Photo Equatorial Building

The Dominion Observatory was an astronomical observatory and federal scientific institution in Ottawa, Ontario. It operated from 1902 until 1970 and played a central role in astronomy, timekeeping, geophysics, and surveying in Canada.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Carleton University and Ottawa Civic Hospital.

Carleton University

University

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Carleton University is an English-language public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to serve returning World War II veterans. Carleton University is situated 1½ km southeast of Photo Equatorial Building.

Ottawa Civic Hospital

Hospital

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The Ottawa Civic Hospital is one of three main campuses of The Ottawa Hospital – along with the General and Riverside campuses. With 549 beds, the Civic Campus has the region's only adult-care trauma centre, serving Eastern Ontario, the Outaouais region of Quebec and eastern Nunavut. Ottawa Civic Hospital is situated 600 metres west of Photo Equatorial Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Civic Hospital and Little Italy.

Civic Hospital

Neighborhood

Civic Hospital is a neighbourhood in Kitchissippi Ward in central Ottawa, Canada. It is named after the Ottawa Civic Hospital, which is located in the neighbourhood.

Little Italy

Neighborhood

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Little Italy is a neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and the cultural centre of Ottawa's Italian community. Situated in Centretown West, its main commercial area is along Preston Street, with the heart of the community being at the corner of Preston and Gladstone Avenue.

Hintonburg

Suburb

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Hintonburg is a neighbourhood in Kitchissippi Ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located west of the Downtown core. It is a historically working-class, predominantly residential neighbourhood, with a commercial strip located along Wellington Street West.

Photo Equatorial Building

Type: Tourist attraction
Categories: building, tourism, historic site, and historic building
Location: Ward 15, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

45.39337° or 45° 23′ 36″ north

Longitude

-75.714° or 75° 42′ 50″ west

Open location code

87Q697VP+8C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 491014702

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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