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A painting of the mill and tavern in Wright's Town, 1823. Wright's Town, also known as Wrightstown, Wright's Village, and Columbia Falls Village, was the first permanent colonial settlement in the Ottawa Valley, located at the north edge of the Chaudière Falls on the Ottawa River, on the southern part of what is now known as Hull Island, in present-day Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.
The "Chaudière" name was given to the falls by Samuel de Champlain, an early French explorer who noted in a 1613 journal entry that the Indigenous word for the falls was Asticou meaning boiler, but 'Asticou' is now thought to be a misprint as the Algonquin (Anishinaabemowin) word for boiler/cauldron is Akikok, and an Algonquin name for the location is Akikodjiwan. [8]
Kingcome Valley Falls: 520 1,710 British Columbia Schwartzenbach Falls: 520 1,710: Nunavut ... Chats Falls: Ottawa River: 11 m (36 ft) 72] Chaudière Falls ...
There also was an environmental impact. The huge industrial operations at LeBreton Flats and the Chaudiere Falls caused pollution and damage to the lands. The beauty of the Chaudiere Falls had been completely changed by industry. The National Capital Commission removed a lot of the industrial structures in Ottawa and Hull in the 1960s. LeBreton ...
Wright's Town (Hull, Quebec), just across the Ottawa River, also near the Chaudiere Falls, had already been founded by this time. Collins built a log cabin and store [12] [13] on the south shore of the Ottawa River, near the Chaudière Falls area. [12] Later the property was acquired by Caleb T. Bellows, an assistant in the store. [12]
The West Ottawa boys golf team won the OK Red Conference championship. The Panthers shot a 327 at the conference tournament at Thornapple Pointe Golf Club on Tuesday, just one shot behind Rockford.
Chaudière Falls (French: Chutes de la Chaudière, pronounced [ʃyt də la ʃodjɛʁ]) is a 35-meter-high (115 ft) waterfall in Lévis, Quebec along the Chaudière River. It is part of the regional Parc des Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, which features a 113-metre-long (371 ft) suspension footbridge standing 23 metres over the river. [ 3 ]
Chutes-de-la-Chaudière or Chutes de la Chaudière may refer to: . Chutes de la Chaudière (or Chaudière Falls) on the Chaudière River in Lévis, Quebec, Canada; Chutes de la Chaudière, French name for the Chaudière Falls on the Ottawa River in the centre of the Ottawa-Gatineau metropolitan area in Canada