Philemon Wright
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Philemon Wright was a farmer, lumberman and entrepreneur who founded the Ottawa River timber trade in 1806. He was also founder of what he named Columbia Falls Village, mostly known as Wright's Town a
Philemon Wright Esq. by John James-LAC
Wright's Tavern in Wright's Town 1851
The memorial headstone of Philemon and Abigail Wright in St. James Cemetery, Hull, Qc.
Gatineau
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Gatineau is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, directly across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administr
Philemon Wright
…became incorporated in 1875 and renamed Hull, Quebec, and then in 2002, as a result of a municipal amalgamation, it acquired its present name of the City of Gatineau. Wright was born in Woburn, Massachusetts, into the family of Thomas Wright and Elizabeth Chandler, a large and prosperous Woburn family that had been…
Gatineau QC Museum of Civilisation 3
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Gatineau
105, Hotel de Ville