Thomas Burrowes | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Lower_Bytown,_from_the_Barrack_Hill,_near_the_head_of_the_Eighth_Lock_and_Sappers%E2%80%99_Bridge,_1845.jpg) A painting by Burrowes of the Rideau Canal and Lower Bytown in 1845, as viewed from Barrack Hill (later Parliament Hill) | |
| Born | 27 October 1796 Worcestershire, England |
| Died | 21 May 1866 (aged 69) |
| Known for | Watercolourist |
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Thomas Burrowes (1796–1866) was a Captain with the Corps of Royal Sappers and Miners who served as both a surveyor and overseer during the construction of the Rideau Canal in Ontario, Canada. Burrowes is known, however, for having documented the construction of the canal and the landscape of the surrounding area in a series of watercolour paintings, thus creating an important eyewitness record of one of the most important engineering projects of 19th century Canada.