– First police constable appointed in Orléans 1917 – Oblate Fathers arrive and open Saint-Joseph Farm – closed in 1963 and became Ferme d’Orléans 1920 – Orléans gets first bank, Provincial Bank of Canada 1920 – Construction starts on present-day St-Joseph Church – only took two years to build. 1922 – St-Joseph-d’Orléans incorporated as semi-autonomous “Police Village” with partial powers. 1925 – Dr Émile Major is first resident-doctor in Orléans 1939 – Reeve Jack Innes dies in office. Saint-François Concession Road re-named after him. 1940 – St. Joseph School replaces Académie St-Joseph. 1945 – Queensway being built on old rail line in Ottawa 1952 – Highway 17 rebuilt through Orléans 1953 – St-Louis-de-Montfort Hospital opens. 1954 – Passenger service discontinued on Ottawa and New York railway between Ottawa and Cornwall 1956 – (May 15) Fighter jet crashes into Grey Nuns Villa St-Louis Convent in Orléans – 15 killed. 1957 – Ottawa and New York Railway (New York Central) abandoned 1957 – Orléans gets first fire station. It will burn down two years later. 1958 – Orléans public library opens in school basement – only public library in Gloucester until 1971. 1958 – NCC predecessor expropriates 22,500 acres of Gloucester farmland for the Greenbelt. 1958 – Orléans fails in bid for full municipal status. 1960 – Queensway opens from Hurdman’s to Green’s Creek. 1962 – First library board established in Orléans. 1962 – Green’s Creek Pollution Control Centre opens. 1962 – Motel Normandie opens. 1962 – Grandmaître family sells sand from Petrie Island 1967 – Water mains installed for first time in Orléans. 1968 – Construction begins on Highway 417 1968 – Blair Road Queensway Interchange opens 1970 – Big housing boom starts in Orléans 1971 – Highway 417 reaches Gloucester. 1971 – Beacon Hill Bullet bus service starts to downtown 1971 – Gloucester Skating Club opens. 1972 – Garneau Secondary School opens, first in Orléans 1972 – Canadian Forces Station Gloucester closes down 1972 – OC Transpo extends city bus service to Beacon Hill, Blackburn Hamlet, and Orléans 1972 – Gloucester Coat of Arms put on police cars. 1973 – OC Transpo takes over Beacon Hill Bullet bus service 1973 – Blackburn Branch of Public Library opens. 1974 – Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton absorbs Orléans. 1976 – Blackburn Arena opens. 1977 – J.B. Potvin Arena opens. 1978 – (May) Gloucester Historical Society re-established. 1979 – MIFO founded, major cultural boost.