Blackburn Hamlet is a community of approximately 9,000 people, located between the east end of Ottawa and Orleans. This community of Blackburn Hamlet was considered to be an independent outer suburb until the amalgamation of the city of Gloucester with the city of Ottawa in 2001.
The community of Blackburn Hamlet underwent several name changes until 1858, when the first post office was erected, at which time the community was named after Robert Blackburn, One hundred years later, in 1958, the government gave the National Capital Commission authority to establish the greenbelt, which displaced part of the community and forced redevelopment. Renamed Blackburn Hamlet, the first residents moved arrived in 1967.
Known locally as ‘the Hamlet’ it is a community within itself and surrounded by the NCC Greenbelt, the Canadian Federal Conservation Authority land, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Blackburn Hamlet provides its residents and visitors with over 250kms of hiking, cross country ski trails and walking paths. In addition, this community house the region’s most sought after toboggan hills at Green’s Creek, and an series of outdoor soccer fields, known collectively as the Hornet’s Nest, which host international soccer tournaments and a cooperative garden maintained by residents of Blackburn for over 25 years. This area is also home to an indoor recreation dome, called the SuperDome.
Blackburn Hamlet has several schools in the area, but the most notable is the French public school, Louis Riel, which is home to North America’s largest air supported fabric structure, at 12,422 square metres [133,705 square feet].
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