Laurentian View
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Laurentian View is a sub-neighbourhood of Westboro, Ottawa. It is bounded west to Churchill, north to Richmond Road, east to Kirkwood and south by Carling Avenue. The neighbourhood is a mixture of low to high class residences. The townhouses are south of Dovercourt Avenue and north to Carling.
History
The neighbourhood was named after the Laurentian Mountains due to being on a steep hill seeing "the views of the Laurentian Mountains". The view of the Laurentian Mountains was mentioned in a flyer "move to Westboro" in the late 1800s.
Features
The neighbourhood is home to Clare Gardens Park. There are bike paths along Byron Avenue. The bike paths used to be part of the Ottawa Trolley Line until 1959. Tweedsmuir is one of the main streets in the neighbourhood.
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