Lieutenant-Colonel John By National Historic Person (1779-1836)
Lieutenant-Colonel John By was designated a national historic person in 1954.
Historical importance: One of the greatest early engineers in Canada who built the Rideau Canal.
![Historical image of Colonel By watching the building of Rideau Canal](http://pcweb2.azureedge.net/-/media/WET4/clmhc-hsmbc/backgrounder/john-by-3.jpg)
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![Colonel John By Fountain](http://pcweb2.azureedge.net/-/media/WET4/clmhc-hsmbc/backgrounder/john-by-1.jpg)
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