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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Ross, Donald Aynsley
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Description area
Dates of existence
1877-1956
History
Donald Aynsley Ross, the second son of Arthur Wellington Ross and Jessie Flora (Cattanach) Ross, was born in Winnipeg on September 26, 1877. He attended Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto. He became a mining engineer in British Columbia; and from 1900-1906, was a locating engineer for the Canadian Northern Railway, during which time he oversaw construction of the Pinawa Channel Dam on the Winnipeg River. In 1906, he formed an architectural partnership with Ralph B. Pratt. Ross died in Winnipeg on April 1, 1956.