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The Chaudière Falls and Chaudière Island in 1838 before damming. Samuel de Champlain is the first recorded European to label the falls, chaudière, (which the English for a time would call 'Big Kettle') [13] during his 1613 voyage along the Ottawa River. Champlain describes in his journal on June 14, 1613:
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]
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 Abenaki Nation, whose homeland Ndakinna encompasses the river and Chaudière Falls, call it "Kik8ntekw" or "Kikonteku", meaning "River of the Fields." On the charts of Samuel de Champlain , it was given the name "Etchemin River" (a name now used for another river whose drainage area borders with that of the Chaudière River).
View of Parliament Hill and Chaudière Falls, Ottawa, ca. 1859. The hill is the second high landmass jutting into the Ottawa River on the right. Barracks were located at the hill prior to the construction of the parliament.
[3] [4] Prior to the naming of LeBreton Flats, the key feature of the site was the Chaudière Falls, which hold a deep significance to the First Nations communities. This was the site for gatherings and sacred ceremonies, namely by the Algonquin, Huron, Odawa, Ojibwa and Iroquois communities. [5]
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English: Chaudière Falls, Philemon Wright's on the Ottawa, 1821 watercolour over graphite on wove paper, mounted on cardboard, 14.9 x 23.8 cm. Date: 1821: Source: