Nicol Hugh Baird (26 August 1796 – 18 October 1849) was a Scottish surveyor who worked for his uncle Charles Baird in St Petersburg for several years, and emigrated to Canada in 1828.[2]
Nicol Hugh Baird | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Died | 18 October 1849 (aged 53) Brattleboro, Vt.[1] |
| Nationality | Scottish Canadian |
| Occupation | Surveyor |
Works
editBaird is known in Canada for the work on various canal and road construction in Upper and Lower Canada as well as inventing equipment for making existing locks more accessible for steamships. His skills as a surveyor and engineer are reflected as an integral part of projects such as the Rideau, Trent, and Welland canals. His thorough written accounts give historians a record of early Canadian engineering.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Biography – BAIRD, NICOL HUGH – Volume VII (1836-1850) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Biography – BAIRD, NICOL HUGH – Volume VII (1836-1850) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca.
- ^ "Trent-Severn Waterway – CSCE / SCGC". csce.ca.
External links
edit- "Nicol Hugh Baird". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- D, Braid; Ottawa, Historical Society of (1988). Nicol Hugh Baird : August 1796-August 1849 : a Pioneering Scottish Civil Engineer in Early Canada. Historical Society of Ottawa = Société historique d'Ottawa.
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