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  Ottawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ottawa has a range of temperatures from a record high of 37.8 °C (100 °F) in the summers of 1986 and 2001 to a record low of -36.1 °C (-33 °F) being recorded in the winter of 1943, the second coldest temperature recorded in a capital city (after Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia).
Ottawa is also home to a minor league baseball team, the AAA farm team of the Baltimore Orioles, the Ottawa Lynx of the International League.
Ottawa's two major universities, Carleton University and the University of Ottawa both have athletic associations; the team names are the Carleton Ravens and the Ottawa Gee Gees respectively.
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 Ottawa
Ottawa has a range of temperatures from a record high of 37.8°C (100°F) in the summers of 1986 and 2001 to a record low of -36.1°C (-33°F) being recorded in the winter of 1943, making it the second coldest capital city in the world (after Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia).
Ottawa is served by VIA Rail passenger service, by a number of airlines that fly into Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (also known by its former name, Ottawa International) and by a number of long distance bus companies, including Greyhound.
Ottawa is home to two major league sports teams, the Ottawa Senators ice hockey team (established 1992) of the National Hockey League and the Ottawa Renegades (established 2002) football team of the Canadian Football League.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/o/ot/ottawa.html   (3676 words)

  
 Ceremonial Guard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Changing of the Guard is a parade representing the changing of the guards posted at Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada.
The university is largely empty of students during the summer, and the Grenville/Russell complex is occupied solely by the military during the summer.
During the summer months the Oasis grill is open in downstairs residence commons and acts as a substitute junior ranks and sergeants and warrants'mess for the guard.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ceremonial_Guard   (2868 words)

  
 Ottawa - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
It is located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern part of the province of Ontario, at the northern edge of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, about 400 km (250 miles) east of Toronto and 190 km (120 miles) west of Montreal.
Ottawa is made up of 11 historic townships, 10 of which are from historic Carleton County and one from historic Russell.
Ottawa is home to two major league sports teams, the Ottawa Senators ice hockey team (established 1992) of the National Hockey League and the Ottawa Renegades (established 2002) Canadian football team of the Canadian Football League.
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 Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, a brief history
This remains the motto of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa and is worn on their badges.
Later that year, the unit was converted into a Highland (kilted) regiment and in 1922 was redesignated The Ottawa Highlanders.
In Ottawa, on 5 July 1967, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II presented new colours to the Camerons.
www.primeau-canada.com /cho.htm   (1159 words)

  
 Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa - Change of Pacestick Parade 2005
On November 24th, the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa received a new Regimental Sergeant Major.
Then Master Corporal Clapham transferred to The Cameron Highlander of Ottawa in September of 1987 and remustered to the infantry.
In January of 2001 Master Warrant Officer Clapham was appointed Regimental Sergeant Major of The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, a post he held until 24 November 2005, and in May of 2001 he was promoted to Chief Warrant Officer.
www.camerons.ca /CurrentNews/Parade_Change_Pacestick_2005.htm   (339 words)

  
 McMaster Alumni Association - Dorsey
Originally a militia outfit, the Cameron Highlanders had been put on a war footing in September, 1939 and designated for active service as a machine gun and mortar regiment.
Like other Canadian units the Camerons would ultimately be readied for the D-Day operation, the anxiously awaited cross-Channel invasion of Hitler's Europe planned for the late spring of 1944.
It dropped anti-personnel fragmentation bombs on the tightly grouped Camerons, who, to quote The Rocket, were "busily plying their shovels to throw up a quick slit-trench".
www.mcmaster.ca /ua/alumni/honourRoll/dorsey.htm   (3650 words)

  
 The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa - Military Photos
Since im am joining the Ottawa Highlanders reserves next summer i wanted to share these pice with u guys of the ragiment.
Camerons attached to the 1st Highlanders on OP Pond Jump in 1998
Members of the Camerons during a brake from FIBUA training, during Exercise Southern Drive 2001 in Georgia, USA.
www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=21604   (181 words)

  
 Juno Beach - Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.) was a Machine Gun Battalion.
On D-Day the Camerons were placed directly under the command of the Brigades of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.
The Camerons were equiped with the Vickers.303 machine gun, a medium weapon fed by 250 round cloth belts of.303 ammunition and fired in full automatic bursts of 10 to 20 rounds.
members.shaw.ca /junobeach/juno-4-10.htm   (495 words)

  
 DND/CF : The Maple Leaf : 4th Dimension   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Camerons (commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel G.H. Rogers) are particularly startling to the townsfolk, who are not accustomed to soldiers of any description, let alone columns of khaki-clad foreigners marching through their streets behind a bagpipe band.
But a Highland regiment is the least of the shocks that have hit Iceland since April, when the German occupation of Denmark severed contact with its constitutional partner.
The Camerons build machine-gun emplacements and communications trenches with good will but some trepidation about their weapons, for of their 48 Vickers machine-guns only four are fully serviceable; the others are so worn that they are clearly marked “For Drill Purposes Only”.
www.dnd.ca /site/Fourth_Dimension/index_e.asp   (659 words)

  
 Articles - Ottawa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
On February 24, 2006, an earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale struck Ottawa, according to the, on average, a small tremor occurs in Ottawa every three years.
Also, during the winter season the canal is usually open and is a form of transportation downtown for about 7.8 km for ice skaters (from a point near Carleton University to the Rideau Centre) and forms the.
The city also supports many casual sporting activities, such as skating on the Rideau Canal or curling in winter, cycling and jogging along the Ottawa River and Rideau Canal in summer, playing Ultimate all year round (especially through the clubs for people of all ages.
www.zdiamond.net /articles/Ottawa   (3181 words)

  
 Clan Cameron Online - The Clan Cameron Association's Electronic Branch
August 6: On this date in 2002 Donald Angus Cameron, XXVII Chief of Clan Cameron, was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Inverness by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
August 7: On this date in 1296 Sir Robert Cameron, Sheriff of Atholl and owner of the Cameron Castle of Ballegarno, in the Carse of Gowrie, the supposed VI Chief of Clan Cameron, had his castle occupied by King Edward I of England ("The Hammer of the Scots").
August 9: On this date in 1943 Caroline Marion Cameron (Hardman), daughter of Sir Donald Hamish Cameron, XXVI Chief of Clan Cameron and Lady Margaret, was born.
www.clan-cameron.org   (651 words)

  
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Between 1800 and 1820, immigrants from the Scottish Highlands began to settle the western side of the Island between Inverness County and the Grand Narrows region.
Trevor Roper in his research suggests that the Highlands of Scotland were culturally deprived approaching the 16'th century and that the literature of the Highland Scot was a crude echo of the Irish literature.
The Scots in the Highlands of Scotland, however, think of the ship "the Glencoe" that sailed the waters of Scotland up to 1935 and served as a means of travel, industry and commerce.
www.siliconglen.com /celtfaq/celtic-faq.txt   (10832 words)

  
 St. Giles' Connection with the Cameron Highlanders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
It was therefore not altogether unexpected that he would become associated with the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, first as a combatant officer and later, 1935 as Chaplain.
On Sunday, 12th of May, 1940, the Colours of the Camerons were deposited with the padre for safe keeping for the duration of the war.
Colonel George H. Rogers, Officer Commanding the battalion and the Chaplain committed the Kings and Regimental Colours to the trustees of the Church until they were reclaimed when Victory was won.
www.stgilesottawa.org /Cameron_Connect.html   (180 words)

  
 The War Amps: Canada's Military Heritage - Second World War: Operation Charnwood: The Canadian Battle for Caen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Late on D-Day plus 1, in the area on the left of the Canadian assault, the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, supported by the Sherbrooke Fusiliers, tried to break through to the Abbaye d'Ardenne, a distance of some five miles.
On D-Day, the Camerons landed with or immediately behind the assault battalions, that is the North Shore Regiment at St. Aubin on the left, the Queen’s Own Rifles at Bernières in the middle, and the Reginas and Winnipegs with a company of the Canadian Scottish on the right.
It is somewhat difficult to give a clear picture of what the Camerons did, if you tried to compare it with an infantry battalion which had a concentrated objective.
www.waramps.ca /military/wwii/opch.html   (5628 words)

  
 Antiquarian Books :: ILAB-LILA :: International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
He became a journalist, and was chief correspondent of the Montreal Star during the North West Rebellion of 1885.
In 1904 he was appointed gentleman usher of the fl rod at Ottawa ; and he held this post for the rest of his life.
At the outbreak of the Great War he was appointed censor at Military Headquarters, Ottawa, and in 1915 chief press censor for Canada." - The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol.
www.ilab-lila.com /services/catalogues.php?catnr=457&membernr=170   (3845 words)

  
 Sgt. Al Leeson - Veterans Affairs Canada
"Swede", as he was known because of his blond hair, served with the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa while in Normandy.
He was part of the very first wave to storm the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.
He was discharged the Armed Forces in August 1945 and returned to Canada with his bride and their young daughter.
www.vac-acc.gc.ca /youth/sub.cfm?source=feature/normandy04/overseas04/delegates04/aleeson   (227 words)

  
 Snowbirds to perform at Canada Day in Ottawa
The Cameron High-landers Pipes and Drums will lead the parade to raise the Canadian Flag on Parliament Hill.
The parade route is from the Festival Plaza at Ottawa City Hall to Parliament Hill.
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa will participate in the morning flag raising and ceremony and the nine-member Flag Party will be in full Highland dress, which includes red tunics with feather bonnets.
www.airforce.forces.gc.ca /news/2005/06/30_e.asp   (402 words)

  
 canadiansoldiers.com Discussion Forum
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa and 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars
In essence it was a shadow signals net that duplicated the communications network of the landing battalions and their Bde formations.
Current Topic - Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa and 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars
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 The Regimental Family
The former family links of The Gordon Highlanders have been added to this list in The Highlanders pages.
The Regimental Associations organize reunions and keep in touch with the old comrades who have served in the battalions of the Seaforth, Camerons and Queen's Own Highlanders over the years.
The Queen's Own Highlanders were allied to a number of overseas regiments, alongside whom our ancestors have fought in past campaigns.
www.cabarfeidh.com /regimental_family.htm   (258 words)

  
 The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa
The Ottawa Highlanders (predecessor to the CH of O) - "Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Ancre Heights, Ancre, 1916, Arras, 1917, '18, Vimy, 1917, Ypres, 1917, Passchendaele, Amiens, Scarpe, 1918, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Valenciennes, Sambre, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1916-18"
The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (M.G.) - "NORMANDY LANDING, CAEN, Carpiquet, The Orne, BOURGUEBUS RIDGE, Faubourg de Vaucelles, FALAISE, Quesnay Wood, The Laison, Boulogne 1944, THE SCHELDT, Breskens Pocket, THE RHINELAND, Waal Flats, The Hochwald, THE RHINE, Zutphen, Deventer, Leer, NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45
The History of the 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (MG)
regimentalrogue.tripod.com /battlehonours/bathnrinf/29-cho.htm   (299 words)

  
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I was attending the Highland Festival in Alma Michigan this past weekend, and saw your performance at the competitions.
I was a cadet and reservist with the regiment from approximately 1959 to 1966.
I do feel a kinship with the Cameron Highlanders as my great uncle Glen Boals SN/C101694 served during WWII and was killed near Calais and is buried near there.
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 Militia / DND Sites/PWA02
Having been a former member of the SD&G, this goes out as a tribute to those members, both past and present of the unit as a salute.
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Reserve Unit.
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Cadet Corps.
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 Governor General to pay Civic Call on City of Ottawa
Upon arrival, the Governor General will inspect a Guard of Honour from the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa.
Their Excellencies will then meet privately with His Worship Bob Chiarelli and other City of Ottawa officials.
Media interested in covering this event are asked to contact the Rideau Hall or City Hall press offices.
www.gg.ca /media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4631   (133 words)

  
 Scottish Military Historical Society - Lineage
MacLean, J.P. An Historical Account of the Settlement of Scotch Highlanders in America Prior to the Peace of 1783 together with notices of Highland Regiments and Biographical Sketches.
A History of the Scottish Regiments, Scottish Highlands and the Highland Clans and Regiments.
Historical Records of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's), formerly the 91st Regiment Canadian Highlanders, Canadian Militia, 1903-1928.
www.journal74.fsnet.co.uk /naindex.htm   (831 words)

  
 DND/CF : Backgrounder : Canadian Forces Contribution to National Capital Region Canada Day Celebrations
The main mission of the Pipes and Drums is to provide support to The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa and the Canadian Forces by supplying music for parades, remembrance services, special functions, mess dinners and other taskings.
The Cameron Highlanders landed in Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the only Ottawa unit to do so.
After WWII the regiment was reorganized from three battalions into one battalion in the Militia under the name of The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa.
www.forces.gc.ca /site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=1688   (814 words)

  
 Units/Ships - Veterans Affairs Canada
He then joined the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa - Army.
Champoux recalls his sense of adventure upon enlisting and enjoying training on the Vickers machine gun with the Cameron Highlanders.
Champoux explains the difference between Platoons, Brigades, Regiments and Divisions, while describing his own allegiance to the 13 platoon (Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa).
www.vac-acc.gc.ca /remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/hrp/regiment®iment_id=62   (527 words)

  
 Roy Hall: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
My grandfather, C. (Cyrus) Roy Hall, joined the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa Reserve in 1926 or 1927 after having served overseas in the First World War as both an Infantry officer and a Pilot.
He served in the Cameron Highlanders as both adjutant and company commander with the rank of Captain and was awarded the E.D in 1937 or '38 on the parade grounds outside the drill hall in Ottawa.
He was C.O. of the Cameron's depot in Ottawa when they left for overseas and then was 2 I.C. and O.C. of the Canadian Armies District Depot at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa until his retirement on the cessation of hostilities in 1945.
www.zoominfo.com /directory/Hall_Roy_304226259.htm   (228 words)

  
 Lcol Mungall: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Lcol Mungall's summary was automatically generated using 1 reference found on the Internet.
OTTAWA-March 1998- LCol Brigden handed over the command of The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa to LCol Mungall at a ceremony that took place at the Cartier Square Drill Hall on Thursday, March 26, 1998.
In the fall of 1992 he transferred to the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa and re-mustered to infantry in 1994.
www.zoominfo.com /directory/Mungall_Lcol_694620440.htm   (309 words)

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