John By
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Lieutenant-Colonel John By was an English military engineer. He is best known for having supervised the construction of the Rideau Canal and for having founded Bytown in the process. It developed and was designated as the Canadian capital, Ottawa.
John By Royal Engineers Museum
Joseph-Émile Brunet's statue of John By in Major's Hill Park, Ottawa
Plaque commemorating fountain in memory of John By in Ottawa
Rideau Canal
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The Rideau Canal is a 202 kilometre long canal that links the Ottawa River at Ottawa with the Cataraqui River and Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Its 46 locks raise boats from the Ottawa River 83 metres upstream along the Rideau River to the Rideau Lakes, and from there drop 50 metres downstream along the Cataraqui River to Kingston.
The Ottawa Locks at Colonel By Valley
An engraving of the Rideau Canal locks at Bytown
1845 painting of the canal and Lower Town by Thomas Burrowes
The lock at Lower Brewers nearing completion in 1831, by Thomas Burrowes