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Cummings Island period the island thrived as a commercial hub between Bytown and Janeville (later Eastview, and still later Vanier), even having the first telephone in what was then Gloucester Township. In 1891, the old wooden bridge was replaced by a new steel bridge, which was originally named Bingham's Bridge, after Ottawa mayor Samuel Bingham, but this name never caught on. Thirty years later it was replaced by the Cummings Bridge, which was built some downstream causing Cummings Island to loose its connection to the shore. In 1922, the city of Ottawa bought the island from Cummings' sons for $30,000, and all