Casimir Gzowski
Persons, originating from Poland

Casimir Gzowski

Born 5 March 1813 as Kazimierz Stanisław Gzowski in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died 24 August 1898 in Toronto, Canada
Sir Kazimierz Stanislaus Gzowski, KCMG was an engineer who served as acting Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (Canada).

He belonged to the Polish nobility Junosza, originating from Sigismund Augustus, He and his family left Poland in 1830 after the November Uprising. In the United States, where he went first, was a lawyer. Influenced by his father an engineer, he engaged in building the railway - was hired as an engineer in New York. In 1841 he moved to Canada to coordinate the construction of Welland Canal. Later he was associated with a number of railway projects in the fast-growing Canada, as well as an international bridge over the Niagara River. Gzowski also contributed to the creation of a national park in the area of the Niagara Falls. He was the first president of the Niagara Falls Parks Comission. He also was one of the founders of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers. He organized horse races and founded the first club hunting in Canada.
He was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1890, and acting as an interim Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 1896-1897.
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Polonica stamps:

Canada 1963, 05 III
 Canada 2013, 02 III