Whitehaven (Ottawa)
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Whitehaven is a neighbourhood about 10 kilometres west of downtown Ottawa
. It is bounded by Carling Avenue
to the north, Woodroffe Avenue
to the east, the OC Transpo
Transitway to the west and highway 417
to the south.
Whitehaven was developed on the lands of Fox farm starting in the 1950s. The Fox farm homestead can still be found on Fox Crescent in the north part of the neighbourhood with its windmill tower now shaded by a large tree. Originally the east side of the neighbourhood was subdivided into large lots, typically 50 by 50 metres. In the 1960s, the west side was developed with smaller lots but mostly large custom homes. At the same time, many lots in the east side of the neighbourhood were subdivided and infill housing was built. Subdivisions have continued through to today, giving Whitehaven a very eclectic housing character. Whitehaven Crescent was built up throughout the mid 1960s as the area's namesake.
The south west side of the neighbourhood contains a large park with a playground, with schools including D. Roy Kennedy Public School
and Woodroffe High School. In the 1960s there was also a public primary school which operated through the late 1990s called Whitehaven Public School. It was closed for a few years after much dispute and then was reopened and expanded as a French
primary school, called Terre des Jeunes.
Whitehaven has plenty of transportation links, green space
and shopping centres. The Carlingwood and Lincoln Fields shopping malls are within walking distance of the neighbourhood. Both shopping centres are serviced extensively by OC Transpo with Lincoln Fields being serviced by the Lincoln Fields Transit Station
on the Transitway
Whitehaven is also connected locally to a network of bike paths with direct access to
downtown Ottawa.
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
. It is bounded by Carling Avenue
Carling Avenue
Carling Avenue is a major east-west arterial road in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from March Road in Kanata to Bronson Avenue in the Glebe...
to the north, Woodroffe Avenue
Woodroffe Avenue (Ottawa)
Woodroffe Avenue is the major north-south arterial road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's west end. It runs south from the Ottawa River Parkway through Baseline Road to Prince of Wales Drive towards the communities of Manotick and Barrhaven. The road runs through the heart of Nepean in Ottawa's west end...
to the east, the OC Transpo
OC Transpo
OC Transpo is the urban transit service of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. An integrated hub-and-spoke system of services is available consisting of: regular buses travelling on fixed routes in mixed traffic, typical of most urban transit systems; a bus rapid transit system — a high...
Transitway to the west and highway 417
Highway 417 (Ontario)
King's Highway 417, also known as Highway 417 and the Queensway through Ottawa is a 400-series highways in the Canadian province of Ontario which connects Montreal with Ottawa. It is the backbone of the transportation system in the Ottawa region, where it forms part of the Queensway along with...
to the south.
Whitehaven was developed on the lands of Fox farm starting in the 1950s. The Fox farm homestead can still be found on Fox Crescent in the north part of the neighbourhood with its windmill tower now shaded by a large tree. Originally the east side of the neighbourhood was subdivided into large lots, typically 50 by 50 metres. In the 1960s, the west side was developed with smaller lots but mostly large custom homes. At the same time, many lots in the east side of the neighbourhood were subdivided and infill housing was built. Subdivisions have continued through to today, giving Whitehaven a very eclectic housing character. Whitehaven Crescent was built up throughout the mid 1960s as the area's namesake.
The south west side of the neighbourhood contains a large park with a playground, with schools including D. Roy Kennedy Public School
D. Roy Kennedy Public School
D. Roy Kennedy is a public elementary and middle school in the Bay Ward of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, offering classes from kindergarten to grade 8. It is located at the corner of Woodroffe Avenue and Lenester Avenue in Ottawa's Glabar Park neighbourhood....
and Woodroffe High School. In the 1960s there was also a public primary school which operated through the late 1990s called Whitehaven Public School. It was closed for a few years after much dispute and then was reopened and expanded as a French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
primary school, called Terre des Jeunes.
Whitehaven has plenty of transportation links, green space
Green belt
A green belt or greenbelt is a policy and land use designation used in land use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighbouring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or green wedges which have a linear character and may run through an...
and shopping centres. The Carlingwood and Lincoln Fields shopping malls are within walking distance of the neighbourhood. Both shopping centres are serviced extensively by OC Transpo with Lincoln Fields being serviced by the Lincoln Fields Transit Station
Lincoln Fields Station (OC Transpo)
Lincoln Fields Station is a station on Ottawa's transitway located at Carling Avenue and the Ottawa River Parkway. It is adjacent but not connected to nearby Lincoln Heights Galleria Shopping Centre. It is the main western hub of the transitway system and has a ticket sales and information office...
on the Transitway
Ottawa Rapid Transit
In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the public transit service operated by OC Transpo has two rapid transit systems: the Transitway, a bus rapid transit network, and the O-Train, a diesel-powered light rail transit service operated on one line.-Major routes:...
Whitehaven is also connected locally to a network of bike paths with direct access to
downtown Ottawa.