Katimavik-Hazeldean Virtual Trivia Night

Question 1

In 1859 a name was needed for the local post office...How did Hazeldean get it's name?

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth, the postmaster’s wife, came up with it, It was a common Irish place name

Question 2

What were these buildings?

Accepted Answer

schoolhouses

Question 3

These early settlers came on the ship “the Brunswick" - how long was the transatlantic voyage?

Accepted Answer

45 days

Question 4

This is a view of Hazeldean in what year?

Accepted Answer

1965

Question 5

These are early editions of the St. Paul's Anglican Church (on Young Rd)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

What was Hazeldean well known for from the 1880’s into the early 1900’s?

Accepted Answer

The Hazeldean brass band

Question 7

The word 'Katimavik' means.... (from the Inuktitut language)

Accepted Answer

'gathering place'

Question 8

This building - operating from 1880’s to the 1920’s - was the....

Accepted Answer

Hazeldean cheese factory

Question 9

An initial suggestion to call the community ____________ was rejected...

Accepted Answer

Orange Hill

Question 10

When was the KHCA 'hatched'?

Accepted Answer

1980

Question 11

When was the Chimo Dr. neighbourhood (btwn Katimavik and Kakulu) developed? (in the garden-city style Beaverbrook)

Accepted Answer

1970's

Question 12

Why was a school opened in 1977 in Glen Cairn called John Young Elementary School?

Accepted Answer

It is built on land that was part of John Young’s former farm

Question 13

Identify the location of this circa 1920 photo of a little girl, Helen Alvira Young

Accepted Answer

Hazeldean road

Question 14

I had fun playing trivia & learning about our community

Accepted Answer

Yes, No

Question 15

Up until about 1900, 'Hazeldean' was spelled another way. How was it spelled?

Accepted Answer

Hazledean

Question 16

What are the boundaries of Katimavik-Hazeldean?

Accepted Answer

The Queensway, Hazeldean Rd, Eagleson Rd & the Carp River

Question 17

When did the original settlers arrive in Hazeldean?

Accepted Answer

1818

Question 18

What happened in 1870 that served to decrease Hazeldean’s significance as a community?

Accepted Answer

Coming of the railway

Question 19

Adam Abbott was a general store merchant at Hazeldean from c. 1850 to 1894. Which of these other positions did he hold?

Accepted Answer

Census enumerator & Secretary of County of Carleton Exhibition Association, Registrar for Goulbourn township & Goulbourn township clerk, Postmaster, Secretary-treasurer of the Ottawa Valley Cheese Factory at Hazeldean

Question 20

Why was there a plowing bee at the Frank Young farm at Hazeldean in the fall of 1928?

Accepted Answer

Farmer Frank Young had diphtheria & could not do his fall plowing

Question 21

Where did the initial settlers of the Hazeldean area come from?

Accepted Answer

Ireland

Question 22

Name an elected provincial or federal politician from Hazeldean?

Accepted Answer

William Thomas Hodgins, grandson of “The Governor", Robert Henry Grant, son of settler Robert Grant

Question 23

A community ceremony followed by a spur-of-the-moment all-night dance at the Hazeldean Orange Hall in Jan. 1901 was for:

Accepted Answer

A homecoming party for Boer War soldiers - Pte M Bradley & Sgt SH Eagleson

Question 24

Kanata is an Indigenous name meaning....

Accepted Answer

An encampment or collection of huts

Question 25

John Young helped establish the first log school in Hazeldean in what year?

Accepted Answer

1860

Question 26

Why was a building on what is now Young Road, built c. 1840, called the “Union Church”?

Accepted Answer

It was used by more than one religious denomination

Question 27

This community was named "Katimavik", in 1972. How did it get its name?

Accepted Answer

by 12 year old Kanata resident, Corinne Friesen, the result of a local area contest

Question 28

To secure title to the land of their grant, the early settlers of Hazeldean had to fulfil which obligations?

Accepted Answer

Clear the road allowance across the front of the land grant (~2000 ft), Clear and fence five acres, Cut large trees up to 66 ft from the road, Within 3 yrs, build a house > 16' x 20' & occupy it

Question 29

What building was built in 1914 on what is now Young Road and is still being used for the original purpose?

Accepted Answer

Hazeldean Masonic Lodge No. 517

Question 30

How did 24 children die during this voyage to Canada (~ 44 families & 183 ppl all together)

Accepted Answer

Measles

Question 31

In Nov 1978, in a vote on the name for the new city (now 'Kanata'), what were the 4 options?

Accepted Answer

Kanata, Hazeldean, March and Kairnwood

Question 32

What is this picture of (1980's)

Accepted Answer

Yound Road & Pond

Question 33

Robert Grant & William Hodgins - went from poor immigrants to most successful of the early Hazeldean settlers because...

Accepted Answer

Dealt in potash, Had entrepreneurial spirit, Blessed with good farmland, Speculated in land

Question 34

Gordon Young operated the general store (1956-1975). It was located where?

Accepted Answer

Hazeldean/Young Road ("the Burbs/Henry's" plaza)

Question 35

Besides running the general store, Adam Abbott also sold....

Accepted Answer

musical intruments

Question 36

Which fun facts are true about Youngs Pond:

Accepted Answer

is smaller now than when it was part of the Young farm, up until the 1960’s, skaters would change in the Young family kitchen, was used to service livestock on the farm, was used as a skating rink by youth through the years

Question 37

How many customers did the Hazeldean Rural Telephone Company have when it began on July 12, 1909?

Accepted Answer

26

Question 38

This special carriage was a ________.

Accepted Answer

hearse

Question 39

Crops or farm products produced on the Robert Young farm at Hazeldean in 1861 included all EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

raspberries, grapes, peaches

Question 40

Where were the original 1818 settlers of Hazeldean originally slated to go as a group? (with leader Richard Talbot)

Accepted Answer

London, ON

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