[Talk-ca] Ottawa street names

[Matthew Darwin]

Hi John,

Attached is the note from the City of Ottawa with the name change.  It 
is "Épinettes Avenue" in English since 2014.

*City of Ottawa Official Format*

	

*English*

	

*French*

avenue des Épinettes Avenue

	

Épinettes Avenue

	

avenue des Épinettes

promenade des Mésanges Drive

	

Mésanges Drive

	

promenade des Mésanges

chemin de Montréal Road

	

Montréal Road

	

chemin de Montréal

boulevard d’Orléans Boulevard

	

Orléans Boulevard

	

boulevard d’Orléans

promenade de la Place-d’Orléans Drive

	

Place-d’Orléans Drive

	

promenade de la Place-d’Orléans

Matthew Darwin
matthew at mdarwin.ca
http://www.mdarwin.ca

On 2017-12-04 06:57 AM, James wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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