Funny enough, Kanata Avenue may actually be on top of the unconformity between sedimentary rocks (sandstones) and the underlying igneous rocks (diorites). On the west side of Kanata Avenue, in Centrum, you can see sandstone rock cuts. On the east side, that hill is mostly diorites with pockets of sedimentary rocks.
I suspect that it's the same thing at that construction site.
In fact, some rock cuts are so weathered that contractors have to put rock bolts in.
Yes exactly. The further west you go more and more of the canadian shield peaks out the sedimentary units. The hill between bayshore and kanata was most likely an island when the Champlain sea was around.
This one really adds a nice feel to this stretch of Kanata Ave. Does anyone know if the land across the street (north of the Best Buy parking lot) is developable? The sloped land and most of the parking lot are usually pretty empty in the summer and are used for snow piles / snow removal equipment staging in the winter.
If we could get a similar development across the street with street-level retail and some pedestrian cross-overs along Kanata Ave, it would completely transform that area into a pretty solid walkable experience.
This one really adds a nice feel to this stretch of Kanata Ave. Does anyone know if the land across the street (north of the Best Buy parking lot) is developable? The sloped land and most of the parking lot are usually pretty empty in the summer and are used for snow piles / snow removal equipment staging in the winter.
If we could get a similar development across the street with street-level retail and some pedestrian cross-overs along Kanata Ave, it would completely transform that area into a pretty solid walkable experience.
According to the zoning map on Geo Ottawa - it's zoned MC10 - mixed use. So just about anything could be built there.
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