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Dominion Observatory

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

Highlights include Ottawa Civic Hospital and Carleton University.

Hospital
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The is one of three main campuses of – along with the General and Riverside campuses. With 549 beds, the Civic Campus has the region's only adult-care trauma centre, serving , the region of and eastern . is situated 580 metres west of Dominion Observatory.

University
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is an English-language public research university in , , 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. is situated 1½ km southeast of Dominion Observatory.

Museum
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The is a national agricultural museum in , , Canada. Occupying several buildings within the , the museum operates as a "working farm", and provides public programs and exhibitions on agriculture sciences, and on the history of agriculture in Canada. is situated 800 metres southeast of Dominion Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Civic Hospital and Little Italy.

Neighborhood
is a neighbourhood in in central , . It is named after the , which is located in the neighbourhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighbourhood of , , Canada, and the cultural centre of Ottawa's Italian community. Situated in , it is bounded by Albert Street to the north, Carling Avenue to the south, O-Train Line 2 to the west, and approximately Bronson Avenue to the east, while the neighbourhood's main commercial area is along Preston Street.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood in in , , 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.

Dominion Observatory

Latitude
45.39361° or 45° 23′ 37″ north
Longitude
-75.7144° or 75° 42′ 52″ west
Open location code
87Q697VP+C6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 491014703
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Wiki­data ID
Q266818
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Dominion Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Отавска обсерватория”
  • Chinese: “加拿大自治領天文台”
  • Chinese: “加拿大自治領天文臺”
  • Chinese: “多明尼克天文台”
  • Dutch: “Dominion Observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد دومينيون”
  • French: “observatoire fédéral”
  • French: “Observatoire fédéral”
  • German: “Dominion Observatory”
  • German: “Dominion-Sternwarte”
  • Japanese: “ドミニオン天文台”
  • Russian: “Доминьонская обсерватория”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Dominion”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dominion Observatory”. Photo: Lezumbalaberenjena, Public domain.