Location
Bytown MuseumP.O. Box 523, Station B
Ottawa,
ON,
K1P 5P6 Canada
The Bytown Museum tells the story of Ottawa’s first century. Our tale begins in 1826 with the founding of Bytown by Lieutenant-Colonel John By and the workingmen who built the Rideau Canal.
We then turn to the legendary lumberjacks and lumber kings who transformed Bytown into the lumber capital of the world.
The rowdy lumbermen also helped to transform Bytown into one of the most violent places in British North America.
In just thirty years, Bytown evolved into the city of Ottawa. It changed its character and its name, and eventually became a thriving and civilized capital city.
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