Trying to nail down something about Ottawa

It's for the street names project. Is there anything published over the decades nailing down the truth - or at least the most popularly believed story - of how the names of the first streets of Bytown-as-was were decided upon? I've read the tale of Bank Street originally being named "Esther Street" by Lt.-Col. John By after his wife, which strikes me as believable, but was he the only to make such decisions at that point?

Keeping One Eye on the Future: Oil Spills and Janitorial Health

First I'd heard of Riki Ott was on the Sunday Edition radio broadcast referred to above. Tonight, I finally managed to track down something else of hers on the matter of oil spills and the health consequences of cleaning the mess up for those hired to do so:

http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/05/02/lessons-from-the-exxon-valdez-spill/

And I checked on ifitwasmyhouse.com again today. Here's what the extent of the spill would look like if Ottawa were the epicentre: