 colonel by secondary school is an ottawa-carleton district school board high school. it is located in the beacon hill neighbourhood of gloucester in the city of ottawa, ontario, canada. it is a non-semestered school, and is the only english public school in ottawa that offers the international baccalaureate (ib) program. ==history== colonel by secondary school was unveiled on march 10, 1972. the school was designed by craig and kohler architects with p.e. brule co. ltd. contractors. the school was erected by the carleton board of education. the school is dedicated to lieutenant-colonel john by. j.l. mcdonald served as the first principal of colonel by secondary school.http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?pid=8393 memorial plaque colonel by secondary school was named for lieutenant colonel john by, the royal engineers officer who supervised the building of ottawa's rideau canal and 1826-1832 and founded bytown. a historical plaque located on the grounds of colonel by secondary school states, "colonel john by (1779 - 1836) was born and educated in england and first came to canada in 1802. as a member of the royal engineers, he worked on the first small locks on the st. lawrence river as well as the fortifications of quebec. he returned to england in 1811 and fought in the peninsular war, but came back to canada in 1826 to spend five summers heading the construction of the rideau canal, the 200 km long waterway which now 
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