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September
1928 |
The first French diplomatic
representative, Jean Knight, arrives in Ottawa. |
June
1930 |
Jean Knight finds the Blackburn land. |
1931 |
The Blackburn property, at 62 Sussex drive,
is bought. The credits are voted on November 30th, 1931.
The bill of sale is signed December 30th, 1931. |
1931-1938 |
Provisory installation of the offices of
the chancery in the ancient Blackburn house. |
14
July 1936 |
Placing of the first stone by the Canadian
Prime Minister, Mackenzie King. |
1937-1938 |
Enlargement of the land. The French state
buys the neighbouring property belonging to the Lemay
family, and acquires, for one symbolic dollar, a narrow
strip of land along the Ottawa River, belonging to the
provincial government. The Blackburn and Lemay houses
are destroyed. |
1939 |
The Ambassador, the Count of Dampierre,
announces, over the radio, the installation of the French
diplomatic mission in the new local, which would serve
as both residence and chancery. |
4
January 1939 |
Official inauguration of the Embassy. |
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rief Chronology