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[formerly Bytown] Capital of Canada, located in eastern Ontario on the south bank of the Ottawa River, 200 km west of Montreal. In 1986 the city had a population of 300,763, with an additional 606,639 people living in the greater metropolitan area. The river and, later, the city were named after the native American Ottawa people. Harold Kalman Non-native settlement in the area began in 1800, when a party of Americans led by the miller and entrepreneur Philemon Wright (1760–1839) built an agricultural and milling community at what is now Hull, on the north side of the river in Quebec. The massive stands of pine and abundant water resources led to the development of the timber, pulp and paper industries. From 1826 to 1832 the Royal Engineers under Lt-Col. John By (1779–1836) built the 200-km long Rideau Canal to link the Ottawa River with Lake Ontario. The canal stimulated settlement and development, and its builders’ base became a lumber and sawmill centre. A Lower Town and an Upper Town grew on opposite sides of the canal, the former largely French and Irish working class, the latter mainly English middle class. Jointly, they came to be known as Bytown (after Col. By), but in ...