The park commemorating ornithologist, Percy Taverner, occupies a place at the south end of Carlyle Avenue at Woodbine Place.
Percy Taverner Park
Parc Percy-Taverner
On September 24, 2015, Ottawa City Councillor, David Chernushenko, dedicated Percy Taverner Park to the memory of Percy Taverner, ornithologist, architect, and a former resident of the neighbourhood – Old Ottawa South.
Born Percy Algernon Fowler in Guelph, Ontario, when his parents divorced and his mother remarried, he took his father's surname, Tavernier, and later changed it to Taverner. From 1912 to 1942, Taverner served as the first ornithologist at the National Museum of Canada. His ornithological activities included helping to establish Point Pelee National Park and other bird sanctuaries in Canada and serving as president of the Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club and founding its journal, The Canadian Field Naturalist.
Percy Taverner died in Ottawa in 1947 and is buried in Beechwood Cemetery.
Percy Algernon Taverner
June 10, 1875 – May 9, 1947
