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LeBreton Flats is a 21-hectare (52 acres, 21,000 square meters) piece of undeveloped land in the center of Canada’s capital city, Ottawa.

The Great Fire of 1900 destroyed most of the land.

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  • Lebreton Flats after 1900 fire

    LeBreton Flats after the 1900 fire.

  • Child pushing a stroller down the street near Lebreton Flats

    Two children in LeBreton Flats in 1963, as the lands were being expropriated and the residents forced to vacate the neighbourhood.

  • Pooley s Bridge

    Pooley's Bridge

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