Bytown Museum
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The Bytown Museum occupies the oldest surviving stone building in Ottawa, a former commissariat storehouse built in 1827 beside the Rideau Canal locks below Parliament Hill. It tells the story of Bytown, the rough canal-construction settlement that grew into the national capital, through artifacts from the lumber trade and the engineering of Colonel John By's waterway. Galleries spread over several floors trace the transformation from frontier outpost to seat of government. Its riverside setting makes it a natural stop on a canal walk.
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