- Russell Road (Ontario)
Russell Road is a road in Ottawa,
Ontario ,Canada .Russell Road originally ran from
Montreal Road inOttawa along the east bank of theRideau River and then bent east at where Tremblay Road is now, and then south and east until the border ofClarence Township, Ontario (now the city ofClarence-Rockland, Ontario ) and the Township ofAlfred and Plantagenet, Ontario .Russell Heights on Russell Road is home to 800 Somali immigrants. In the mid 1990's, thousands of Somalis immigrated to Ottawa. Russell Road has since become a renowned Somali neighborhood. The Dempsey Community Centre has been operating in Russell Road since 1977 and has become a popular facility for a number of children and adult basketball programs.
However, three major intersection modifications have cut the road into 4 parts, and another shortened the Road substantially, making Russell Road arguably the most altered Road in Ottawa's history. Currently the Road begins at Industrial Avenue on the outskirts of the Riverview neighbourhood and runs southeast before ending at
Smyth Road . (the road originally past Industrial Avenue to the north then jogged west at about where Tremblay Road is now, then north again along where North River Road is today and ended atMontreal Road ). The road begins again near theElmvale Shopping Centre , fromSaint Laurent Boulevard , and runs south until it turns intoHawthorne Road . To keep going on Russell, one must make a left turn.This part of Russell Road continues to the community of
Ramsayville, Ontario , where the road then ends atRamsayville Road . To keep going on Russell Road, one must take a left on Ramsayville Road then a right. This jog was made to insure that there was only one bridge under Highway 417. At this point Russell Road continues east through the communities ofCarlsbad Springs, Ontario ,Bearbrook, Ontario before leaving the city of Ottawa. It also passes through the communities ofCheney, Ontario andBourget, Ontario in the City of Clarence-Rockland. The road was named because it was used by travellers, before the construction of Highway 417 as the route to get toRussell, Ontario from both Ottawa in the west and Bourget in the east. Russell Road for the majority of its length passes through rural surroundings. It is known Ottawa Road #26 from St. Laurent Boulevard until the City of Ottawa limits, and County Road #2 in Prescott and Russell County.
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