John By

John By

male, deceased (1836)
civil engineer, Royal Engineers officer, Royal Artillery, Royal Engineer, Saint Lawrence River, OttawaRiver
Lieutenant-Colonel John By (probably 7 August 1779 - 1 February 1836) was an English military engineer, best remembered for supervising the...
Philemon Wright

Philemon Wright

male, deceased (1839)
American migrant to Canada, Canadian of English descent, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Baltic region, gatineau, West Quebec…OttawaRiver, Ottawa County, Gatineau River
Philemon Wright (September 3, 1760 - June 3, 1839) was a farmer and entrepreneur who founded "Wrightville", the first settlement in the National...

William Commanda

male, 96 years old
First Nations leader, Réserve de la Rivière Désert, Canadian Human Rights Monument, the Lake of Two Mountains, Kitigàn-zìbì Reserve, Elders Without Borders…Gatineau River, OttawaRiver
William Commanda is an Algonquin elder, born November 11, 1913 in Kitigàn-zìbì, Quebec (Garden River/Riviere Desert), near Maniwaki, Quebec, 130 kil...
Jean Nicolet

Jean Nicolet

male, 367 years old
French, OttawaRiver, indigenous peoples, Nipissing, First Nation, Jean Nigolet (Nicollet) de Belleborne
Jean Nicolet (Nicollet) de Belleborne was a French voyager noted for exploring the Northwest Territory. In 1618 he came to Quebec as a clerk and to...

Dick Bell

male, deceased (1988)
Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, member of parliament, britannia, carleton, Member of the 18th Ministry in Canada, From Ontario…OttawaRiver
Richard Albert "Dick" Bell, PC (September 4 1913-March 20 1988) was a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Carleton from 1957 to...

Nicholas Sparks

male, deceased (1862)
Ottawa city councillor, gatineau, politician, Rideau Canal, OttawaRiver, from County Wexford…Wellington Street, Ottawa
Nicholas Sparks was a prominent early citizen of Ottawa, Canada. Sparks was born in County Wexford in Ireland and came to Canada in 1816. He was...
Thomas McKay

Thomas McKay

male, deceased (1855)
Scottish, from Perth, Scotland, Perth, Scotland, Lachine Canal, Settler of the National Capital Region of Canada, Rideau River…OttawaRiver
Thomas McKay* (September 1, 1792 - October 9, 1855) was a prosperous Canadian businessman who was one of the founders of the city of Ottawa,...

Tessouat

male
First Nations leader, Tesswehas, St-Lawrence River, Allumettes Island, Isle-aux-Allumettes, Lac des Deux-Montagnes…OttawaRiver, Saint Lawrence River
Tessouat ("Anishinaabe": Tesswehas) (c. ??? - 1636/1654) was an Algonquin chief from the Kitchesipirini nation ("Kitche"=Great, "sipi"=river,...
Ruggles Wright

Ruggles Wright

male, deceased (1863)
American migrant to Canada, Canadian of English descent, John Egan, timber slide, Chaudière Falls, Settler of the National Capital Region of Canada…OttawaRiver
Ruggles Wright was a Canadian lumber merchant, the youngest son of Philemon Wright. He was born in Woburn, Massachusetts but moved to Canada with...

Braddish Billings

male, deceased (1864)
American migrant to Canada, from Hampshire County, Massachusetts, From Ottawa, From Brockville, Ontario, immigrant to Canada, OttawaRiver…Rideau River
Braddish Billings (September 23 1783 - April 8 1864) was an early settler in the Ottawa area. He was born in Ware, Massachusetts in 1783, but moved...