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Echoes from the Past

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This article first appeared in the "Echoes from the Past" column of the The Low Down to Hull and Back News.External Link Reprinted with permission. Search complete list of Low Down Articles.

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Quiz

This column is slightly different from those which have gone before. It takes the form of a quiz. See how you score, count "one" for every question you answer correctly. The correct answers are below.

Questions

  1. What is the name of the road on the west shore of the Gatineau River where the ferry operated by Kirk had its anchorage for boarding.
  2. When were the Gatineau Power Company's electrical dams at Chelsea and Farmer's Rapids constructed?
  3. There were two mills on Brook's Creek at Old Chelsea, one grist and one saw. Who owned and operated them?
  4. The Gatineau Hills are very old. Which of the following do you think comes nearest to being correct?
    25,000 yrs., 10,000 yrs., less than 6,000 yrs., 100,000 yrs., over 2 billion yrs., 15,000 yrs.
  5. What year did Philemon and Abigail (Wyman) Wright, and family come to Wright's Town (Hull) to settle?
  6. Many householders in the lower Gatineau used crushed brucite as topping for their driveways and footpaths. From whence did it come?
  7. In the following list which does not belong in the group. Boom-chains, Canthook, Broad-axe, Peavy, Bear Trap, Crosscut saw, Pike-pole.
  8. What was the name of Kingsmere before it became Kingsmere?
  9. Where is Lauriault's Hill?
  10. Which is the oldest church in the lower Gatineau?

Answers

  1. Hellard Road. Many think the Kirk's Ferry Road was it.
  2. 1925-1928. They produced power three years after the dams were started.
  3. Thomas Brigham, son-in-law of Philemon Wright. He married Abigail, the third daughter.
  4. Over 2 billion yrs. Compared with the Rockies our hills have had so much more time to erode, and thus are less in height.
  5. A 1800. They came from Woburn, Massachusetts, with the Thomas Wright family (Philemon's older brother) the Allen and Choate families, plus others, including a black couple. Except for the last twosome the four mentioned families were intermarried.
  6. The Aluminum Company of Canada plant near Farm Point.
  7. Bear trap. The others are logging tools.
  8. Jeff's or (Jeff's) Lake. William Jeffs was the first settler thereed .
  9. It is a very steep hill down which a road lfrom the Kingsmere Road to the Mountain Road. It has been closed for some years. (Closed by Josiah Chamberlin 5 Sept 1957)
  10. St. James Anglican Church in Hull. Built 1823-1824 on land given by Philemon Wright.

The score

  • 10, 9, 8, you are an historian
  • 7, 6, 5, you're getting there
  • 4, 3, 2, you've got a lot to learn
  • 1, 0, you're hopeless