[Talk-ca] Ottawa street names
Matthew Darwin
matthew at mdarwin.ca
Mon Dec 4 13:39:27 UTC 2017
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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