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Mooney's Bay station

2001 establishments in OntarioRailway stations in Canada opened in 2001Trillium Line stations
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Mooneys station entrance

Mooney's Bay is an O-Train station along the Trillium Line located near Heron Road and Bronson Avenue in Ottawa, Ontario, which primarily serves the Government of Canada offices in the Confederation Heights area, and students from Brookfield High School. In 2011, a pedestrian and cyclist path was built to provide a direct link between Mooney's Bay Station and Brookfield Road. The station was originally named Confederation after the area in which the station is located, Confederation Heights. On December 24, 2017, the station was renamed to Mooney's Bay (after nearby Mooney's Bay Park) to avoid confusion with the O-Train's new Confederation Line, which opened in 2019.

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Mooney's Bay station
Heron Road, (Old) Ottawa River

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K1V 6J3 (Old) Ottawa, River
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Brewer Park Pond
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Riverside Park, Ottawa
Riverside Park, Ottawa

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