[Talk-ca] Ottawa street names

James james2432 at gmail.com
Mon Dec 4 11:57:44 UTC 2017


DES EPINETTES AVE
is english. Des Epinettes Avenue. French is avenue Des Epinettes.

Dont look hard for an Explaination why they keep the french article, we are
talking about a city that has Forest instead of Fôrest. There's also Des
Aubépines that keeps the é.....

On Dec 4, 2017 6:49 AM, "john whelan" <jwhelan0112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> There seems to be some confusion over the English version and French
> versions of the street names.
>
> Canada Post recognises 375 DES EPINETTES AVE ORLEANS ON   K1E 3E6 as an
> English address.
>
> Until very recently this would also be the address in OpenStreetMap and
> used by the city.
>
> There is a by-law that says what the differences are.
>
> Has something changed recently?
>
> Many thanks John
>
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