704 IPD and 470 IPD

704 Island Park Drive was built by JR (John Rudolphus) Booth (April 5, 1827 – December 8, 1925), a Canadian lumber tycoon and railroad baron, in 1937.  His son John Frederick Booth built 470 Island Park Drive, now the Mexican Ambassador’s residence.

He built the Canada Atlantic Railway (from Georgian Bay via Ottawa to Vermont) to extract his logs and to export lumber and grain to the United States and Europe.  In 1892, his lumber complex was the largest operation of its kind in the world.

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You may have heard of the name Dave Smith, owner of arguably the most famous lunch hotspot by the Hill, Nate’s Deli, or his equally famous Place Next Door Restaurant. You may have heard Dave’s name in the news for his charitable missions that have raised over $150 million for local, national and international causes, including $2.2M for Save Our Native Grandchildren long before Native issues were mainstream media. He sat on numerous boards and served as an advisor to many organizations.

674 IPD

Jack Snow, who founded Snow Jewelers in the 1920s, was arguably the city's most famous jeweler, and a well respected philanthropist. He is known for his "Jack Snow Dog Derby" fundraiser on the frozen canal, which is credited with being the precursor to Winterlude.

Jack Snow lived in 674 IPD. Since Jewish golfers were not allowed to be members of the Royal Ottawa in the 1950s, it was in the basement of his home where Jack and a number of his friends decided to build their own golf club, the Rideauview.

480 IPD

Connie-Gail Feller, born May 30, 1941, and passed-away on Yom Kippur, Sept. 25, 2023. She was one of 3 children of Betty and Joe Feller, owner of legendary Feller’s Men’s Wear on Rideau Street. She was an Art student at University of Ottawa, and later attended Boston University, winning her first beauty pageant contest as University of Ottawa Carnival Queen, and later Miss Boston University
Homecoming Queen.

385 IPD

Sidney Lithwick quickly became a fast-rising star when he joined the firm A.J.Hazelgrove in 1946. One of the preeminent architects in the City of Ottawa, his firm designed the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, the Ottawa Heart Institute, many of the schools for the Ottawa Board of Education, the Agudeth Israel and Beth Shalom Synagogues and the original Hillel Lodge.