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Location Category ID:
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8155
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Sparks Street, Ottawa, ON
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Canadian Encyclopedia
Veterans mark VE-Day anniversary
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Latitude, Longitude: |
45.423617
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-75.695811
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Location Accuracy: |
6
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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)
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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).
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