Bytown

E552753

former city name historical settlement

Bytown was the former name of Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, during its early 19th-century development as a canal and lumber town.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bytown canonical	3
Bytown (later Ottawa)	1
Bytown, Upper Canada	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former city name ⓘ historical settlement ⓘ
borderedBy	Lower Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
dateRenamed	1855 ⓘ
developedAround	Bytown military barracks NERFINISHED ⓘ canal construction works ⓘ
economicActivity	sawmills ⓘ timber rafting ⓘ
established	1826 ⓘ
formerNameOf	Ottawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedAs	construction camp for the Rideau Canal ⓘ
founder	John By NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	municipal government ⓘ
hasEthnicCommunity	English Canadians NERFINISHED ⓘ French Canadians NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish immigrants ⓘ
hasHeritageSite	Bytown Museum building NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent	conflicts between Irish and French Canadian communities ⓘ
historicalEra	19th century ⓘ
incorporatedAsTown	1850 ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ French ⓘ
locatedIn	Ontario ⓘ Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	downtown Ottawa ⓘ
locatedOn	Ottawa River NERFINISHED ⓘ Rideau Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	John By NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableStructure	Bytown Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Rideau Canal NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Ottawa Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorOf	City of Ottawa municipal government NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	canal town ⓘ lumber town ⓘ
primaryIndustry	lumber industry ⓘ timber trade ⓘ
reasonForRenaming	selection of Ottawa as capital of the Province of Canada ⓘ
replacedBy	Ottawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicPurpose	defence route between Montreal and Kingston via Rideau Canal ⓘ
transportRole	shipping point for squared timber ⓘ
urbanType	frontier town ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John By → placeOfActivity → Bytown ⓘ

Bytown Museum → namedAfter → Bytown ⓘ

Carleton County, Ontario → seat → Bytown ⓘ

Carleton County, Ontario → populationCentre → Bytown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bytown (later Ottawa)

Thomas McKay → regionOfActivity → Bytown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bytown, Upper Canada