Absolutely fascinating! to a long time Ottawa resident. I wish i knew this when canoeing down to Ottawa from Fitzroy Harbour.

when they moved from MacDonald Gardens cemetary to Beechwood Cemetary, they only moved the graves with headstones

Weird that know one thinks it’s important to say what state. Weird.

Thanks Rick and Andrew.

I love the your work and thanks for fighting to keep the area preserved

Thank you for researching and sharing this history. We ordered your book, Walking in the Footsteps of Philemon Wright, and it’s wonderful. My husband is a descendant.

Thanks alot guys, love the local history! Much appreciated!!!

Fantastic as always

Love what you guys are doing, thank you!! I would love to see a video about the area around Alumette Island on the Ottawa river and Champlain’s meeting with the Algonquin people there. I have a family cottage in the area and it has a very interesting history. Thanks again for the great content!

Can you (or have you?) do a video on Billing’s Estate?

Lived in Ottawa my whole life and never knew this. Very informative 👏

Every one of these is a true treasure! Thank you gentlemen . . . . I'll be always looking for what you share next!!!

Very interesting.

As a Leamy who has never been to this part of the world I found your videos fascinating. My great grand father was Louis Napoleon Leamy who eventually moved west to BC. His son, my grandfather crossed the border into Idaho so we are the western US branch of the family. Thank you for the tour!

Wow. This is incredible information. God bless Andrew for being so knowledgeable and sharing these amazing facts with me and all that watched.

Keep these coming gentlemen --- it is SO appreciated!!! Wonderful editing, research, and drone photography. I love our city, and I love what you're doing --- Dave, Ottawa Outdoors Magazine. :-)

Fascinating, as usual. This year (I mean in 2021) I read the book "Life Along the Opeongo Line" by Joan Finnigan, and I was intrigued by a map on page 26 that showed "Le vieux Canal" on the Quebec side that would have allowed bypassing the Chat Falls Generating Station. If you ever cover that, I would be delighted. I tried to get there, but there seems to be no road going there, outside the Chemin du Canal. I also read "The Railroad Builders' from Oskar Skelton in 2021. The railroad history is also fascinating. My regret is that railroads are no longer really important for passenger travels outside the Ontario-Quebec corridor or for across Canada... Bonne et heureuse année 2022!

I truly enjoyed this ramble of Ottawa. In particular the older versions of the areas of topic. I love the pace taken by the hosts and am impressed with the knowledge possessed. Looking forward to more rambles.

Thank you Happy very interesting ! I would like to wish you and your family a New Year filled with lots of laughter and smiles, leaving behind the difficulties of the past year, and in which you will feel peace, joy and happiness in every moment. May all your wishes come true and may your happiness be endless in the New Year

Thank you for curating the history beautifully

Merci beaucoup à vous deux

Enjoying the Rambles, keep them coming LIz.

Encore une fois, superbe!

As fascinating as ever. I visited the Saint-James Cemetery about 15 years ago and was quite fascinated by it.

Merci beaucoup

Fascinating again (running a little being in my watching)! So many things I would like to see you talk about too!

Fascinating to see and hear about my ancestors (D. Wells, nee Routliffe)!

I (RicK) misspoke when recording this: Andrew Leamy was born in 1816, and not one year after George was buried. Also, Thomas Smyth was Lt. Thomas Smyth, not a Captain.

That was interesting. When I was a baby in 1954 I lived accross the street west from McDonald's burial ground. My interest in the Ottawa Valley grew in the past few years. I enjoy watching and learning . Thanks Rick and Andrew

Love the videos, fantastic! Have been reading the stories you write, but the videos just add so much more to the stories.

Great video. Thanks for doing this!

Thanks for this.

Nice houses im surprised their not covered in vandalism paint.

Your videos are fascinating and I have been following along as they come out. What is the aboriginal spelling of the place that the red oaks grow Mitigo Mouch Okan

Great job Rick!

This is so interesting, I love it!!!

Great video! I’ve tried to trace these sites myself. Maybe you could do the little stone bridge on the southeast side of Lebreton? Keep the vids coming! It would be great to see you team up with a local Elder!

Très intéressant et belle images et vidéo thank you so much

Merci pour tout ce travail! Andrew you are not useless, your drone shots and the photography add a lot. I hope you will both continue, either on the river, or elsewhere in the region. Thanks for sharing your wealth of information!

I really appreciate your videos. It is great to find out about the people behind the place names and events. Outaouais history is much less known than that of Ottawa. Please keep making these wonderful videos.

Thank you for this very informative 3 part series. Excellent work!

Loved this three part series! Cant wait for the next one.

Enjoyed it very much., great video, great audio. Merci beaucoup.

Merci beaucoup

once more, very well done!

Great work. I love this series and all the work that goes into it. Well done.

Very interesting, I walk this trail on a regular basis The monument in Brebeuf Park used to have engraved bronze paddles but they were stolen and replaced with those plastic ones.

Thank you.

Great stuff! The history beneath our feet is astounding. Have you considered running a guided tour? Sign me up!

Love it ! Merci