Charles Nicholas Monsarrat (July 2, 1871 – March 1, 1940) was a Canadian-born bridge designer. He was born in Montreal and was educated by private tuition and at the Montreal High School. Monsarrat joined the Canadian Pacific Railway as a structural draftsman; in 1903, he became chief engineer of bridges. He became a member of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (later the Engineering Institute of Canada) in 1898 and was vice-president in 1917. He married Mary Alice Foster in 1898. Monsarrat served with the Royal Highlanders in France during World War I, becoming lieutenant-colonel in 1915. From 1911 to 1918, he was president and chief engineer of the Quebec Bridge Board. Monsarrat also served as a consulting engineer to the Canadian government and to the Canadian National Railway. In