Thomas MacKay: The Laird of Rideau Hall and the Founding of Ottawa

The Laird of Rideau Hall explores the life and times of Thomas Mackay, the chief founder of...
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Author: Alastair Sweeny
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Language: English
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Thomas MacKay: The Laird of Rideau Hall and the Founding of Ottawa by Sweeny, Alastair

Thomas MacKay: The Laird of Rideau Hall and the Founding of Ottawa

$115.69

Thomas MacKay: The Laird of Rideau Hall and the Founding of Ottawa

$115.69
Author: Alastair Sweeny
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

The Laird of Rideau Hall explores the life and times of Thomas Mackay, the chief founder of Bytown/Ottawa.


Born and raised in Perth, Scotland, Mackay and his family emigrated to Montreal in 1817. Partnering with fellow mason John Redpath, he built the locks of the first Lachine Canal, did military construction work at Fort Lennox and St. Helen's Island, and supplied stone for Montreal's Notre Dame Basilica. Engaged by Colonel By of the Royal Engineers to build the Ottawa and Hartwell Locks of the Rideau Canal, Mackay used his profits to found the village of New Edinburgh and build a mill complex at Rideau Falls, as well as the residence his daughter named Rideau Hall. With his hefty canal profits--paid in Spanish silver pieces of eight--Mackay was a major financier of the Ottawa and Prescott Railway, and chief promoter of Ottawa as the capital of Canada. He served as Colonel of the Russell and Carleton militias, was MLA for Russell for seven years, and a member of the Legislative Council of Canada for fifteen.


After Mackay's death in 1855, his son-in-law and estate manager Thomas Keefer sold Rideau Hall to the government to serve as a residence for Canada's Governor General. Keefer also developed a tract of land owned by the estate into the village of Rockcliffe Park, today home to over 70 diplomatic residences.


Published in English.



Author: Alastair Sweeny
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Published: 05/25/2021
Pages: 406
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780776636795

About the Author
Alastair Sweeny est l'auteur de plusieurs livres sur l'histoire canadienne et la technologie, dont George-Étienne Cartier: Une biographie, BlackBerry Planet et Fire Along the Frontier: Great Battles of the War of 1822. Il est le fondateur et premier directeur de canadachennel.ca, une série de portails éducatifs canadiens créés par des auteurs de renom dans les domaines de l'éducation et de l'histoire canadienne.


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