September 25, 2015:

Al, I have been spending time on the www.erudit.org site, a great source for genealogy background. 
This article presents an interesting look at Thomas McKay:

http://www.erudit.org/revue/ram/1932/v11/n1/300105ar.pdf 

The title and author of this paper is "The Honourable Thomas McKay, M.L.C., Founder of New Edinburgh, 1792-1855"
by Francis J. Audet, the Report of the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association / Rapports annuels de la
Société historique du Canada, vol. 11, no. 1, 1932, p. 65-79.

... Mark Cullen


June 13, 2008:

Photo Source: Where Rivers Meet: An Illustrated History of Ottawa, page 36


Drawing Source: Ottawa, An Illustrated History, by John Taylor, page 38


Names for search engine: W.C. Edwards, New Edinburgh, Jean Baptiste St. Louis 
August 29, 2008:

The W. C. Edwards Saw Mills on the east side of Rideau Falls, c. 1900 
Photo Source: Hurling Down the Pine by Bond and Hughson, page 36


February 5, 2010:

Map of New Edinburgh in 1879
Source: McGill University Digital Maps



                 Sketch by Michael Flynn, Corner of MacKay and Victoria Streets                  Map showing the intersection of MacKay and Queen Victoria Streets, New Edinburgh, in 2010
From the Ottawa Journal, March 13, 1976                                   Source: Google Maps
   
April 13, 2010:

The McKay family was prominent in the founding of Beechwood National Cemetery in New Edinburgh.


June 30, 2010:

The James Fraser Schoolhouse, built by Thomas McKay in 1837
Source: National Capital Region Heritage, page 106-107

   


By 1844, James Fraser has opened another school on Sparks Street, in Uppertown.
Source: Bytown Gazette, July 4, 1844








August 7, 2011:

Al: 

Included in my late father's box of memorabilia was a xeroxed copy of Memories of the Burgh, published privately by Ethel Sivyer Proulx in 1991. 
It is a 68 page collection of the "Memories of the Burgh" column that she wrote for the New Edinburgh News in 1986-1990. 

The stories speak to people, places, stores, businesses, etc. from New Edinburgh in the 1890-1930 period. 

I read it with great anticipation since my father was raised on Noel Street in the '20s and '30s, but, unfortunately, nothing was
written about my Cullens. There were a couple of mentions of other relatives, though.  

Even though the timing is a little later than your normal coverage, I was thinking it might be of interest to you for your 
bibliography section and/or for setting up a new page on people from the Burgh. 

Let me know and I will send it to you. 

Mark Cullen
________________________

Mark:

Thanks for sending this to me. I read it with interest as there is a lot of material covered in it.

... Al



Here's a scan of the index to the articles included in the book:

Source for the following picture is Ottawa Waterway, Gateway to a Continent, by Robert Leggett, page 155


keywords: lumbering , Steam Boats