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
Died18 October 1849(1849-10-18) (aged 53)
Brattleboro, Vt.[1]
NationalityScottish Canadian
OccupationSurveyor

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Baird 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]

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  1. ^ "Biography – BAIRD, NICOL HUGH – Volume VII (1836-1850) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Biography – BAIRD, NICOL HUGH – Volume VII (1836-1850) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca.
  3. ^ "Trent-Severn Waterway – CSCE / SCGC". csce.ca.
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