Bytown, Upper Canada, 1826-1855, Now the City of Ottawa, Canada, Steamboats, Canals and Locks

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Web Name: Bytown, Upper Canada, 1826-1855, Now the City of Ottawa, Canada, Steamboats, Canals and Locks

WebSite: http://www.bytown.net

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This book, written by Professor Donald G. Creighton, in 1937, is the best book of Canadian History and Canadian Economics and Politics.It was originally published as The Commercial Empire of the St. Lawrence, 1760-1850. Published in Toronto by the Macmillan Company of Canada, reprinted in 1980, no ISBN, 440 pages.Picture Source: Bartlett's Canada - A pre-Confederation journey, Introduction by Henry C. Campbell, Chief Librarian, Toronto Public Library, McLelland and Stewart, 1968, no ISBN, page 118.Note: This painting of Entrance Bay, is the original, in colour, painted by William Henry Bartlett, c. 1838. Keywords: Parliament Hill, Major's Hill Park, steamboat the Shannon, Sterling Brewery, Historical Society of Ottawa Building, Sir John FranklinThe following map was prepared by the men of the Royal Engineers in about 1827 when they were stationed at the construction of the Grenville Canal on the Ottawa River, in Quebec, across the River from Hawkesbury, Upper Canada. It was presented to Colonel John By. The Island QueenNames for the search engine: Bertram Engine Works, Young's Point, Kawartha Lakes, the Stoney Lake, the Stoney Lake Navigation Company, Patrick Young,Lake Simcoe, Trent River, Peterborough Lift Lock, Thousand Island Steamship Line, Captain Ross W. Carnegie and Assosciates, Kingston, Island Queen,Thousand Island Route until 1948, Photo Courtesy of Captain and Mrs. Ross W. Carnegie of Kingston.Here are a couple of web pages with steamships in the Ottawa area, beginning about 1820 (mainly pictures)and a page giving some steamer background material from Frank Mackey's book. April 5, 2021:Here is one of the best maps of the Upper Ottawa Valley. From the inside back cover of the book by Clyde C. Kennedy called The Upper Ottawa Valley, A Glimpse of History, published by the Renfrew County Council, 1970, ISBN none.This is one of the few books which documents a lot of the steamships on the Ottawa River west of the city.Text from Clyde C. Kennedy's book, page 130, The Upper Ottawa Valley - a glimpse of history

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