For city archivist Paul Henry, maps are just one more way to tell Ottawa's story. You can see the evolution of a community over time," says Henry, who recently gave CBC Ottawa access to its vast collection of city maps. Lansdowne Park pops up on city maps for the first time. This 1909 map shows the peak of that network, which was operated by the privately-run Ottawa Electric Railway Company. The future of mapping (2017)If maps can truly tell the story of Ottawa, technological changes are increasingly allowing its citizens to become the storytellers.

Source: CBC News January 07, 2019 09:00 UTC