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The Timber Town

Brendan Ray Season 2 Episode 17

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Timberrrrrrrr!  Lumber was the first industry in the Ottawa area after the fur trade and agriculture.  How the different trees were used and brought to port was an integral part of the development of Bytown as a town, without which the Rideau Canal labour camp would have simply dispersed on at the project's conclusion.