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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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Time for Another Quiz

Questions

  1. Who gave his family name to Fortune Lake and Camp Fortune of the Ottawa Ski Club?
  2. Wilson's Corner was founded by whom?
  3. Aylmer had two different names before it became Aylmer. What were those names?
  4. Alcove's original name was what?
  5. The Scott Road, originally slated to be named Peel Street, was actually named after whom?
  6. There is an area on the east side of the Gatineau River settled mostly by Germans. What is the name of that community?
  7. Farmer's Rapids, on the Gatineau River, was named for whom?
  8. What do the communities with the name of Hull, Wakefield and Masham have in common with Yorkshire, England? (Score only one point.)
  9. What was the name of Philemon Wright's turnpike between Hull and Aylmer?
  10. Thomas Brigham, through his marriage to Abigail Wright became Philemon's son-in-law. Thomas and Abigail lived on a farm on St. Joseph Boulevard in Hull. What was the name of that farm?

Answers

  1. Garret Fortune, who pioneered in the area.
  2. Henry Wilson, who owned a stopping place or inn, sawmill owner/operator, miner of mica, was said to have been, at one time, a blacksmith.
  3. Turnpike End. The end of the eight-mile turnpike built by Philemon Wright. Here Wright constructed a depot where the farmers of the area could leave their crops to be milled in Wright's mills in Hull.
  4. Symme's Landing. Named after Philemon Wright's nephew, Charles Symmes, who after working for the Wrights for some years, moved to the area where he became a leading light and second mayor. He built an inn or stopping place on the waterfront. Nearby was the landing, upriver (on the Ottawa) from Chaudiere Falls. It was here that passengers and freight transshipped northward.
    (Score 1/2 point for each of the two names.)
  5. North Wakefield. Both Wakefield and North Wakefield were part of the Township of Wakefield - Letters Patent 22 June 1843.
  6. Michael Scott owned land on the road's north side, and Mark Scott had a large slice of property on the south, hence the probable name change. (Score one point for either name.)
  7. Poltimore. There are two histories of the place, Rupert Last's and Anne Schnurr's.
  8. William Farmer, a wealthy Englishman who chartered a ship to bring to Canada to settle his wife, family, servants and all his wordly goods, including farm animals. He settled at Limbour, putting in a good effort but could not make a "go" of it, leaving the area disgusted in 1855.
  9. They share names with three communities in Yorkshire.
  10. Britannia Road - now the Aylmer Road.

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