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VE DAY PARADE, CENTRETOWN, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA



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Location Category ID: 8155
Address: Sparks Street, Ottawa, ON
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Other Links: Canadian Encyclopedia
Veterans mark VE-Day anniversary
Latitude, Longitude: 45.423617 , -75.695811
Location Accuracy: 6
Tanks Previously Here: Long term:
1: Panther Tank - Canadian War Museum, LeBreton Flats, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (VE Day 8 May 1945)

Short term:
1: M24 Chaffee Light Tank - Ontario Regiment RCAC Regimental Museum, Oshawa Airport, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (VE Day 2005)
2: M4A2 (76) HVSS Sherman Tank - Ontario Regiment RCAC Regimental Museum, Oshawa Airport, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada (VE Day 2005)


The area north of Centretown in Ottawa, particularly Sparks Street, was home to the original VE Day celebrations on 8 May 1945. Since then this area has hosted regular anniversary VE Day parades, including along Elgin Street in 2010 (source: CBC.ca).