Grand Trunk Central Station

This photo was saved from the National Archives PA-012923 (the copyright has expired).  It was originally taken in c. 1912 by the Topley Studio in Ottawa, Ontario.  The building was known as the Grand Trunk Central Station and was located across the street from the Chateau Laurier with a tunnel between the two buildings just like Union Station and The Royal York Hotel in Toronto.  Currently, this building is known as the Conference Centre and is used by the Government.

I took this photograph in 2010 to show the changes in the city since the original photo.  Notice the 2 buildings beside the Conference Centre were taken down and now in their place is the Colonel By Driveway which follows the Rideau Canal to Hog's Back Falls and Mooney's Bay in the Ottawa's south end.