- 1965-09-01 — Ron and Edna Nablo and family opened the locality of Lucerne, QC. This area was later known as Aylmer and still later became Gatineau. The city of Gatineau was formed in 2002 following the amalgamation of the municipalities of Aylmer, Buckingham, Gatineau, Hull and Masson-Angers. [CBN Issue 189 October 1965 p2]
Don and Diana Dainty moved to Lucerne in June of 1967 [email from Catherine Carry dated 28 May 2020]
- 1974-04-20 — The formation of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Aylmer, QC. The inaugural members were: Rick and Margo Blake, Linda O'Neil and John Dickie, Belinda and David Erickson, Jane Ginsberg, Pyer Vaillancours, and Michael McKenny. [from an email from David Erickson dated 28 and 29 May 2022; [from an email 4 November 2022 from National Archivist Ailsa Hedly Leftwich] iiiii
- 1975-09-22 — The formation of the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Gatineau, QC. The founding members were: Pierre Dagenais (Chairman), Jack McLean (Vice Chairman), Helen Michelin (Secretary), Richard Gordon (Treasurer), Brigitte McLean, Renée Dagenais, Nahid Gordon, Tony Panalaks, and Kamal Toeg. [from an email from archives@bahai.ca to Jack McLean (A121577) 11 July 2022] iiiii
- 1992-12-00 — The formation of the Ottawa Regional Baha'í Choir. It traces its roots to the mass choir that was created to perform at the Bahá'í World Congress in New York City in November of 1992. Three Ottawa Baha'is were in that choir, and they brought back with them a body of specially commissioned choral arrangements for Baha'i sacred music. They were joined by several others, eager to sing this "new music" that they had seen performed at the Congress. Over the next few years, other choir members attended choral workshops in Green Acre Baha'i School and elsewhere, further expanding the Ottawa choir's repertoire.
Members of the Ottawa Regional Bahá'í Choir have always come from both sides of the Ottawa river, from Gatineau, QC. They have been Bahá'ís and their friends, with different levels of singing experience. There are no auditions for the choir and those new to singing are encouraged to learn as they go. The membership generally has fluctuated between 10 and 16, but has been as large as 24 and is currently 20 members strong. Over the lifetime of the choir, as about 200 members have participated, choir direction has changed hands, often rotating between members. [Ottawa Community News 28 September 2017] - 2001-04-21 — The National Assembly in Québec passed Bill 170, an Act to reform the municipal territorial organization of the metropolitan regions of Montréal, Québec and the Outaouais. It was given assent in December of 2000. The former city of Gatineau incorporated the cities of Aylmer and Hull as well as the town of Buckingham and the township of Masson-Angers. [Bill 170]
The first Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the new city of Gatineau was elected at Ridván 2001. Those elected were Laylee Rohani Delaney, Pierre Austin, Ruth Vanderstelt, Bernard Cardin, Peter Brady, Muguette Brady, Alain Robitaille, Pamela Stellick and Patrick Marshall. - 2002-04-21 — Four newly-amalgamated communities began a new stage of community life at Ridván. The Spiritual Assemblies of Montreal,
Gatineau, Longueuil, and Quebec City were elected for the first time from among believers who lived in 27 former communities.
The largest of these communities, Montreal, had more than 600 believers as a result of the merging of 17 communities. [BC Vol 15 No 2 June 2002 p25]
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