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13-525: Piperville is a small rural community in Cumberland Ward in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada , about 4 kilometres southwest of Carlsbad Springs and 16 kilometres southeast of Downtown Ottawa . Piperville was originally marshland, with what is now Russell road having been used as a trail for Algonquins on their way north to bring goods into Ottawa. The swamp was partially drained in the early 1880s by

26-449: A playground, baseball field, soccer pitch, and gazebo. Anderson Links is a golf course in the community. There are also snowmobile trails as well as a cross-country ski trail. In addition to Piperville Road and Thunder Road, notable roadways include Hall Road, Farmers Way, Leitrim Road, Anderson Road, and Russell Road . The provincial government places the centre of the community at the intersection of Piperville Rd and Farmers Way. Piperville

39-565: Is also home to older residents, including a 55+ adult living community. Piperville has a significant Hells Angels presence. The community radio station is CJRO-FM . OC Transpo line 222 to Vars, Ontario runs through Piperville, connecting it to Ottawa's Confederation Line via Blair station Monday to Friday. There is no weekend service. Buses stop at Anderson / Leitrim, Anderson / Piperville (shown in photo), Landry Park, 4898 Piperville, 4992 Piperville, Piperville / Farmers, 5554 Piperville, Piperville / Hall, and 5866 Piperville. The following

52-449: Is the bus schedule at Piperville / Landry Park (1571) as of 5 August 2020: Cumberland Ward The ward contains the neighbourhoods of Chapel Hill South , Bradley Estates , Trailsedge , Chaperal , Avalon , Notting Gate , Notre-Dame-des-Champs , Navan , French Hill , Sarsfield , Leonard , Bearbrook , Vars , Carlsbad Springs and Canaan . The ward was created following Cumberland 's amalgamation into Ottawa in 2001, but

65-652: The Canada Atlantic Railway Company to make land usable for pastures. A train station opened in 1901 and closed in 1957. Its opening significantly increased Piperville’s population. However, the area was impoverished, largely due to low crop yields as a result of poor soil quality . Imperfect drainage of the swamp resulted in formations of leda clay deposits. The poor quality gleyed melanic brunisol soil, in combination with inflated land prices due to its proximity to Ottawa as well as its railway connections to New York and Montreal , resulted in

78-558: The December 14, 2006 cancellation of a previous proposal halted the plans. Taggart Realty Management were responsible for the commercial development of the Shops of Tenth Line, located at the corner of Tenth Line Road and Brian Coburn Boulevard. 45°27′7″N 75°29′16″W  /  45.45194°N 75.48778°W  / 45.45194; -75.48778 This article relating to Ottawa and to Canada's National Capital Region

91-580: The building and six-acre lot were purchased by Saint Mesrob Armenian Apostolic Church . The building was renovated in 2021 at a cost of $ 190000. In 2021, development began on a state-of-the-art soccer facility at the Maple Leaf Almrausch German Club on Farmers Way. The federal government has classified Piperville as a “dispersed rural community” located in the Gloucester area. Ludger Landry Park has public amenities such as

104-555: The clay liquifies from stress caused by immense weight. This has limited structures to two-stories and prevented the development of various projects, including apartment buildings and solar plants, since the 1960s. The community's corner store made an appearance in the movie House at the End of the Street in 2012. In 2013, local residents voted to change the names of Eighth and Ninth Line roads to Piperville Road and Thunder Road. The local bus

117-539: The impoverishment of most of Piperville’s population. For example, after a plot of land was sold to a Romanian Jewish immigrant in Piperville in 1909, a Jewish Colonisation Association Colonist Report remarked as follows: “Is farming in the neighbourhood of Ottawa since 1905, and purchased this farm in 1909 for $ 500, which is rather excessive. Land very poor: does not appear to raise much crop.” The leda clay deposits found in Piperville inhibit major development, as

130-541: The west by Mer Bleue Road, the east by Tenth Line Road and to the south by Brian Coburn Boulevard. The community includes a mixture of single family, semi-detached, town homes, and bungalows. Tamarack commenced the first phase of construction in Spring 2008. As of the Canada 2011 Census , the population was 766. Past OC Transpo plans saw a potential O-Train light train line to the area; however, some controversy and

143-476: Was a by-election held on October 5, 2020 to replace Blais who had been elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario earlier in the year. Chaperal, Ottawa Chaperal is a neighbourhood located in the suburban Orleans area, in the east-end of the city of Ottawa , Ontario . Part of the city's Cumberland Ward , the residential development is bordered to the north by Innes Road, to

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156-404: Was destroyed in 2015 when it blew up on its morning route down Piperville road while picking up passengers at Ludger Landry park. In 2017, the community centre was abandoned as a result of excessive costs related to environmental soil contamination , including a former on-site underground storage tank (UST) and suspected unknown fill material, and the outdoor ice rink was demolished. In August 2019,

169-733: Was first contested in 2000. It was named Cumberland Ward until 2022. From 2006 until 2022, the ward contained the Orleans communities of Queenswood Heights, Mer Bleue, Avalon , Chaperal , Notting Hill, Fallingbrook , Navan as well as the rural areas of the former city of Cumberland and the village as well as the former villages of Sarsfield , Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Carlsbad Springs, Vars and Bearbrook . Prior to amalgamation, Cumberland Ward covered Bilberry and Heritage Wards on Cumberland City Council. Engineer Phil McNeely defeated regional councillor Robert van den Ham and Cumberland City Councillor David Lewis (Bilberry Ward). There

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