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Originally Posted by zzptichka
The thing is, Nepean Point was named after some guy who has never even been to Canada and has no connections with Ottawa to begin with. The guy died before Bytown was even founded.
He served in different secretary positions in the Admiralty 200 years ago (what does it have to do with Ottawa?) and as a governor of Bombay (huh?).
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That's a good point, but a whole bunch of things in the Ottawa area are named after Nepean (the former township/former city, a street downtown), so he must have had some significance to early settlers in the area.
At the very least they should put up a plaque noting that the location was called Nepean point for xx years, explaining who Nepean was, why he was important to early settlers.
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