Central Experimental Farm / Ferme expérimentale centrale

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Central Experimental Farm
Ferme expérimentale centrale
Canadian Register of Cultural Monuments logo
Historic Place of Canada
Lieu patrimonial du Canada
Recognized since 1997
Type National Historic Site
ID 13811
place Ottawa
Coordinates 45 ° 22 '50.1 "  N , 75 ° 42' 44.3"  W Coordinates: 45 ° 22 '50.1 "  N , 75 ° 42' 44.3"  W.
Recognized by Canadian Federal Government
Approved by Historic Sites and Monuments Act
Entry Canadian List of Monuments

The English Central Experimental Farm and French Ferme expérimentale centrale called institute (directly translated as " Central Experimental Farm ") is an agricultural research institute in the Canadian capital Ottawa . The entire complex has been classified as a national historic site since 1997 , and numerous buildings on the farm are individually listed.

Location and facilities

Plant map

The Central Experimental Farm / Ferme experimentalale centrale is located about three kilometers southwest of the government district in the River / Rivière district and is completely surrounded by built-up areas. To the north of this farm are the districts of Civic Hospital ( Kitchissippi Ward ) and West-Centretown ( Somerset Ward ), to the east are Dows Lake and the Carleton University campus , to the south are Fisher Heights ( Knoxdale-Merivale Ward ) and Carleton Heights and to the west are Central Park and Carlington (both River Ward). The 427 hectare site is bounded by Carling Avenue in the north, the Rideau Canal in the east, Baseline Road in the south and Merivale or Fisher Avenue in the west. The area is intersected by Prince of Wales Drive and the National Capital Commission Scenic Driveway, as well as part of Fisher Avenue . A large part of the area is taken up by test fields. In addition, the “central experimental farm” includes an arboretum and an experimental garden with ornamental plants .

history

The "Central Experimental Farm" was established in 1886 as part of a series of state experimental farms. The primary goal was to improve agriculture and animal husbandry and to adapt them to the conditions in the Dominion .

A short time later, in 1889, the arboretum was laid out with initially 200 trees by the director William Saunders and the chief botanist James Fletcher .

From 1905 the Dominion Observatory was completed and opened on April 17th of the same year. As the national observatory, it was responsible for determining the official time in Canada.

Since 1988 the volunteer organization Friends of the Farm has been supporting the maintenance of the facilities as a cultural monument and local recreation destination .

An advisory board was formed in 1999 to ensure public participation in the management of the farm.

Today the farm is operated by the Canadian Department of Agriculture , which is also headquartered here.

Some buildings no longer used for agriculture have been converted into the Museum of Agriculture and Food .

Listed buildings

Manor house No. 54, a listed former residential building for executives
Former cowshed, now Canada's Agriculture and Food Museum
  • Dominion Observatory
  • K. W. Neatby Building
  • William Saunders Building
  • Sir John Carling Building
  • Observatory House (Building No. 2)
  • Geophysical Laboratory (Building No. 3)
  • Machine shop (building no.4)
  • Seismology Building (No. 7)
  • Laboratory service building (No. 22)
  • Arc Biotech Building (No. 34)
  • Greenhouse Complex (Building 50)
  • Manor house No. 54
  • Horticultural Building (No. 55)
  • Storage building (No. 56)
  • Dairy farming extension (building no.57)
  • Food building (No. 59)
  • Manor house No. 60
  • Horticulture Building (No. 74)
  • Grain Building (No. 75)
  • Grain Barn (Building 76)
  • Repotting Shed (Building 77)
  • Large cowshed (building no.88, now used as a museum)
  • Pigsty (No. 91)
  • Engineering research building (No. 94)
  • Small cowshed (building no.95)
  • Carpenter's workshop (Building 98)
  • South Azimuth Building
  • Photo Equatorial Building

Web links

Commons : Central Experimental Farm  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Central Experimental Farm National Historic Site of Canada. historicplaces.ca, accessed October 1, 2014 .
  2. ^ About the Farm. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), accessed October 1, 2014 .
  3. ^ Early Observatories in Canada. Canada Science and Technology Museum, accessed October 1, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Our History. (No longer available online.) Friends of the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa Canada, archived from the original on October 16, 2014 ; accessed on October 1, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.friendsofthefarm.ca
  5. ^ Central Experimental Farm Advisory Council. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), accessed October 1, 2014 .
  6. ^ About the Farm. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), accessed October 1, 2014 .
  7. ^ Historical Buildings. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), accessed October 1, 2014 .
  8. ^ Main Greenhouse Range. historicplaces.ca, accessed October 1, 2014 .
  9. ^ Engineering Research Building. historicplaces.ca, accessed October 1, 2014 .