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A French-Canadian Austrian in Lowertown! – The Finks
By Marc Aubin, with input from a book by Maurice FinkSpecial thanks to Jeannine Fink, Lynda Fink, and Nicole Davis-Lafrenière This story and this photo of 162 Bolton Street, which has now been donated to the City of Ottawa Archives, was precipitated by the death of Jeannine Kennedy Fink in 2025. Jeannine was a great…
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