photography

Every day in December leading up to Christmas, local photographer Christophe Ledent will be sharing a photo of Ottawa Christmas lights on our blog. To kick things off, here’s a shot of a house on Fourth Avenue in the Glebe, between Lyon and Percy. ...

The big finish from today’s Help Santa Toy Parade. Photo by Beverly Richard , used by permission. [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/BZxb0VzCUAEL6z_.jpg-large.jpg) ** ** ** See also: ** Ottawa Parades Guide If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/JFKWHP-ST-120-21-61.jpg) Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, Governor General Georges Vanier (hidden) and President John F. Kennedy walk down the red carpet at Uplands Airport. Behind them are Pauline Vanier, Jacqueline Kennedy and Olive Diefenbaker. Photo by Harold L. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/maison-hiver-en-1987-centree.jpg) Boyd House and farm, Winter 1987. ** Do you know anything about this house or the Boyd family who lived there? ** Send us a note at feedback@ottawastart.com , or follow along on Twitter and Instagram using hashtag #173huntmar . ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/01-IMG_9726.jpg) Boyd House on a December night in the early 2000's. _ ** Do you know anything about this house or the Boyd family who lived there? ** Send us a note at feedback@ottawastart. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1900.jpg) Boyd House at 173 Huntmar Drive in Stittsville, circa 1900. ** Could the woman on the porch be Jane Boyd? ** The Boyd family says it is. She was one of the original owners of the old stone house at 173 Huntmar Drive, along with her husband James. ...

[  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/13-1384702761408.jpg) Boyd House at 173 Huntmar Drive in Stittsville. The old stone house pictured above is at 173 Huntmar Drive. It’s not even 500 meters from my house, located between Palladium and Maple Grove and just a stone’s throw from Canadian Tire Centre. ...

_ A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/01-Dundonald-DOI-.jpg) Dundonald Park, 1920s (Source: Library and Archives Canada/Department of the Interior (PA-034336) [ ! ...

_ A weekly feature from Christopher Ryan , a local photographer, blogger and researcher. It appears every Friday on our blog. _ [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/01-Dundonald-Sign-2013-.jpg) Somerset entrance to Dundonald Park (June 2013) Although Centretown cannot be characterized as a neighbourhood that is stuffed with green space, it is blessed with two well-used historic parks (among a number of others), roughly equidistant from either side of Bank Street. ...

Thanks to David Carroll for allowing us to republish this photo he took earlier today, showing the “tail-end of an annular eclipse as seen at sunrise” from Ottawa. The original, full-size version is here… [ ](http://www.flickr.com/photos/david_carroll/10644410965/) ** See also: ** Ottawa Nature Guide ...