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Part 2
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| EARLY LOGGING Logging was the first Industry
in the Townships as noted by Lumber Baron John Egan in a speech to the Lumberman's
Association in 1851, "That works such as "Dams'"and "Slides" were
built. on the Chalk River as early as 1838". To accommodate the Lumberman in moving
their logs down the Ottawa, Lumber Companies used "tugs" to tow the booms of
logs, thus became the need for Stopping places to supply the tugs with fuel,
"wood". Many "stopping" places were in operation in the Townships of
Rolph & Buchanan in the late 1800's. This method of transportation continued well in
to the 1930's, long after the Pembroke/Mattawa Road was built, with Construction of the
road beginning after the 1854 survey was completed. |
One of the Early Tugs on the Ottawa River
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Railroad Station, Chalk River, late 1800's
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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
In the early 1880's, with the building of the Railway through the Townships of Rolph,
Buchanan & Wylie the areas where stations were built, namely, Moore Lake, Bass Lake,
Wylie and Chalk River, once again the population in the Townships grew rapidly. |
DOMINION FORESTRY
In 1918, with the approval from the Dominion Forestry Branch construction on a Forestry
Research Center began in the township of Buchanan.
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ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA
In 1945, construction of a Research Center in Buchanan Township began and caused a
great population "boom' in the townships. |
ONTARIO HYDRO
Construction by Ontario Hydro on a Power Dam at Rolphton, in 1945, also helped swell
the population in the Area. Using the well known "Swisha" Rapids for its site.
Power was first produced in 1950. |
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NUCLEAR POWER DEMONSTRATION
In the fall of 1956, a joint venture between Ontario Hydro, Canadian General Electric,
AECL, and the Provincial Government saw construction of a Nuclear Power Demonstration
Plant get under way, near the hamlet of Rolphton. |
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