There is an oddly-shaped historical piece of land in the Ottawa region that is called Junction Gore. Usually, gores are triangular. Like other junction gores, the territory involved is adjacent to lots that take the regular shapes found in the land registry. Its limits are: the Ottawa River in the north, the Rideau River in the west, Walkley Road in the south, and. St. Laurent Boulevard in the east. A number of gores can be found in the Ottawa area. However none other has achieved the fame of the territory in question. In fact, Junction Gore is so important in our History that its name, which is usually just a simple common noun, has become a proper noun and appeared already on maps in the XIX century.
Junction Gore has welcomed many settlers, among whom the famous entrepreneurial families of Braddish Billings and Charles Cummings. Thanks to the digging of the Rideau Canal and Ottawa becoming Canada's national capital, as well as to the lumber industry, many workers and their families have come to settle down in the region. Of course, the territory included the land on which Vanier was built. This city has shared Ottawa's rapid development.
Finally, just an assumption: since no cliffs, waterfalls or rocks hinder transportation in the north-east part of the territory, could it be possible that the First Nations and the European travellers took advantage of this easy access to the territory? On the other hand, did the settlers who, for example, came from Brockville and Kingston in the south see in this easy access to the Ottawa River as agreat opportunity to develop their businesses on the Quebec side of the grand river?
