Identifier: abbottsguidetoot00unse (find matches)
Title: Abbott's guide to Ottawa and vicinity
Year: 1911 (1910s)
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Publisher: Ottawa, G.F. Abbott
Contributing Library: Queen's University Library, W.D. Jordan Special Collections and Music Library
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GATINEAU POINT. This typical French-Canadian hamlet, largely composed of raftsmen andlumber-jacks, lies at the junction of the Gatineau and Ottawa rivers. Apretty view of it is obtained from the Driveway where it winds throughRockcliffe Park. In seasons of high water in the Ottawa, the lower parts ofthe little village, and also many suburban residences, are frequently flooded,and boats are rowed ever the streets. The spire of the little French churchis a striking object in the kandscape. HULL. This, the elder of the twin cities, has not become in some respects so wellknown as has the younger scion of the pioneers already referred to, but it isthe nucleus of the industries on this part of the river. The first settler tookup land a little over 100 years ago, and with varying vicissitudes the spot IS
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19 became in turn a landing place to portage over the falls, a trading post, asupply station, a community, and finally the great milling and industrialcentre it now is. The city has been devastated by several serious fires, particu-larly the great fire of 1900, which destroyed almost the entire city ; residences,public buildings and industries disappeared before it, then, sweeping acrossthe river, destroying the bridges in its path, it entered Ottawa, and continuedfor miles its course of destruction. The burnt district is now practicallyre-built, and the city is more prosperous than ever, and is the third largestcity in the province of Quebec. Among the more important buildings are theCourt House, City Hall, Notre Dame Church, the E. B. Eddy CompanysWorks, Gilmour and Hughsons Mills, and the International Portland CementWorks. INDUSTRIES. A lumber centre from birth, the twin cities still hold their own. On thebanks of a mighty river, down which logs and timber must continue to floatfo

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