The Capital Builders: Thomas McKay, master builder

One of the most important men in Ottawa’s history has no proper biography. Very few of his personal papers are available. Some of his buildings and accomplishments have been bulldozed and lost to time. Even his burial plot lacks a properly dignified marker. 
Yet you probably know Thomas McKay’s major accomplishments. 
The entrance locks to the Rideau Canal. Rideau Hall, where the Governor General lives. Earnscliffe, where the British