China Doll
Ottawa’s first Asian residents arrived in the area over 100 years ago; by the 1930s there were over 300 people in what was to become Chinatown. Subsequent waves of immigrants came to the area from all over Asia bringing their culture and strong work ethic and setting up many of Ottawa’s early businesses and organizations.
The Kwan family transformed a little grocery store into an Asian eatery in 1971. Today, Edward Kwan and his brother Don manage the Shanghai restaurant in Ottawa alongside their siblings and parents. While continuing to serve their patrons with delicious Cantonese and Szechuan food, the restaurant on Somerset Street has become a hub for art shows, dance parties, and disco bingo.
The restaurant is best known for its karaoke nights every Saturday hosted by the family’s very own China Doll. A small sample of China Doll’s flamboyant accessories can be seen here.
Brooke Claxton building, Tunney’s Pasture, fall 2017.
Rock Sculptures by John Felice Ceprano at the Remic Rapids on the Ottawa River.
Submitted by Satvinder Singh
The northwestern corner of the appropriately named Cow Lane and Morningside Lane in the Experimental Farm, taken on a mid-June afternoon. As with many of my photographs, this was taken during a bike ride on Ottawa's magnificent multi-user path network,
Submitted by Robin Frost
Dow's Lake on the Rideau Canal in summer.
Submitted by Robin Frost
Taken at Britannia Beach during the floods in May, 2017.
Submitted by Robin Frost
Gatineau Park
Submitted by Marcelo Glacial
Seen from the Champlain Bridge as I was returning from a bike ride in the Gatineau hills.
Submitted by Robin Frost
Britannia Beach in early spring. This is the beach nearest my home and I find that with a little imagination it can yield some very interesting photographs.
Submitted by Robin Frost
Biking around tulip festival 2017. Submitted by Setareh Khosropanah
Looking south along the Rideau River from the Adàwe Crossing cyclist and pedestrian bridge that was opened in 2015. As with many of my photographs, this was taken while I was on a bike ride and my reflection is just visible in the globe.
Submitted by Robin Frost
Byward Market Onions...
I love the fresh produce offered at the Byward Market. The colours of these beautiful onions were very appealing to me!
Submitted by Debbie Searle McIntyre
Magnolias in full bloom at the Arboretum.
Submitted by Suzanne Fleury
This is a photo I took in winter 2017 of the historic Macdoanld Gardens Park located in Lowertown east downtown Ottawa ON, CAN..
It is a beautiful park to walk through. The gazebo atop a hill in the park is really interesting to see which is behind the middle tree in this misty photo.
The park opened in 1914 on top of a previous cemetery that was there.
Submitted by Gary Corcoran.
This is a photo I took Sept 9th 2017 of a Parliament Hill scene, from Hull Quebec, with the lovely Ottawa river and Ottawa locks in the landscape.
The Capital Cruise boats cruise the river every hour or so and make for good photographs along this scenic landscape of Parliament Hill.
Submitted by Gary Corcoran
This is a photo I took in the winter 2017 of the Ottawa river from behind Parliament Hill, Ottawa, ON, CAN.
The Wilson Carbide mill on Victoria island in the distance looks nice against the Ottawa river winter landscape.
Thomas "Carbide" Wilson established this mill in the year 1904.
Submitted by Gary Corcoran
This is a photo I took i of the historic Macdonald Gardens park located in Lower town east downtown Ottawa, ON, CAN. which opened in 1914.
It is one of Ottawa's oldest parks and built on top of a previous cemetery that used to reside in the park before 1914.
The Gazebo looked interesting in the early evening sunset light.
Submitted by Gary Corcoran
Remembering absent friends at Andrew Hayden Park. Submitted by Sanjita Patel
First frost. Submitted Sanjita Patel
This early autumn image of the trail beside Dow's Lake is a perfect illustration of what photographers call the golden hour, the period just before sunset when most of the sun's blue light has been filtered out by the atmosphere, leaving rich red and orange tones. The light is most spectacular when it falls beneath an overcast sky, as it did here. Submitted by Robin Frost
This early autumn image of the trail beside Dow's Lake is a perfect illustration of what photographers call the golden hour, the period just before sunset when most of the sun's blue light has been filtered out by the atmosphere, leaving rich red and orange tones. The light is most spectacular when it falls beneath an overcast sky, as it did here. Submitted by Robin Frost
In the Bruce Pit park on the western fringe of Nepean on a cold January day. I live close to an entrance to the park so I often take my camera for a walk there. Submitted by Robin Frost