. Canadian forest industries January-June 1915. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 28 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER June 15, l'Jlo. Quebec'sGreat Lumber ProducingCentre Three Rivers—A City with Exceptional Manufacturing and Shipping Advantages —Output of Over 300,000,000 Feet Annually Quebec Province has long been noted as one of the greatest lum- ber producing provinces of the Dominion, and Three Rivers as one of the largest centres of the lumbering industry in that province. In fact. Three Rivers owes its existence and its growth to
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1915. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 28 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER June 15, l'Jlo. Quebec'sGreat Lumber ProducingCentre Three Rivers—A City with Exceptional Manufacturing and Shipping Advantages —Output of Over 300,000,000 Feet Annually Quebec Province has long been noted as one of the greatest lum- ber producing provinces of the Dominion, and Three Rivers as one of the largest centres of the lumbering industry in that province. In fact. Three Rivers owes its existence and its growth to a city of over 15,000, directly to this important industry. The city is ideally located on the St. Lawrence River, half way between Montreal and Quebec, and at the junction of the St. Lawrence and St. Maurice rivers, at the head of deep water navigation. The St. Maurice River itself taps the heart of one of the largest timber sections of the province. Its shipping facilities are further augmented by the C. P. R., G. T. R., I. C. R., St. M. V. R., and the D. & H. R., and present to the manufacturer, particularly of lumber and lum- ber products, unexcelled facilities. As a result some of the largest pulp and lumber manufacturing concerns of the province have located there, and the industrial backbone of Three Rivers and the surrounding country has for many years been the lumber industry, supplied by the forest products of a vast territory extending north- ward more than 300 miles and drained by the great St. Maurice River and its many tributaries. History of the Three Rivers Industry Lumbering operations were first opened up on the St. Maurice River about a century ago (1816), Mr. George Baptist building the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publicatio
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