Ottawa Bird’s Eye View Map 1876
This map shows a capital still finding its shape: the city is little more than parts of Centretown, Byward, and Sandy Hill, with the three original Parliament buildings sketched above the Ottawa River bluff. Herm. Brosius drew it in the aerial perspective style that swept North American cities in the late 19th century, and Chicago Litho. Co. printed the original.
Natural Resources Canada reproduces it as part of the Historical Maps, 1639 to 1949 group in the Atlas of Canada series. Ottawa lawyers, government affairs offices on Wellington Street, and Hill staffers hang it in reception areas and conference rooms as a conversation piece; history enthusiasts, museum and library buyers, and interior designers use it as framed wall art in home offices and studies.
Map Shop finishes it to order.
- Black-and-white perspective sketch drawn by Herm. Brosius, originally published by Chicago Litho. Co.
- Every street and railway line on the view is named
- Dozens of major 1876 buildings listed, including the three Parliament buildings
- Finishing choices: paper, laminated, mounted to foam core, rails in black or walnut molding, or framed

