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In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Citizen is rolling out one fact each day for 150 days until July 1, highlighting the odd, the fascinating and the important bits of Ottawa history you might not know about.
The Ottawa Jail Hostel on Nicholas Street, or the Carleton County Gaol as it was previously known in the mid-1800s, was the first jail house built in Ottawa. “Appalling and inhumane conditions” finally closed the gaol’s doors in 1972, with its occupants transferred to the new Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. As for the gaol itself, it opened as a hostel to travellers in 1973, with visitors sleeping in dormitory-style prison block corridors. Today, it is known as the HI-Ottawa Jail Hostel.
— Rachel Dale
A typical double bed inside a former cell at the HI-Ottawa Jail Hostel in 2015.
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The Ottawa Jail Hostel on Nicholas Street, or the Carleton County Gaol as it was previously known in the mid-1800s, was the first jail house built in Ottawa. “Appalling and inhumane conditions” finally closed the gaol’s doors in 1972, with its occupants transferred to the new Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. As for the gaol itself, it opened as a hostel to travellers in 1973, with visitors sleeping in dormitory-style prison block corridors. Today, it is known as the HI-Ottawa Jail Hostel.
— Rachel Dale
A typical double bed inside a former cell at the HI-Ottawa Jail Hostel in 2015.
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