Trying to nail down something about Ottawa

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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?