Our History

FROM OUR ARCHIVES Robert Lees – patriarch of Ottawa East’s leading family   SUSAN HILL Robert Lees was the patriarch of the Lees family who lived in a house called Wildwood. It stood, at the end of a long lane, on Main Street, where the Queensway is now. Born in Scotland in 1814, Robert Lees…

FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE MAINSTREETER The notable founding families of Old Ottawa East Lewis Williams first settled the land around current Main Street and Riverdale Avenue in 1818 From the June 2025 Issue SUSAN HILL, BRUCE BALLANTYNE AND RICK WALLACE The geography of any community involves not only the physical characteristics of the land…