin.

Read more bit.ly/3Igpl4W

[Coun. Merv Sarazin explores our new mural, 'Sìbì Ashidj kìjig' by the Three Sisters Art Collective]

On June 20, 1832 the Board of Health was founded at Bytown, prompted by an outbreak of cholera in the burgeoning settlement. The steamboat wharf was, for a time, colloquially referred to as “Cholera Wharf” and acted to “isolate those infected [and] act as a checkpoint...' #OTD

Happy #FathersDay to all the dads, stepdads, grandpas, father figures, friends, big bros, and anyone else celebrating today. Cheers to you and yours 🍻

#FlashbackFriday The home of Mr. John Gemmill of Gemmill and May, Barristers and Solicitors, at 22 Vittoria Street near Bank Street, June 1900.

Our newest temporary exhibition 'City in Flames: Ten Fires that (Re)Shaped #Ottawa ' is on now!

Details 👉 bit.ly/3On2ecP

[“Big Fire of April 26, 1900” from Dr. Henri-Marc Ami, Images of the Great Fire of Ottawa-Hull, 1900] #tbt

“The 56th Regiment in camp at Fort Wellington, Prescott [Ont], 14th June 1866” -- during the Fenian Raids. #OTD

Learn more 👉 thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/fen…