CA-K895Economy & trade
Philemon Wright, founder of Hull and the Ottawa timber trade
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In 1800 the American entrepreneur Philemon Wright founded the farming settlement that became Hull. Turning to the region’s forests for income, he pioneered the Ottawa Valley timber trade, floating his first raft of square timber to Québec in 1806, and later built Canada’s first timber slides to bypass the Chaudière Falls. The Ottawa Valley became a major source of Canadian timber exports in the second quarter of the 19th century.
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Wright as described in his designation.
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Philemon Wright National Historic Person ↗
Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
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