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STAR STAFF – The community of Orléans is made up of a collection of neighbourhoods in Ottawa’s far east end.

Neighbourhoods such as Convent Glen, Orleans Wood, Chapel Hill, Queenswood Heights, Fallingbrook and Chatelaine Village were formally part of the municipalities of Gloucester and Cumberland. In fact, the border between the two former cities ran through the centre of what, over the years, came to be known as Orléans.

The name Orléans was given to the community by Jean-Théodore Besserer who was the first postmaster of Orléans in 1860. Besserer was born on the Île d’Orléans in Québec and so he gave the fledgling community the name of his native island.

Originally, the name “Orléans” comes from a city of the same name in France which is the birthplace of Joan of Arc. The community started out as the Parish of St. Joseph de Gloucester in 1860.

The first known settlers to the area were François Dupuis, a veteran of the War of 1812, and Joseph Vézina, also known as Viseneau, who arrived in the area about 30 years before it became a parish. Other early settlers included the Major, Besserer and Duford families. The first anglophone

families to settle in the area were the McNeelys and the Kennys.

In 1860, Father Alphonse-Marius Chaîne was appointed resident priest of the new Saint-Joseph d’Orléans parish.

Construction of the first church was completed in 1885. It had to be demolished in 1920 for structural reasons and a new church was erected on the same site over the next two years.

In 1922, the Police Village of Orléans was formed with a council consisting of three volunteers elected to preserve peace, health and public safety. At that time, the village was part of Gloucester Township.

In 1930, the Police Village borrowed $3,800 to build a sidewalk from Champlain Street to Cousineau Street. And in 1957 the Village Council successfully petitioned to have the name of Ottawa Street changed to St. Joseph Blvd.

The Police Village was eventually abolished in 1974 and Orléans was left divided – one half in the municipality of Gloucester and the other half in the municipality of Cumberland.

In its earliest days – and right up until the mid-20th century – Orléans was a predominantly French-speaking community. In 1849 the population of

the area was approximately 50 people.

Within 50 years the area would see the construction of its first hotel, its first post office and its first school. But it wasn’t until the 1980s that the community really boomed.

During the early to mid 80s, Orléans was the fastest growing community in Canada. Over that period the population almost doubled. Today, Orléans is home to more than 115,000 inhabitants.

The community has a number of state-

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The residents of Orléans have a lot be proud, but there is a lot to look forward to as well. The future is very bright indeed.

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Providing a strong voice on city council STAR STAFF — When it comes to our local political representatives, the last 12 months can be summed up in one word – change. Like the East Block on Parliament Hill the East Block that is made up of our local city councillors, MP and MPP is under renovation.

Last fall, the residents in Innes Ward and Orleans Ward elected first time city councillors in Laura Dudas and Matt Luloff while the residents in Cumberland Ward re-elected Stephen Blais for a third term.

At the provincial level the current incumbent, Marie-France Lalonde, is locked in a race to seek the federal Liberal nomination to replace Andrew Leslie who is stepping down after serving just one term in office. Should Lalonde win the nomination, she will have to resign her seat in the provincial legislature to focus her attention on the General Election. As a result, a provincial byelection will have to be held this winter to chose a new MPP. At the municipal level the east end is divided into four wards, Beacon HillCyrville Ward includes the neighbourhoods of Beacon Hill, Cyrville and Pineview; Innes Ward is made up of Blackburn Hamlet, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill North and Chateauneuf; Orléans Ward consists of Queenswood Heights, Fallingbrook, Convent Glen, Orleans Wood, Chatelaine Village and Springridge; and Cumberland Ward is made up of South Fallingbrook, Avalon and rural Cumberland.

After getting elected last fall Luloff and Dudas were both named as deputy mayors.

Matt Luloff is a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces who served in Afghanistan in 2008. In winning a seat on city council, he managed to beat out 16 other contenders.

Laura Dudas is a former journalist

and communications officer for the City of Ottawa. After finishing second to Jody Mitic in the 2014 municipal election, she decided to run again in 2018 against François Trépanier, Donna Gudbranson and Tammy Lynch and won.

Blais was easily reelected after running on his record of accomplishments that include a massive expansion of Millennium Park; pushing for an accelerated timeline for LRT Phase 2; securing funding for traffic cameras on school buses and the François Dupuis Recreation Complex in Avalon.

Councillor Tim Tierney was first elected to represent Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward in 2010 when he defeated longtime councillor Michel Bellemare. One of his proudest accomplishments was in having the aging Potvin Arena replaced by the state-of-the-art Richcraft Sensplex in 2014.

All four east end councillors make a concerted effort to be as approachable and helpful to their constituents as possible, as do both Andrew Leslie and Marie-France Lalonde as the local MP and MPP respectively. They also rely on their staff to make sure issues raised by their constituents are address in a timely manner. Their office numbers and e-mail addresses are as follows...

The east end is represented by councillors Laura Dudas (Innes Ward), Tim Tierney (Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward), Matt Luloff (Orléans Waerd)and Stephen Blais (Cumberland Ward). FILE PHOTO

Matt Luloff, 613-580-2471 E-mail: Matt.Luloff@ottawa.ca Stephen Blais, 613-580-2489 Stephen.Blais@ottawa.ca Laura Dudas, 613-580-2472 Laura.Dudas@ottawa.ca Tim Tierney, 613-580-2481 Tim.Tierney@ottawa..ca General inquiries can be made by calling 613-580-2424 or 3-1-1.

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STAR STAFF – When it comes to motorcycles and all terrain vehicles, the folks at Wheelsport on Youville Drive have been meeting the needs of east end residents for more than 45 years.

Founded by Fred Kolman in 1972, the very first Wheelsport was located at Montreal and Blair. When Fred’s son Jim took over the business in 2000, they moved to their current location on Youville Drive and haven’t looked back.

Over 80 per cent of the company’s business comes from repeat customers.

“We have customers who are on their fourth or fifth bike,” says Jim Kolman, “and now their kids are buying bikes from us.”

The progression from one generation to the next is even reflected in the Kolman family. Jim’s son Benjamin started working at the dealership three years ago and is now heavily involved in the store’s marketing.

Wheelsport specializes in the KTM line of bikes, but they also sell Yamaha and Suzuki motorcycles, Vespa and Piaggo scooters and CFMoto ATVs and side by sides.

The Kolman family are also huge offroad enthusiasts, which explains the vast selection of off-road bikes they have in

their showroom.

Wheelsport also buys and sells preowned bikes and they have an extensive selection of accessories, helmets and outerwear.

Asked how the east end motorcycle community has evolved over the years, Kolman is quick to point to the increasing number of women who have taken up the pastime.

“The number of women who have gotten into motorcycling has really grown, especially in Orléans,” says Kolman. “And they’re different than men. They’re a lot more detail oriented, so we have all the different colours and models and we try to accommodate them as best we can.”

The folks at Wheelsport have also seen an increase in more mature riders who are getting into motorcycling in their mid- to late 50s.

Besides sales, Wheelsport is the place to go for service and repairs on virtually every type and model. They have the equipment and experience to get your motorcycle or scooter, ATV and snowmobile in prime shape, whether you’re riding for pleasure, racing around the track, or tearing it up on the trail. They can do oil changes, tire changes and safety checks while you wait, and they

Over the past 45 years, Wheelsport has become an institution among the hundreds of motorcycle enthusiasts living in the east end. Their showroom is located at 1390 Youville Dr. in Orléans. STAFF PHOTO have a pick up and delivery service for those larger jobs.

Finally, even though winter is he furthest thing from most people`s minds but it’s good to know that Wheelsport carries the complete line of Ariens snowblowers. In fact, they were the very first Ariens dealer

in Ottawa, dating back to the store’s earliest days, and they service everything they sell.

To learn more about Wheelsport and everything they have to offer why not check out their website at wheelsport.ca, or better yet visit their showroom located at 1390 Youville Dr.

Providing a helping hand in times of crisis STAR STAFF — Like many other bedroom communities in Canada, Orléans has its share of residents who, for various reasons, need help in times of crisis.

Whether they are the victims of domestic abuse, new arrivals to Canada, or experiencing financial hardship, residents in need have not one, but two agencies they can turn to in the east end.

The Orléans Cumberland Community Resource Centre (OCCRC), located on Centrum Boulevard in Orléans Town Centre, serves residents living in the former municipality of Cumberland which includes Queenswood Heights, Fallingbrook, Cardinal Creek, Orleans Wood, Chatelaine Village and Avalon, while the Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre, located in the Gloucester Centre, serves residents living in the former municipality of Gloucester, which includes the communities of Beacon Hill, Blackburn Hamlet, Chateauneuf, Chapel Hill and Convent Glen.

Both Resource Centres provide services and programs for youth, teenagers and families and both agencies operate an Early Years drop-in centre. In addition, the Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre provides services and programs

for seniors and adults with physical disabilities in both jurisdictions including Meals on Wheels.

The Orléans Cumberland Community Resource Centre also operates a food bank which provides emergency food supplies meant to last for 2-4 days. Families are limited to one visit per month.

The Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre refers individuals and families in need of emergency food supplies to the Gloucester Emergency Food Cupboard located at 2040 Arrowsmith Dr. which operates under the same rules.

Both resources centres are able to provide services to residents in need thanks in large part to the generosity and dedication of dozens donors, and community groups which hold fundraising events throughout the year.

The single biggest donor to the Orléans Cumberland foodbank are the students at St. Peter Catholic High School who collect tens of thousands of food items during their annual Canley Cup food drive every spring.

The OCCRC has several programs in which local businesses and individuals can contribute directly to the agency, the biggest being the Community Caring

The Orléans Cumberland Community Resource Centre is located at 240 Centrum Blvd. across from the Shenkman Arts Centre. FILE PHOTO Connection program in which donors can either make a lump some donation, or a monthly contribution through a direct payment plan.

Like the OCCRC, the Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre is largely dependent on third party fundraising efforts. They also organize their own fundraising events, the

biggest of which is their charity auction and dinner held every spring.

You can learn more about the Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre and the programs the agency provides at www.eorc-creo.ca.

The Orléans Cumberland Community Resource Centre’s website can be found at www.crcoc.ca.

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Francophone institutions flourish in Orléans STAR STAFF – From it’s earliest days, Orléans has always been proud of its francophone heritage.

In the 2016 Census, over 30 per cent of Orléans residents indicated French as their mother tongue with many more identifying themselves as Francophiles, or possessing the ability to speak and understand French.

It is this bilingual character which makes Orléans so special.

The francophone community in Orléans has worked hard to establish and maintain key institutions like the Mouvement d’implication francophone d’Orléans (MIFO) and the Rendez-vous des aînés francophones d’Ottawa (RAFO).

Founded in 1983, MIFO is the cultural wellspring of the local francophone population in Orléans. The organization provides a wealth of programs and community services including seniors programs; summer camps; and a beforeand after-school program.

The MIFO cultural centre on Carrière Street is home to the Centre SéraphinMarion d’Orléans which provides activities for francophone seniors.

MIFO is also responsible for bringing French language performers, comedians and theatre performances to the Shenkman

Arts Centre.

The Rendez-vous des aînés francophones d’Ottawa (RAFO) is the largest francophone seniors club in Orléans.

Located at 3499 Navan Rd., the club offers a variety of activities throughout the week, as well as special events and outings.

One of their more popular activities is their Sunday breakfast and their Tuesday and Thursday lunches.

Another important francophone institution in Orléans is the Société francoontarienne du patrimoine et de l’histoire d’Orléans, or SFOPHO for short.

The group is responsible for convincing the city to name many of the local streets and parks after important francophone figures who played an key role in building the community.

They also joined forces with the Heart of Orléans BIA to establish a series of 27 historic plaques along St-Joseph Boulevard marking buildings and places of historic importance.

While MIFO is the wellspring of francophone culture in Orléans and SFOPHO is the guardians of its heritage, the Église Saint-Joseph d’Orléans is it’s heart and soul.

The existing church at 2757 St-Joseph Blvd. was completed in 1922 to replace

The Mouvement d’implication francophone d’Orléans is headquartered in the MIFO Cultural Centre at 6600 Carrière Street. (Right) the Paroisse Saint-Joseph church located at 2757 St. Joseph Blvd. FILE PHOTO the original building which stood on the site from 1885 until 1920 when it had to be demolished for structural reasons.

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Business Associations

Ottawa Board of Trade www.ottawabot.ca 613-36-3631 Heart of Orléans BIA www.heartoforleans.ca 613-580-2424 ext. 23900 Business Club d’Orléans www.businesscluborleans.com

Community Resource Centres

Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre, 1980 Ogilvie Rd. www.eorc-creo.ca 613-741-6025 Orléans Cumberland Community Resource Centre, 240 Centrum Blvd. www.crcoc.ca 613-830-4357 Gloucester Emergency Food Cupboard, 2040 Arrowsmith Dr. 613-749-4728

History and Heritage

Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, 2940 Old Montreal Rd. www.facebook.com/cumberlandmuseum/ 613-833-3059 Cumberland Township Historical Society www.cths.ca Gloucester Historical Society www.gloucesterhistory.com Société franco-ontarienne de patrimoine et de l’histoire d’Orléans www.sfopho.com

Service clubs

Cumberland Lions Club www.cumberlandlions.ca info@cumberlandlions.ca Gloucester North Lions Club www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/gloucesternorth/ Kiwanis Club of Orléans www.orleanskiwanis.ca 613-851-3567 Navan Lions Club www.navanlions.ca chrisnavan@rogers.com Navan Women’s Institue www.navannwi.com Orléans Lions Club www.orleanslionsclub.org orleanslions@gmail.com Rotary Club of Orléans https://portal.clubrunner.ca/4921 Royal Canadian Legion Branch 632, 800 Taylor Creek Dr. www.rcl632.com

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Sports and Recreation Arenas

Blackburn Arena, 200 Glen Park Dr. Earl Armstrong Arena, 2020 Ogilvie Rd. Richcraft Sensplex, 813 Shefford Rd. Bob MacQuarriie Recreation Complex, 1490 Youville Dr. Navan Memorial Arena, 1295 Colonial Rd. Ray Friel Recreation Complex, 1585 Tenth Line Rd. R.J. Kennedy Arena, 1115 Dunning Rd.

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Health Care Services

Orléans Urgent Care Clinic, 100-1220 Place d’Orléans Dr. www.esfestottawa.ca 613-590-0533 Family First Health Centre. 4270 Innes Rd. inside the Great Canadian Superstore www.ffhc.ca 613-841-7009

School Boards

Ottawa District School Board www.ocdsb.ca 613-721-1820 Ottawa Catholic School Board www.ocsb.ca 613-224-2222 Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario www.cepeo.on.ca 613-742-8960 Conseil des écoles catholique de Centre-Est www.ecolecatholique.ca 613-742-8960

Minor Sports Associations Basketball

Gloucester-Cumberland Basketball www.gcba.ca

Baseball / Softball

Orléans Amateur Fastball Association www.orleanssoftball.ca Orléans Little League www.orleanslittleleague.ca

Curling

Navan Curling Club, 1305 Fair Green Ave. https://navancurling.ca

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Hockey

Blackburn Minor Hockey Association www.blackburnstingers.com Cumberland Minor Hockey Association www.cumberlandminorhockey.ca Gloucester Cumberland Girls Hockey www.gcgha.goalline.ca Orléans Minor Hockey Association www.orleansminorhockey.ca

Soccer

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This year’s festival was an unmitigated success with several thousand people event in the Orléans Festival Plaza on Centrum Boulevard.

Other highlights during the year include the Petrie Island Canada Day Celebration, which brings together local residents to celebrate Canada’s birthday, and Carivibe which is held during the second weekend in June and showcases the best in Caribbean food and music.

June is also the month when the Blacburn Community Association holds it’s annual Blackburn Fun Fair complete with a midway, live entertainment and fireworks. The Fun Fair parade, which takes place on the Saturday morning, includes participants from every organizatio, school and youth group in the Hamlet.

Sticking to the month of June, Beacon Hill-Cyrville Coun. Tim Tierney hosts his annual Celebrate Summer event on the third Saturday of the month.

Residents in Chapel Hill South gather every year in Blue Willow Park their annual Summer Sizzler fun day. The event includes fun activities for the kids, a BBQ

Orléans Ribfest (left) returns to the Orléans Town Centre on Sept, 13-15.

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Held on the second weekend in August, the Navan Fair attracts people from across the region who crowd the fair grounds to watch the demolition derby, take in the livestock shows and enjoy the midway rides.

This year’s fair is being held from Aug. 8-11. Among the highlights are the demolition derby on the Thursday and Friday night, the Navan Fair parade on Saturday morning, and the grandstand show with headliners 54-40 and Meghan Patrick. You can find out more about the Navan Fair at www.navanfair.com.

In September, some of the top grillmasters in North America will return to Orléans for the third annual Ribfest.

Last year’s event attracted several thousand people who thoroughly enjoyed the combination of BBQ ribs, and live music. This year’s event will once again be held on Centrum Blvd. which will be closed for the three-day event from Sept.

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A thriving arts and culture community STAR STAFF — If you appreciate the arts, either as a patron or a practitioner, Orléans has much to offer for residents of all ages starting with the Ottawa School of Theatre (formerly called the Orléans Young Players Theatre School).

With their home in the Shenkman Arts Centre, OST offers programs in French and English for budding thespians as young as four years old. Most programs are run over three terms (September to December, January to March, and March to June).

Special seasonal productions are also held in December and June.

For more information about the OST and the programs they offer you can visit their website at www.ost-eto.ca.

Budding singers can join the Cross Town Youth Chorus which rehearses every Tuesday from 6:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Resurrection Lutheran Church on Gaultois Cres. off Orléans Blvd.

The Junior Choir is open to kids age 5-10 and the Senior Choir is open to kids age 11-15. The group holds a Christmas concert every year and ofter performs at special events like the Orléans Legion Remembrance Day ceremony and visits to local seniors homes. For more information visit www.ctyc.ca.

Older singers can audition for Coro Vivo Ottawa, or Les Chansonniers d’Ottawa. Both choruses, which have their roots in the east end, enjoy a wellearned reputation. Additional information about Coro Vivo Ottawa can be found at www.corovivoottawa.ca, while information about Les Chansonniers can be found at www.leschansonniersottawa.com.

If you appreciate barbershop harmony you should consider joining the Bytown Beat chorus. Auditions are held on a regular basis and can be scheduled by e-mailing info@bytownbeat.com.

Orléans is also home to a thriving amateur theatre scene. Vintage Stock Theatre stages a murder mystery dinner production every August on the grounds of the Cumberland Heritage Village Museum and a lamplight period production in September, also on the museum grounds.

This year’s murder mystery dinner production, “A Picture Perfect Murder”, will include two performances on Aug. 12 and Aug. 19. For ticket information visit www.vintagestock.ca.

The OST has a class for adults affectionately called the Orléans Older Players. Registration for the class, which is held every Monday evening beginning in

Since opening in 2009, the Shenkman Arts Centre has held hundreds of theatre productions and concerts by local amateur theatre companies and musicians.

Its three art galleries are also a popular venue for local artists. FILE PHOTO September, is currently open.

Last, but by no means least, the East End Theatre company stages a traditional pantomime production every December at the Shenkman Arts Centre.

The Arts Centre is the hub of the local arts community. It’s also home to dozens of theatre productions and live musical and

comedy performances in both French and English throughout the year and it’s home to three art galleries and the Gloucester Pottery School.

For more information about the Shenkman Arts Centre, including scheduling and ticket information visit www. shenkmanarts.ca.

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Doughty started his first business fresh out of high school in 1999. He had just returned from a two month stint in the arctic and bought a mobile pressure washing unit.

“It was called Will’s Washing Service and my motto was ‘Will’s willing to wash’,” Doughty remembers fondly.

The business was successful enough for Doughty to lease some space on Youville Drive to store the pressure washer. But after a year of working day and night and most weekends he decided to focus on cars and so, Extreme Auto Care was born.

In the early days, Doughty depended on referrals from local car dealers who gave him their detailing overflow. When his satisfied customers started coming back on a regular basis he knew he was on to something.

“I just went at it full blown everyday, work, work, work, and built it from there,” Doughty recalls of those early days.

Business began to boom and Doughty began to take on more employees, includ-

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Over the years he started offering additional services including oil changes, tires changes, and repair jobs.

“We’ve tried to make it so that it’s a one stop shop. So the customer drops their car off in the morning. They want it cleaned, they want the oil changed, they want a brake job and get their winter tires changed. Then they come back at five o’clock and it’s all done. So instead of going to multiple places to get multiple things done, they just come to use and we take care of everything for them,” says Doughty.

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The school’s theme for the upcoming 2019-2020 season will be Roots and Wings: Past and Future with productions inspired by what gets us going... the things that INSPIRES! – art, science, nature, stories and poetry, fairy tales and legends.

The season will kick off with an Open House on Sunday, Sept. 8 between noon and 3 p.m. The Open House will be made up of workshops, auditions, information on classes and a chance to register in person. You can also register online by visiting www.ost-eto.ca/.

On Oct. 19 Ottawa School of Theatre will celebrate it’s 30th anniversary with a special mark celebration in the Richcraft Theatre at the Shenkman Arts Centre from 4-8 p.m.

OST will hold it’s annual Christmas production in the Richcraft Theatre from Nov. 22-24. This year’s production will be The True Story of How Cindy Lou Saved Christmas, and Maybe Even The World.

Cindy Lou saved the day once before,

but this time it’s different – the Grinch has enlisted an army of evil characters to help him to keep Christmas from coming.

And it’s not just Christmas that’s at risk of disappearing, but all of mankind and the world as we know it. Can Cindy Lou and her friends save the season? More importantly, can they save the planet? Join them on their trek to the North Pole to find out.

Theatre study skills such as character development, text analysis, spatial awareness, breath control, to name just a few,

build skills for life.

The basis for these techniques begins with taking ownership of your own actions within the group as a whole. The show is not deemed a success or failure because of what happens onstage, but rather what has happened in class and in rehearsals.

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A great place for an active lifestyle STAR STAFF – Whether you bike, run, swim or play tennis, Orléans is a great place to pursue an active lifestyle and stay in shape.

It’s no secret that Orléans is home to dozens of neighbourhood parks, but what is less commonly known is that they are connected by more than 50 kms of pathways that are shared by pedestrians and cyclists alike.

One of the more popular pathways runs along the Ottawa River from Petrie Island to Parliament Hill and further west all the way to Kanata.

During the summer months cyclists can enjoy NOKIA Sunday Bikedays during which the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway is closed to motorists from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to allow the free flow of bicycles.

The Parkway can be accessed at St. Joseph Blvd. and Bearbrook Road.

The Green’s Creek area in Blackburn Hamlet is a great place to go for a run in the summer or sledding in the winter. The hill at Green’s Creek is one of the tallest tobogganing hills in the National Capital Region. The nearby Hornet’s Nest soccer facility is home to the Ottawa-Gloucester Hornets.

Further east, Millennium Park is home

to the Cumberland United Soccer Club and Ottawa TFC as well as the Cumberland Panthers Football Club.

The Park is also home to the Kiwanis Playground and the largest splash pad in the east end.

Sticking to the great outdoors, Petrie Island located on the Ottawa River has become a recreation jewel with its two supervised beaches, nature trails and ecological reserve. The island, which can be accessed by a causeway at the northern end of Trim Road, is home to the Orléans Canada Day Celebration and the Carivibe festival held every June. It’s also a popular destination for kayakers and canoeists who can paddle around the island and explore its many coves and inlets.

If you don’t own your own kayak or canoe, you can rent one at the Oziles Marina and Tackle Shop which is located on the causeway as you approach the island. Oziles also rents paddle boards, jet skis and paddle boats.

Orléans is also blessed with not one, not two, but three municipal recreation centres.

The Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex, located on Youville Drive, has two indoor rinks, a fully

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Two great ways to spend a sunny Sunday in the east end is to take advantage of the NOKIA Bikedays on the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway, or soak up some rays on Petrie Island (below). FILE PHOTOS equipped gym and a 25-metre pool that is shared by the Gloucester Synchro Club and the Ottawa Titans Water Polo Club. The Ray Friel Recreation Complex, located on Tenth Line Road, has three indoor rinks, a wave pool and a fully equipped gym.

Orléans’ newest pool opened last year at the corner of Portobello and Brian

Coburn Boulevards in Avalon.

Annual and monthly memberships are available at all three recreation centres. For scheduling information visit ottawa.ca/ en/residents/recreation-and-parks.

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