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The community owes its existence to its location on the Richmond Road midway between Richmond Landing near Bytown (now Ottawa) and the military settlement at Richmond, at the junction with the concession road leading west to the Hazeldean neighbourhood in neighbouring Goulbourn Township. It was also the junction between Richmond Road and the baseline which was the boundary road between concessions on the Ottawa front and those on the Rideau front. Hence, the plural “Corners”. It was named after Hugh Bell, who owned a tavern on the site of the present day Bells Corners Public School from 1834 to 1863. Prior to that it was known locally as just “the Corners”, but when the first post office opened on August 6, 1851 it had to adopt a formal name and became Bell’s Corners. Today it is most commonly spelled without the apostrophe.

 

Schools: There are five schools in Bells Corners – a public and a Catholic elementary school, a public intermediate school, and a public and a French Catholic high school. Most students, unless they live quite close, take a bus to get to school.

Ottawa Carleton District School Board

Ottawa Catholic School Board

Conseil des ecoles caholique du Centre-Est – French School

 

Churches: There are six churches in Bells Corners.

Recreation: Bells Corners has a tennis club, the Lynwood Park Tennis Club, which manages the courts for the City of Ottawa. The Valleystream Tennis Club is located nearby on Richmond Road. Bell Centennial arena and two seasonal outdoor rinks provide facilities for skating and ice hockey. The arena is also used for lacrosse in the summer. There is an outdoor public swimming pool at Entrance Park in Lynwood and numerous soccer, football, baseball, softball and play areas in the nine public parks in the community.

  • Arnold Park
  • Entrance Park
  • George Wilson Park
  • Lynwood Park
  • Priam Way Park
  • Quinpool Park
  • Trevor Park
  • Westcliffe Park
  • Williams Park

 

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