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n. 1 A subsidiary or subordinate town 2 A town that has its own name and postal code, but which is governed by another town
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Bytown is the former name of Ottawa, Canada's capital city. It was founded on September 26, 1826, incorporated as a town on January 1, 1850, and superseded by the incorporation of the City of Ottawa on January 1, 1855. The founding was marked by a sod turning, and a letter from Governor General Dalhousie which authorized Lieutenant Colonel John By to divide up the town into lots. Bytown came about as a result of the construction of the Rideau Canal and grew largely due to the Ottawa River timber trade. Bytown's first mayor was John Scott, elected in 1847.
Usage examples of "bytown".
The Keeper of the Light A LOVER OF MUSIC I He entered the backwoods village of Bytown literally on the wings of the wind.
This was the way in which Bytown came to have a lover of music among its permanent inhabitants.
Philadelphia who had spent a summer at Bytown had put his ear to her chest, and looked grave, and said that she ought to winter in a mild climate.
But the inhabitants of Bytown were not in the way of paying much attention to the theories of physicians in regard to climate.
The very name of Bytown was discarded as being too American and commonplace.
Some day, perhaps, you will go to the busy place where Bytown used to be.
Kingston is an important town, and is the port of the Rideau Canal, which connects Bytown and the Ottawa with Lake Ontario.