Ash to Cash – The Untold Story Nature’s Burnt Offering to 19th Century Settlers

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Ash to Cash – The Untold Story Nature’s Burnt Offering to 19th Century Settlers
Abstract
From the 1820s, English-speaking immigrants to rural Lower Canada supplemented their financial resources by becoming involved in the wood-ashes potash industry. The Eastern Townships and the Ottawa Valley became the most significant potash producing regions in North America in the early nineteenth century.
Publication
Histoire Québec
Volume
Vol. 18
Issue
no. 3
Date
2013
Pages
25-30
Language
en
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Citation
Létourneau, Georges, and Jay Sames. “Ash to Cash – The Untold Story  Nature’s Burnt Offering to 19th Century Settlers.” Histoire Québec, 2013. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/hq/2013-v18-n3-hq0536/68966ac.pdf.
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