Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Acknowledgements xix
5. A Note on Images xxi
6. Other Books by Alastair Sweeny xxiii
7. Introduction 1
8. PART ONE Lachine and the Rideau Canal
9. CHAPTER 1 Early Ottawa 9
10. CHAPTER 2 From Scotland to Montréal 25
11. CHAPTER 3 Wellington’s Generals 43
12. CHAPTER 4 Enter Colonel John By 61
13. CHAPTER 5 1826: The Founding of Bytown 69
14. CHAPTER 6 1827: Canal Cornerstones 91
15. CHAPTER 7 How to Build a Canal 107
16. CHAPTER 8 Jones Falls, Malaria, and Black Powder 117
17. CHAPTER 9 The Hog’s Back Dam Disasters 125
18. CHAPTER 10 1829: Handsome Profits 133
19. CHAPTER 11 1831: Finishing the Work 139
20. CHAPTER 12 1832: Colonel By’s Recall 151
21. PART TWO New Edinburgh and Rideau Hall
22. CHAPTER 13 Militia, Politics, and Civics, 1830–1838 161
23. CHAPTER 14 Miller Mackay, 1830–1849 179
24. CHAPTER 15 Rideau Hall, 1838–1853 193
25. CHAPTER 16 The Capital Idea, 1841–1849 205
26. CHAPTER 17 Mackay a Legislative Councillor 213
27. CHAPTER 18 Bust and Boom, 1840–1849 231
28. CHAPTER 19 Annexation and Reciprocity, 1849–1854 241
29. PART THREE Railway Mania
30. CHAPTER 20 The Philosophy of Railroads, 1847–1853 257
31. CHAPTER 21 The Bytown & Prescott, 1847–1853 269
32. CHAPTER 22 The Keefers in Montréal, 1850–1859 285
33. CHAPTER 23 The Queen Approves of Ottawa, 1853–1857 297
34. PART FOUR Thomas Keefer and the Mackay Estate
35. CHAPTER 24 The Thomas Keefer Regime, 1855–1865 313
36. CHAPTER 25 The Sale of Rideau Hall 325
37. CHAPTER 26 Keefer Develops Rockcliffe Park 341
38. Appendix A: Rockcliffe Arms 357
39. Appendix B: Lines on Thomas Mackay 359
40. Select Bibliography 365