Thomas Mackay: The Laird Of Rideau Hall And The Founding Of Ottawa

This is the first, long overdue biography of Thomas Mackay, a major promoter of Ottawa as the capital of Canada. Mackay built the Ottawa and Hartwell Locks of the Rideau Canal, founded New Edinburgh and the Rideau Falls mill complex, built Rideau Hall, and financed the Ottawa and Prescott Railway.

• | By (Author): Alastair Sweeny
• | Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 21, 2021
• | Country of Publication: Canada
• | Number of Pages: 328 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0776636782
• | ISBN-13: 9780776636788