 A triangular plaza once located approximately at the site of today's Confederation Square was (originally) named after Governor General Connaught.Before 1910, today's Plaza Bridge over the Rideau Canal had been two separate bridges which were replaced at the time by a single bridge under which rail traffic would pass from the new Union Station past the (also new) Chateau Laurier.This work was finished by December 1912 and the location was named "Connaught Place" on March 24, 1913.