Lest We Forget The Wilderness

Lest We Forget The Wilderness is a work of art in Ward 8, Ottawa, Ontario. Lest We Forget The Wilderness is situated near the sports venue Pinecrest Recreation Complex, as well as near the ice rink Barbara Ann Scott Arena.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ben Franklin Place Client Service Centre and Centrepointe Theatre.

Ben Franklin Place Client Service Centre

Town hall

Photo: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ben Franklin Place is a building complex in the Centrepointe area of Ottawa which houses the Centrepointe Branch of the Ottawa Public Library, the Centrepointe Theatre, and a satellite office for the City of Ottawa. Ben Franklin Place Client Service Centre is situated 1 km southeast of Lest We Forget The Wilderness.

Centrepointe Theatre

Theater building

Photo: SimonP, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Centrepointe Theatre stylized as Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe, are publicly owned performance halls located in the former city of Nepean in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Centrepointe Theatre is situated 1 km east of Lest We Forget The Wilderness.

Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School

School

Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School is a secondary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The school specializes in Skilled Trades Education, with three Specialist High Skills Majors programs. Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School is situated 640 metres east of Lest We Forget The Wilderness.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ridgeview and Parkway Park.

Ridgeview

Neighborhood

Ridgeview is a neighbourhood in College Ward in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is bordered to the south by Baseline Road, to the east by Cobden Road, to the North by the Queensway, and to the west by Southwood Drive.

Parkway Park

Neighborhood

Parkway Park is a neighbourhood in College Ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded to the north by the Queensway, to the west by Cobden Road, to the south by Baseline Road and to the east by Pinecrest Creek and the OC Transpo Transitway.

Queensway Terrace South

Neighborhood

Queensway Terrace South is a neighbourhood in College Ward in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It used to be part of Queensway Terrace but in 1967, Highway 417 was built and split apart into Queensway Terrace North and South.

Lest We Forget The Wilderness

Type: Work of art
Inscription: “The sky has always been the most vital and important element for artist Christine Firth, a former glider pilot and the first woman in Canada to glide over 100 kilometres. She celebrates the sky through paint and poetry.”
Category: tourism
Location: Ward 8, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

45.34782° or 45° 20′ 52″ north

Longitude

-75.77382° or 75° 46′ 26″ west

Established

1988

Open location code

87Q686XG+4F

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5772129452

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=artwork

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In Other Languages

“Lest We Forget The Wilderness” goes by many names.

French: “Lest We Forget The Wilderness”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Pinecrest Recreation Complex and Barbara Ann Scott Arena.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Baseline / Cobden and Sean’s Auto.

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