How less rich would be our understanding of our past if not for the long ago artists who preserved those stunning images of early Bytown with the stroke of their brush?

Kevin Ballantyne, producer of the excellent “Forgotten Ottawa” short video series on Ottawa history and recent winner of the City of Ottawa’s David Flemming Community Heritage Award, shares their legacy in his latest video, “Bytown Artists”, submitted for the HSO Bytown200 challenge : www.youtube.com/watch?v=LguPHj8oRS0 

Of interest on this topic, as well, is this link to “Ottawa Art & Artists” by Jim Burant: www.aci-iac.ca/art-books/ottawa-art-and-artists