Water Tower - Stittsville, Ontario, Canada
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N 45° 16.151 W 075° 56.322
18T E 426363 N 5013282
The Stittsville Water Tower serving the Stittsville community.
Waymark Code: WMAW91
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 03/02/2011
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The Stittsville's water tower, part of the City of Ottawa water system and is located on Hazeldean Road, near it's intersection with Carp Road.
Stittsville is a suburban community in the western part of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. A part of the National Capital Region, Stittsville is located immediately to the south-west of Kanata, and about 31 km (19 miles) from downtown Ottawa. Stittsville was incorporated as a police village in 1956, and became a full village in 1961. In 1974 it was amalgamated into Goulbourn Township. In 2001 Goulbourn was amalgamated into the City of Ottawa.
The first settlers to the area were Irish soldiers, arriving in the 1820s. One of the original surveyors in the Stittsville area referred to it as a "God-forsaken wasteland"[citation needed]. This was due to the large number of fens, swamps, and marshlands in the area, which made agriculture and travel nearly impossible. This same surveyor would refer to the area around the village of Richmond (10 km south) as having some of the most fertile soils in the entire region.[citation needed] The town itself was born in the 1850s by Jackson Stitt, for whom the town is named; he was also the first postmaster in the area.[1]
The original town site, now known as "Old Stittsville" was located at the present intersection of Carp Road and Hazeldean Road. It was a small crossroads, consisting of a few houses, a small inn, and a general store and post office, which was owned by Jackson Stitt.
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