John By

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John By was a British military engineer and lieutenant-colonel best known for supervising the construction of the Rideau Canal and founding the settlement that became Ottawa, Canada.

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John By canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British military engineer
lieutenant colonel
person
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
fieldOfWork civil engineering
military engineering
hasMonument statue of Colonel By in Major’s Hill Park, Ottawa
hasPartNamedAfter ByWard Market
Byron Avenue (Ottawa)?
Bytown Museum
Colonel By Drive
Colonel By Lake
Colonel By Secondary School
influenced development of Ottawa as Canada’s capital
knownFor founding the settlement that became Ottawa, Canada
supervising the construction of the Rideau Canal
legacy Ottawa was originally named Bytown in his honour
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Province of Canada
surface form: Province of Canada (historical)
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Lieutenant-Colonel
notableEvent construction of the Rideau Canal
notableWork Rideau Canal
occupation army officer
military engineer
placeOfActivity Bytown
Canada
Ottawa

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ByWard Market namedAfter John By
Rideau Canal designedBy John By