Wright's Town is the name of the first permanent colonial settlement in the Ottawa Valley, Canada. It later became the City of Hull, Quebec, incorporated in 1875, and in 2002, it became Gatineau, Quebec after an amalgamation of the cities of Aylmer, Hull, Gatineau, Buckingham, and Masson-Angers. The town was situated at the north edge of the Chaudière Falls on the Ottawa River on the southern part of what is known today as Hull Island.
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| - Wright's Town est le nom du premier établissement colonial permanent dans la Vallée de l'Outaouais, au Canada. Elle est ensuite devenue la ville de Hull, constituée en société en 1875, puis en 2002, elle est devenue Gatineau après la fusion des villes d'Aylmer, Hull, Gatineau, Buckingham et Masson-Angers. (fr)
- Wright's Town is the name of the first permanent colonial settlement in the Ottawa Valley, Canada. It later became the City of Hull, Quebec, incorporated in 1875, and in 2002, it became Gatineau, Quebec after an amalgamation of the cities of Aylmer, Hull, Gatineau, Buckingham, and Masson-Angers. The town was situated at the north edge of the Chaudière Falls on the Ottawa River on the southern part of what is known today as Hull Island. (en)
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| - Wright's Town est le nom du premier établissement colonial permanent dans la Vallée de l'Outaouais, au Canada. Elle est ensuite devenue la ville de Hull, constituée en société en 1875, puis en 2002, elle est devenue Gatineau après la fusion des villes d'Aylmer, Hull, Gatineau, Buckingham et Masson-Angers. (fr)
- Wright's Town is the name of the first permanent colonial settlement in the Ottawa Valley, Canada. It later became the City of Hull, Quebec, incorporated in 1875, and in 2002, it became Gatineau, Quebec after an amalgamation of the cities of Aylmer, Hull, Gatineau, Buckingham, and Masson-Angers. The town was situated at the north edge of the Chaudière Falls on the Ottawa River on the southern part of what is known today as Hull Island. Wright's Town was founded by Philemon Wright, an American from Woburn, Massachusetts. Philemon arrived with his family and associates on March 7, 1800 at the banks of the Gatineau River and the Ottawa River. The town was originally created to support the agricultural settlement that Philemon Wright and his brother Thomas had planned to build but with the launching of the Columbo - the first square timber raft floated on the Ottawa River in 1806 - Wright's Town became the birthplace and center of the Ottawa Valley timber trade. The first two of the 20+ farms cleared in the settlement were the Gateno Farm (1800) and the Columbia Falls Farm (1801), the former being named for its situation on the Gateno River (sic) and the latter being situated at the Columbia Falls, which was the name that Philemon gave to the Chaudière Falls, a name used by his family and associates but a name that never caught on with others. So, although Philemon called his town Columbia Falls Village, most others called it Wright's Town (and Wrightstown) or Wright's Village. Contrary to what some modern journalists have written, the town was never called Wrightsville or Wrightville. Wrightville was just the name of a sector that was created in the City of Hull when the City was incorporated in 1875. (en)
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