Forest Industry in the Ottawa Valley National Historic Event

Ottawa, Ontario
Loading logs, Upper Ottawa River, ON-QC, 1871 (© William Notman / Musée McCord Museum / I-63131)
Loading logs, Ottawa River, 1871
(© William Notman / Musée McCord Museum / I-63131)
Address : Ottawa, Ontario

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 1985-06-17

Other Name(s):
  • Forest Industry in the Ottawa Valley  (Designation Name)
Research Report Number: 1975-021, 1985-SUA, 2009-SDC-CED-078

Importance: For more than a century the Ottawa Valley was one of the most important regions in Canada producing forest products; 1806-1850's