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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Label Occurrences
John By canonical 8

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Statements (27)

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 (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Province of Canada
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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Referenced by (8)

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

ByWard Market → namedAfter → John By ⓘ
Rideau Canal → designedBy → John By ⓘ
Bytown → namedAfter → John By ⓘ
Bytown → founder → John By ⓘ
Colonel By Lake → namedAfter → John By ⓘ
Byron Avenue (Ottawa) → namedAfter → John By ⓘ
subject linked to: Byron Avenue (Ottawa)?
Colonel By Drive → namedAfter → John By ⓘ