Andrew King

Ottawa history blogger Andrew King has launched a new history podcast: _ The Shadetree Files _ . You can give the first episode a listen in the player below and subscribe via iTunes .

Retro Rx: The Civic Pharmacy sign, on the corner of Carling and Holland. Photo by Robert Metzger. (Via Andrew King’s blog, Ottawa Rewind) All too often I use this blog to lament over the loss of Ottawa’s classic old signs, a trend that seems to have now finally been swayed in the other direction. ...

When the Confederation Line opens in 2017, the existing Trillium Line will become OC Transpo’s number two line. And given the history of the number two bus, those are big shoes to fill. OC Transpo route two has been running for decades and, over the generations, ingrained itself into the nostalgia of old Ottawa and the memories of its regular riders. ...

(This post originally appeared on Andrew King’s Ottawa Rewind blog) Over 10,000 years ago a body of water covered the City Of Ottawa called The Champlain Sea, a deep sideline of the Atlantic Ocean. It occupied a depression created by a continental glacier, and then it drained away as the giant glacier that once covered the northern hemisphere disappeared and the earth rebounded back into shape. ...

From investigative grocery journalist Andrew King… Oh my gawd….they have removed the animatronic FarmBoy from FarmBoy!!!!! How could they do this?!? pic.twitter.com/h5AIyhQi3d — Andrew King (@twitandrewking) April 1, 2015 In speaking with employees, the animated mascot foe the company was removed to make way for a cafe. ...

(This post originally appeared on Andrew King’s Ottawa Rewind blog and republished here with his permission.) A concept sketch by Andrew King of how the lighthouse in the Ottawa River may have looked based on a photo taken by Lou Bouchard and aerial images from the 1960s. ...

A tiki-mug and an original Ottawa Tiki-bar menu. EDITOR’S NOTE: Andrew King has contributed several pieces to OttawaStart about our city’s forgotten motels. Most recently, we collaborated on a search for two motels in the Greenbelt outside of Bells Corners. Before that, he wrote about the old Talisman Hotel on Carling Avenue. ...

The “Silver Saloon” … Canada’s first “Air Force One” that flew Prime Minister Mackenzie King out of Ottawa and around the world between 1945-48. (At Rockcliffe Airport) This post originally appeared on Ottawa Rewind , Andrew King’s new blog about his Ottawa history investigations and adventures. ...