Main entry:

Gyton, Greg.

Title & Author:

A place for Canadians : the story of the National Capital Commission / Greg Gyton.

Publication:

[Ottawa] : The Commission, ©1999.

Description:

vii, 147 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Issued also in French under title: La capitale de tous les canadiens.
Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-133).
Westminster in the wilderness: choosing the capital -- Grandeur et elegance: the Ottawa improvement commission -- Towards a capital region: the federal district commission -- Planning the capital: the Gréber period -- Making the plan work: the National Capital Commission -- A shining symbol: development of the Outaouais -- A living capital: the growth of programming -- The capital as stage: a renewed mandate -- Into the next millenium: a new way of working.

Summary:

"This book celebrates the centennial of the National Capital Commission by recounting its hundred-year history - a history that is intricately bound up with that of Canada's Capital Region, and indeed, with that of Canadians everywhere"--Jacket.

Resources:
Donor bookplate

ISBN:

0662276825
9780662276821

Subject:

Canada. National Capital Commission History.
Canada. Commission de la Capitale nationale Histoire.
Canada. National Capital Commission.
City planning National Capital Region (Ont. and Québec) History.
Urbanisme Capitale nationale, Région de la (Ont. et Québec) Histoire.
Capitals (Cities)
City planning.
National Capital Region (Ont. and Québec) History.
Canada Capital and capitol History.
Canada Capitale Histoire.
Capitale nationale, Région de la (Ont. et Québec) Histoire.
Canada.
Canada National Capital Region.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Canada. National Capital Commission.

Story of the National Capital Commission

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 269370
Call No.: BIB 201594
Status: Available