Bytown


Former name of the city of Ottawa. =Index=: (Sir John A Macdonald era) Chosen by the

queen as capital, 85; suggestion came from Sir Edmund Head, 85;

opposition to decision in Parliament, 85. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) An all-water route

between Montreal and Kingston, 75; favoured by some persons as capital,

1843, 181. (Lord Elgin era) Water communication established with Montreal, 98. See

also Ottawa. =Bib.=: Women's Can. Hist. Soc. of Ottawa, Trans., vols.

1 and 3.



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