Period 1534-1760
The Outaouais Algonquins
A1 The Outaouais’ first inhabitants
A2 The “Asticou”, the roaring Godhead
A3 The legend of Fairy Lake
A4 The microbiological impact: a tragedy for the Native People
A5 A belittled heritage: the Aboriginal’s forest medicine chest
The Aboriginal Contribution
A6 From elixir to dessert: the origin of maple syrup
A7 The fantastic Birch bark canoe
The Highway to the West
A8 The Ottawa River: the shortcut to the West
A9 The three Chaudière portages
A10 Cadieux’s Lament
Period 1760-1867
The Rise and Fall of the Fur Trade
B1 The fur trade
B2 The end of an era: the disappearance of the fur trade
B3 The annexation of the Outaouais’ Crown lands
The square timber trade era
B4 The Wrights and the Outaouais square timber trade
B5 The camboose shanty
B6 The squaring of timber!
B7 The Shiners’ war
B8 Joe Montferrand: the man and the legend
The Outaouais Algonquins
A1 The Outaouais’ first inhabitants
A2 The “Asticou”, the roaring Godhead
A3 The legend of Fairy Lake
A4 The microbiological impact: a tragedy for the Native People
A5 A belittled heritage: the Aboriginal’s forest medicine chest
The Aboriginal Contribution
A6 From elixir to dessert: the origin of maple syrup
A7 The fantastic Birch bark canoe
The Highway to the West
A8 The Ottawa River: the shortcut to the West
A9 The three Chaudière portages
A10 Cadieux’s Lament
Period 1760-1867
The Rise and Fall of the Fur Trade
B1 The fur trade
B2 The end of an era: the disappearance of the fur trade
B3 The annexation of the Outaouais’ Crown lands
The square timber trade era
B4 The Wrights and the Outaouais square timber trade
B5 The camboose shanty
B6 The squaring of timber!
B7 The Shiners’ war
B8 Joe Montferrand: the man and the legend
The Outaouais Take-off
B9 Some forest by-products
B10 Wood for “Uncle Sam”
B11 The Reciprocity Treaty
B12 Ashes worth their weight in gold
B13 The expansion of settlement
Period 1867-1960
From Bush to Mill
C1 The lumber shanties
C2 A typical workday in the shanties
C3 An original extreme sport: log-driving!
C4 Log-drivers, get your tools and go!
C5 A fiddle, a jig and a smile
C6 The shock of the Great Depression
C7 The Flying Canoe
C8 Those damned “Marionnettes”
The Sawmills
C9 The whining saws of the Chaudières Falls
C10 The Bank of Ottawa and the financing of the forest industry
C11 From Bryson to Boyle
C12 Fairbairn and the MacLarens
C13 The ruins in the Deschênes Rapids
C14 One town, two sawmills
C15 North Nation Mills
C16 Fassett’s industrial epic
B9 Some forest by-products
B10 Wood for “Uncle Sam”
B11 The Reciprocity Treaty
B12 Ashes worth their weight in gold
B13 The expansion of settlement
Period 1867-1960
From Bush to Mill
C1 The lumber shanties
C2 A typical workday in the shanties
C3 An original extreme sport: log-driving!
C4 Log-drivers, get your tools and go!
C5 A fiddle, a jig and a smile
C6 The shock of the Great Depression
C7 The Flying Canoe
C8 Those damned “Marionnettes”
The Sawmills
C9 The whining saws of the Chaudières Falls
C10 The Bank of Ottawa and the financing of the forest industry
C11 From Bryson to Boyle
C12 Fairbairn and the MacLarens
C13 The ruins in the Deschênes Rapids
C14 One town, two sawmills
C15 North Nation Mills
C16 Fassett’s industrial epic
Some Saw wood By-products
C17 Everything for the wash-day!
C18 Give me a light, please!
The Pulp and Paper Industry
C19 Ezra Butler Eddy and the pulp and paper industry
C20 The two “Gatineau Mills”
C21 The Lievre River pulp and paper industry
C22 Depopulation of the Outaouais’ hinterland
Cross-border Transport
C23 Canals, tug-boats and barges
C24 Rail transport to the States
Towards Sustainable Forestry
C25 Forest inventory
C26 Poor knowledge of the forest
Period 1960 to present
Moving towards sustainable development
D1 Forest fires and high technology in Maniwaki
D2 The end of timber limits
D3 The end of log-driving
D4 Forests for everyone
D5 Forest and economy: the crisis of 2000
D6 Wood: an eco-friendly product!
D7 What is sustainable forest management?
D8 Managing forests in the absence of fire
D9 Increasing forest productivity
C17 Everything for the wash-day!
C18 Give me a light, please!
The Pulp and Paper Industry
C19 Ezra Butler Eddy and the pulp and paper industry
C20 The two “Gatineau Mills”
C21 The Lievre River pulp and paper industry
C22 Depopulation of the Outaouais’ hinterland
Cross-border Transport
C23 Canals, tug-boats and barges
C24 Rail transport to the States
Towards Sustainable Forestry
C25 Forest inventory
C26 Poor knowledge of the forest
Period 1960 to present
Moving towards sustainable development
D1 Forest fires and high technology in Maniwaki
D2 The end of timber limits
D3 The end of log-driving
D4 Forests for everyone
D5 Forest and economy: the crisis of 2000
D6 Wood: an eco-friendly product!
D7 What is sustainable forest management?
D8 Managing forests in the absence of fire
D9 Increasing forest productivity