January 1912

Belle Isle Park development at Kettle Island is hailed as Ottawa's “Coney Island.”

Spring 1912

Titanic sinks; steamer

Quinte Queen purchased and brought to Ottawa to become Kettle Island ferry; public reassured it will have enough lifeboats in emergency.

June 1912

Belle Isle amusement park and cottage real estate scheme launched.

August 1912

Kettle Island band leader Rocco Graziadei takes over all entertainment — silent film cinema, vaudeville show, music and comedy acts.

1913

Belle Isle Park Co. goes bankrupt; Kettle Island rebranded as Capital Park, folds again within a few years.

1915

Holt Report recommends new interprovincial bridge below mouth of the Gatineau River.

1940s/50s

Kettle Island treated annually with mosquito-killing oil dumped by aircraft.

1959

Cold War training exercise simulates H-Bomb explosion over Kettle Island; planning officials propose a bridge over Kettle Island.

1964

Completion of the Carillon Dam raises the Ottawa River three metres at Kettle Island, ends cottaging era.

1974

Kettle Island Bridge proposed, then shelved.

1993

Kettle Island Bridge proposed, then shelved.

2008

Kettle Island Bridge proposed, then shelved.

2013

Kettle Island Bridge proposed, then shelved; Island declared Quebec nature reserve.

2016

20 volunteers with the Nature Conservancy and Ottawa Riverkeeper collect 771 kilograms of garbage during a shoreline cleanup.

2019

Federal budget pushes plan to construct a sixth interprovincial bridge in Ottawa-Gatineau.

2020

National Capital Commission releases a report and plans public consultation about a possible sixth interprovincial bridge, including the revived Kettle Island option.