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Jack Hanna – Chief Pinesi and the Founding of Bytown

“Lake Allumette on the Ottawa River in Ontario”, by Alfred Holdstock (1820-1901), painted circa. 1870. “Lake Allumette on the Ottawa River in Ontario”, by Alfred Holdstock (1820-1901), painted circa. 1870. Library and Archives Canada, W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana

As a (non-Indigenous) Centretown resident, Jack Hanna reflects on the devastation caused to the Algonquin Anishinaabe people following the establishment of Bytown.

Jack Hanna is a retired teacher and journalist, amateur historian, and heritage chair of the Centretown Community Association.

Ottawa 200: Chief Pinesi and the founding of Bytown – Centretown BUZZ

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16 February 2026
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