12 Facts About Casimir Gzowski

Casimir Gzowski served as acting Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1896 to 1897.

Casimir Gzowski knew no English but began to study law and was admitted into practice.

Casimir Gzowski's father was an engineer, and as this became his primary interest, Kazimierz became involved in railway construction in the United States.

Casimir Gzowski helped finish the building of Yonge Street and did other projects for the Department of Public Works in southern Ontario.

In 1849, Casimir Gzowski was hired as a railway contractor by the St Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad.

At a public meeting held in Montreal, the committee delegated Casimir Gzowski to make a detailed survey of two routes.

Casimir Gzowski decided in favour of the line closely paralleling the shore of the St Lawrence River and running through Cornwall and Prescott.

In 1858, Casimir Gzowski was granted timber licences on the Whitefish River and on the South River in Northeastern Ontario.

Casimir Gzowski was instrumental in organizing the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, where he served as its first president from 1889 until 1891, and he founded Canada's first rifle association.

Casimir Gzowski was the first Commissioner of the Niagara Parks Commission.

Casimir Gzowski was appointed an honorary aide-de-camp to the Queen in 1879 and was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1890.

Casimir Gzowski was the great-great-grandfather of CBC radio personality Peter Casimir Gzowski.