Ottawa Ontario Book 3 in Colour Photos: Saving Our History One Photo at a Time

by Barbara Raue

Thomas MacKay, a wealthy Scottish stonemason and entrepreneur, helped build the Rideau Canal. Following the completion of the canal, McKay built mills at Rideau Falls, making him the founder of New Edinburgh, the original settlement of Ottawa. With his newly acquired wealth, McKay purchased the 100 acre site overlooking both the Ottawa and Rideau Rivers and built a stone villa in 1838 where he and his family lived until 1855. The building, an eleven-room...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1539164780
• ISBN13: 9781539164784
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"