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Originally Posted by acottawa
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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I honestly can’t find anything about why he would have had any relevance to early settlers. Seems like Evan Nepean’s buddies just wanted to name stuff after him. I did learn that Hugh Grant is a descendant. Hugh Grant Point anyone?
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