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24-672: Founded in 1968 as the Ottawa M&;W Rangers, they are one of the oldest continuously operating junior ice hockey team worldwide. The current Rockland Nationals began play in 2017–18, after the Gloucester Rangers relocated to Rockland after nearly 50 years in Gloucester . The franchise dates back to the 1968 expansion Ottawa M.&.W (MacIntosh & Watts) Rangers and made their home in Leitrim in south Ottawa. In 1972,

48-738: A goal in the championship game against the Calgary Canucks of the AJHL. The Canucks tied the game in the dying seconds and won the Centennial Cup in overtime. After their last playoff appearance of the 20th century, the Rangers fell on hard times missing the playoffs multiple times. In 2002, new owners decided to change the colours to Black, Purple, and Silver. The team rebuilt with blockbuster trades with cross-town rivals and defending league champions Ottawa Junior Senators . Unfortunately,

72-535: A small concentration of businesses targeted to Ottawa's LGBT community. In 2011, the city officially unveiled signs identifying the neighbourhood as Ottawa's gay village, at the intersections of Somerset, James and Nepean Streets with Bank Street. Travelling south, there exists a shopping district in The Glebe running exclusively along Bank Street from approximately the Queensway to Holmwood Avenue. Bank Street

96-488: Is a former municipality and now geographic area of Ottawa , Ontario , Canada. Located east of Ottawa's inner core, it was an independent city until amalgamated with the Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton in 2001 to become the new city of Ottawa. The population of Gloucester is about 150,012 people (2021 Census). Gloucester, originally known as Township B, was established in 1792. The first settler in

120-480: Is a shopping and business development district officially known as the "Bank Street Promenade" and the street is lined with common signage affixed to streetlights and street-level advertising billboards showing this distinction. The area between Somerset Street West and Gladstone Avenue (within the Bank Street Promenade) is considered the centre of Ottawa's burgeoning gay village , characterized by

144-778: Is home to Lansdowne Park where the Ottawa 67's and Ottawa RedBlacks play. Even further south, after the road passes over the Rideau Canal on the Bank Street Bridge , Bank Street is home to the Billings Bridge Plaza and eventually, the South Keys Shopping Centre . Bank Street north of Billings Bridge is an historic urban arterial road, often with many more pedestrians than vehicular traffic and significant parking issues, hence

168-708: The Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario (CÉPEO). The Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE), formerly known as the Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est (CECLFCE), operates the French Catholic public schools. The CECCE has its headquarters in Gloucester. The predecessor school district, the Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française de la région d'Ottawa-Carleton (CECLF), had its headquarters in

192-535: The 19th century, whereas the bank was founded in 1934. It's believed that the road was named this because it originally went from the "bank" of the Ottawa River at its northern end to that of the Rideau River to the south. However, the road was originally called Esther Street in honour of Colonel By 's wife. Bank Street officially ends at Wellington Street and the portion of the street running closest to

216-680: The M&;W Rangers became the Gloucester Rangers and played out of the Earl Armstrong Arena. The 1972–73 season was coached by Derek Holmes , and included Mark Aubry as a player. The Rangers won their first Art Bogart Cup as league champions in 1981 by defeating the Pembroke Lumber Kings. The 1995 Centennial Cup (now Royal Bank Cup) was awarded to the City of Gloucester and the Gloucester Rangers. The Rangers, who were up by

240-605: The Orleans Blues franchise from Chaput in 2007. The Gloucester Rangers finished the 2016-17 season and relocated to the 2,000-seat Clarence-Rockland Arena to become the Rockland Nationals after playing at the aging Earl Armstrong for nearly 50 years. Nationals games can be heard on flohockey.tv , via the FloSports streaming platform. The team's play-by-play broadcaster is Richard Gauthier, who also serves as

264-452: The Rangers came close to winning the 2004 league championship by one goal in a sudden death game 7 to Nepean. In October 2004, coaching staff walking out of the organization over disagreements with management and ownership leaving the team with a shortage of players throughout the season through trades and releases. The team was sold to a group of Orleans businessmen in April 2005, who re-branded

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288-589: The actual riverbank is federal Crown land for the Parliamentary Precinct of the Parliament of Canada . South of the Rideau River the road was previously named "Prescott Road". Highway 31 was formed in 1927, and started at the junction of Highway 2 in Morrisburg, Ontario . It travelled north through the town of Winchester , and eventually into Ottawa. The road was paved in stages, but

312-429: The community of Vernon. Recently, just south of Leitrim Road, Bank Street gives access to a developing neighborhood called Findlay Creek that will become quite significant in the long term, and it will also provide access (after secondary roads are extended) to the community of Riverside South . Bank Street also serves in some contexts as an unofficial division between "eastern" and "western" Ottawa. For example, prior to

336-436: The current CECCE headquarters. Collège La Cité is the only post-secondary institution in Gloucester. Bank Street (Ottawa) Bank Street (French: Rue Bank ) is the major commercial north–south street in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada. It runs south from Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa , south through the neighbourhoods of Centretown , The Glebe , Old Ottawa South , Alta Vista , Hunt Club , and then through

360-401: The flow is generally quite slow. South of Billings Bridge to Leitrim Road , the street turns into a more modern four-lane (or five-lane) urban arterial, which flows much better despite the 50 km/h (30 mph) speed limit on the northern half and 60 km/h (about 40 mph) from South Keys southward. South of Leitrim it is a rural two-lane highway with an 80 km/h speed limit until

384-712: The public address announcer for the Ottawa Titans of the Frontier League . Gauthier brings over 40 years of experience in sports media as a play-by-play broadcaster and public address announcer for various sports. In 2020, the ownership team changed with the sale of André Chaput’s share to Luc Lavictoire. Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Centennial Cup Champions: 1976 (Gloucester Rangers) Gloucester, Ontario Gloucester ( / ˈ ɡ l ɒ s t ər / GLOST -ər )

408-563: The takeover of Maclean-Hunter by Rogers Cable in 1994, the street marked the division between those cable companies' service areas in Ottawa: cable subscribers west of Bank Street were served by Maclean-Hunter, while cable subscribers east of Bank Street were served by Rogers. Contrary to popular belief, the street is not named after the Bank of Canada headquarters at the corner of Bank Street and Wellington Street. The street name dates back to

432-407: The team as the Orleans Blues, but couldn't move to Orleans, Ontario because of an inadequate arena, and therefore were forced to change back to the Gloucester Rangers for the 2008-09 season. In late September 2016, Paul Jennings sold the Gloucester Rangers to a group of partners being André Chaput, André Charlebois & Amélie Lecompte, Jean-Robert Léger and Robert Bourdeau. Paul Jennings purchased

456-483: The township was Braddish Billings in what is now the Billings Bridge area of Ottawa. In 1800, the township became part of Russell County , and later Carleton County in 1838. In 1850, the area was incorporated as Gloucester Township , named after Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh . Over the years, parts of Gloucester Township were annexed by the expanding city of Ottawa. Gloucester

480-470: The villages of Blossom Park , Leitrim , South Gloucester , Greely , Metcalfe , Spring Hill , and Vernon before ending at the city limit at Belmeade Road, becoming Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry county highway 31. Bank Street made up much of Highway 31 before it was downloaded in 1998 (all of it south of Heron Road ). Currently it is also known as Ottawa Road #31 . Between Wellington Street and Gladstone Avenue in downtown, Bank Street

504-481: Was also re-aligned along the Winchester Bypass, when it was completed and opened in 1974, but no other changes were made to the road since then, until being fully decommissioned as a provincial highway, in 1998. Portions of Bank Street have undergone major reconstruction each year since 2006. The City of Ottawa held public consultations for a major redevelopment of Bank Street between Wellington Street and

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528-499: Was fully paved by 1936. The road's designation of Highway 31 was extended from the Dundas-Stormont-Glengary/Russell-Prescott county line into Ottawa later that same year. While maintaining its alignment along Bank Street for its entire history, the road was re-aligned along Canal Drive (now today's Queen Elizabeth Driveway). From here, it became less clear where the northern terminus of the road

552-813: Was incorporated as a city in 1981 and became part of the amalgamated city of Ottawa in 2001. 1872—1962: Bank Street in Billings Bridge 1962—1996: Bank Street in Leitrim 1996—2001: Telesat Court in Pineview Anglophone secular public schools are operated by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board . Anglophone Catholic public schools are operated by the Ottawa Catholic School Board . French secular public schools are operated by

576-517: Was located, as Ottawa posted Highway 31 as a scenic route within its limits along Heron Road and Bronson Avenue ( concurrent with Highway 16 ) before terminating in downtown, while the Ministry of Transportation noted no changes in road length (78 km / 48.8 mi). This is presumed to be a connecting link between Highway 31 and The Queensway ( Highway 417 ), but these scenic routes /connecting links were all decommissioned by 1960. The road

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