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IMG_7995 Colonel By statue / La statue du Colonel By.jpg

Lieutenant-Colonel John By (1779–1836) of the Royal Engineers was the British officer sent into the wilderness in 1826 with orders to build a canal to link the Ottawa River to Lake Ontario. He also founded Bytown, now called Ottawa.

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En 1826, le Lieutenant-colonel John By (1779-1836), officier britannique, membre des Royal Engineers, reçut l’ordre de construire un canal qui devait relier la rivière des Outaouais au lac Ontario. Il fonda également Bytown, la ville qui porte aujourd'hui le nom d'Ottawa.


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