Target - Place d'Orleans, Orleans, Ontario

Waymark Code: WMN7YK

Target Canada has announced all stores will close. It's time to waymark as many Target stores as possible. I enjoy creating commercial waymarks more than many waymarking enthusiasts. My third busiest waymarking category is Subway restaurants. However, I don't usually rush the creation of commercial ones with the exception of exotic locations.

Before 2013, this store in the Place d'Orleans shopping centre was operated by Zellers. Zellers went out of business and many of the Zellers stores across Canada were replaced by Target. Target was entering the Canadian market for the first time. When this shopping centre opened in 1983, there was a Woolco store here. Woolco stores were sold to Walmart Canada in 1994.

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N 45 28.75 W 075 30.88 110 Place d'Orléans Dr Ottawa, ON K1C 2L9 Canada Pharmacy Store Hours M-Fr : 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. Sa : 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. Su : 8:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Pharmacist-Owner Mohamed Mohamed Aly Clinical Interests Pediatrics, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Fast, Fun, Friendly FaW ct I am a clever cook Interests Reading, Basketball, Soccer What about your Target Pharmacy being in your community are you most excited? I’m excited to deliver a personalized, total healthcare experience to every Target Guest in my community Language(s) Spoken English, Arabic Starbucks

Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus - Ottawa, ON

The Ottawa Hospital was created in 1998 as a merger between the Civic Hospital, the General Hospital and Riverside Hospital. Back in the 1920s, the Civic Hospital was also created as a merger of older hospitals. The Spanish flu epidemic in 1918 convinced municipal authorities that a more modern hospital was needed. The main building of the Civic Hospital opened to patients in 1924.

The mother and baby areas of the Civic Hospital have stories of their own. During the Second World War while the Dutch royal family found sanctuary in Ottawa, Princess Margriet was born at the Civic in a ward given temporary status as official Netherlands territory. In 1982, a fundraising performance by Frank Sinatra and Rich Little was fundamental to the creation of the Rich Little Special Care Nursery. Decades later, my grandson spent a few of his first weeks in that same special care nursery.

45 23.565 075 43.355

Ottawa Hospital - General Campus - Ottawa, ON

Waymark Code: WMNECC

I was busy waymarking while transporting hospital visitors to my new grandson. Would it be possible to document my grandson's experiences through waymarking? Let's try.

Ottawa's General Hospital dates back to 1845. The hospital moved to this location on Smyth Road in 1980. The earlier location for the General Hospital was on Sussex Drive. That hospital would eventually become known as the Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital. In 1998, amalgamation occurred, creating The Ottawa Hospital. The General Campus is one component of The Ottawa Hospital.

The General Hospital offers many specialized services not available in all hospitals. Concerning neonatal care, for example, the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) is the only level 4 NICU in the region, providing the highest level of neonatal care. My grandson spent his first six weeks in the General Hospital.

501 Smyth Road, K1H 8L6

N 45° 24.04 W 075° 38.88

LEGO Civic Hospital - Ottawa, ON

Waymark Code: WMN7EW

While my brand new grandson was busy growing at his first residence, the General Campus of the Ottawa Hospital, I got in to a routine exploration of the area. Driving parents and/or grandmother to the hospital at least once each day, I was able to waymark away the time between delivering trips and returning trips. Grandson then transferred to the Civic Campus where I've been slow to start a new routine.

Grandson's room was on the fourth floor, not counting the main floor as floor one. However, his ward is located in the wing of the hospital not yet built for the 1924 campus represented by the LEGO construction.

Seeking examples of waymarking categories new to me, I found this hopeful entry for the LEGO sculpture category.

Co-ordinates are for the main entrance to the Civic Hospital. Located across from the Central Experimental Farm, northeast of the intersection Parkdale and Carling, the main building was open to patients late in 1924. Ninety years later, Doctor Lucie Filteau has created a LEGO representation of that building. Her LEGO construction project was an excuse to spend more time with her two young sons.

45 23.56 075 43.35