J.R. Booth: Career of a Lumber Baron
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J.R. Booth: Career of a Lumber Baron
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| Abstract |
The Eastern Townships-born John Rudolphus Booth's (1827-1925) timber and milling operation was by the end of the nineteenth century the largest manufacturer of lumber in the world. Booth controlled 640,000 acres of timber limits throughout the Ottawa River watershed, including on the Coulonge, Noire, Dumoine and Kipawa rivers in West Quebec.
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Archivist
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No. 5
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| Pages |
10-11
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| Date |
1987
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| Language |
en
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| Citation |
Forsyth, Neil. “J.R. Booth: Career of a Lumber Baron.” Archivist No. 5 (1987): 10–11.
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