Barrhaven is a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located about 17 km (11 mi) southwest of the city's downtown core. Prior to amalgamation with Ottawa in 2001, Barrhaven was part of the City of Nepean. Its population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 103,234.
Bell Homestead National Historic Site
Alexander Graham Bell made the world's first long-distance telephone call from his father's homestead in Tutela Heights, just minutes from West Brant. The Bell Homestead National Historic Site preserves the farmhouse and coach house where Bell conducted his early telephone experiments in the 1870s. Open seasonally for tours.
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thumb|left|Initial subdivision houses along Larkin Drive built ca. late 1960s/early 1970s The Barrhaven area was long inhabited by First Nations peoples, and the modern Jockvale Road follows an ancient path that was originally a trail through the wilderness. In the 19th century, the area became populated by colonial era farmers as the area was divided into a number of rural homesteads. The old Barrhaven School House located at Jockvale and Strandherd was built in 1906. Today, the school stands as a historic site. After many years of absence, passenger rail service was reintroduced to the area by Via Rail in the fall of 2002 through a new Fallowfield Station located at the intersection of Fallowfield Road and Woodroffe Avenue. Modern Barrhaven was established in the 1960s, one of a group of new suburbs built outside the Greenbelt from the main city of Ottawa. Building in the area was begun by Mel Barr, for whom the community is named. Barr had originally purchased a farm with the intent of constructing a horse racing track. However, the Rideau Carleton Raceway was built further to the east, and Barr instead decided to develop his land for housing. In 1968-69, Barrhaven Public School opened as the first public school in Barrhaven.
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