book Whiskey & Wickedness Vol. 6

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE GATINEAU RIVER VALLEY
a) VILLAGE OF HULL
b) BRITISH EMIGRATION POLICY TOWARD THE IRISH
c) HULL’S “KING OF FRANCE” ESCAPES FROM DUNGEON
d) EXCESSIVE DRINKING CAUSES DEPRAVITY
e) ROWDYISM IN HULL
f) VIOLENCE OF THE SHINERS ON THE GATINEAU RIVER
g) LIFE AND DEATH ON THE GATINEAU RIVER
h) DESCRIPTION OF LUMBERING ON THE GATINEAU IN 1830s
i) THE “GATINEAU PRIVILEGE”
j) THE “STOPPING PLACES” ALONG THE GATINEAU ROAD
k) UNGODLY TREATMENT OF CLERGYMAN
I) INCENDIARY BURNS LOW TAVERN
m) IRISH REBELLION OF BRENNAN’S HILL 1895
n) ITS DANGEROUS TO BREAK AND ENTER
o) AYLWIN
p) KAZABAZUA
q) AYLMER QUEBEC
r) “AYLMER HOTEL”
s) “BRITISH HOTEL”
t) “HATS OFF” TO HOLT’S STAGELINE
u) A NARROW ESCAPE
v) DASTARDLY PASTRY BURGLARY

3. PONTIAC COUNTY
a) THE GOVERNMENT ROAD (HIGHWAY 148)
b) GHOST HILL
c) BODY FOUND IN BLACK BAY, EARDLEY
d) TOWNSHIP OF ONSLOW
e) BEARS IN ONSLOW TOWNSHIP
f) OUTSMARTED BY THE BEARS IN ONSLOW TOWNSHIP
g) CAUGHT IN HIS OWN BEAR TRAP
h) GOOD REPUTATION OF TAVERNS RELATED TO COOK
i) SEA SERPENT OF CHAT’S LAKE
j) VILLAGE OF QUYON
k) BRISTOL TOWNSHIP & VILLAGE
l) AN AWFUL OCCURRENCE – SIX CHILDREN BURN TO DEATH
m) A SCOUNDREL
n) FRONTIER JUSTICE
o) WEAK RULE OF LAW
p) HULL POLICE POSSE
q) VIGILANTE ACTIVITY IN CLARENDON
r) SHAWVILLE (CENTRE CLARENDON)
s) THE TROUBLESOME GHOST OF SHAWVILLE
t) LADYSMITH
u) THE POLISH HILLS – A LAND OF SUPERSTITION

4. WESTERN PART OF PONTIAC COUNTY
a) PORTAGE DU FORT
b) A NOTORIOUS TAVERN KEEPER
c) PERILS OF DRUNK DRIVING
d) KEEPING SALOON CAN BE DEADLY
e) VILLAGE OF FORT COULONGE
f) EARLY TEMPERANCE ACTIVITY IN LITCHFIELD
g) SERIOUS DONNYBROOK OVER OLD HAT
h) CONSEQUENCES OF DRUNK DRIVING
i) DISTRICT ORANGEMEN PARADE AT PORTAGE DU FORT
j) WATERY GRAVES ON THE COULONGE RIVER
k) SHANTYMAN ALMOST KILLED BY LYNX
l) HAUNTED FARMHOUSE AT VINTON
m) RAFTING ON THE OTTAWA RIVER
n) THE ADVENT OF THE TIMBER SLIDE
o) UNECCESSARY MURDER IN THE TOWNSHIP OF SHEEN

5. LUMBERING ON THE MADAWASKA RIVER
a) THE LOG DRIVE
b) A DEADLY DRIVE
c) INVESTIGATIVE GOVERNMENT REPORT ON DROWNINGS 1843
d) THE GRAVEYARDS OF WHISPERING SHANTYMEN
e) LOGS “BOOMED” AT THE MOUTH OF THE MADAWASKA
f) THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE MADAWASKA RIVER
g) ARNPRIOR
h) BUCHANAN BROTHERS – ARNPRIOR LUMBERMEN
i) SHINERS HARASS OTHER LUMBERMEN
j) WABA
k) WHITE LAKE
I) LEGEND OF THE LOST WEDDING WHISKEY
m) STEWARTVILLE
n) BURNSTOWN (MADAWASKA BRIDGE)
o) SHOP LICENSES
p) SPRINGTOWN
q) LAWLESSNESS IN THE CALABOGIE AREA
r) HIGH FALLS
s) TEAMSTERS KILLED BY “WIDOW MAKERS”
t) SHANYMAN’s SMALL BOX
u) SHANTYMAN DIES IN HOTEL BRAWL
v) DEATH OF INNKEEPER BY MISADVENTURE
w) ROGUES HARBOUR – REFUGE FOR OUTLAWS

6. SAND POINT & BONNECHERE POINT
a) BUSTLING SERVICE & SUPPLY CENTER IN THE 1860S
b) THE END OF AN ERA
c) FRONTIER JUSTICE: “DUCKING & RIDING THE PUMP”
d) EARLY TAVERNS ALONG THE OTTAWA RIVER
e) HORTON TOWNSHIP
f) BONNECHERE POINT
g) A ROWDY RENDEZVOUS
h) MURDER AT BONNECHERE POINT
i) OBSERVATIONS OF A TEMPERANCE MANAGEMENT
j) ROAD FROM SAND POINT TO PEMBROKE
k) SERIOUS ATTEMPT TO DERAIL TRAIN
l) THE BONNECHERE ROAD

7. JOURNEY UP THE OPEONGO COLONIZATION ROAD
a) DESCRIPTION OF OPEONGO ROAD
b) STAGECOACH WRECK ON OPEONGO ROAD
Q) TOWN OF RENFREW
d) DESCRIPTION OF TOWN 1853
e) DESCRIPTION OF TOWN 1862
f) ROUGH JUSTICE- TARRING, FEATHERING & HORSEWHIPPING
g) FIRE…FIRE EVERYWHERE
h) A GATHERING PLACE FOR TRANSIENT SHANTYMEN
i) RENFREW FAIR
j) RAILWAY FEVER
k) DANGEROUS WAY TO “CATCH A TRAIN”
l) ELECTION DISTURBANCES
m) RENFREW “COLD WATER ARMY” IN THE FIELD
n) DEATH FROM INTEMPERANCE
o) ILLEGAL LIQUOR SALES
p) “PADDY’S EYE WATER”
q) HAMLET OF McDOUGALL
r) ADMASTON COUNCIL’S STRUGGLE WITH LIQUOR LICENSING
s) FERGUSLEA
t) ABYSMAL ROAD CONDITIONS CREATED NEED FOR TAVERNS
u) DRUNKEN MURDER ON THE OPEONGO ROAD
v) SHAMROCK
w) BURIAL CONTROVERSY
x) HUDSON’S HOTEL ROBBED
y) MYSTERIOUS DEATH
z) DELIBERATE COWARDLY MURDER

8. CROSSING THE OPEONGO MOUNTAIN RANGE
a) VILLAGE OF DACRE
b) SELF-HELP MEDICINE
c) THE STORY OF “BLIND RORY”
d) THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
e) CROSSING THE OPEONGO MOUNTAINS
f) STAND-OFF AT FOY’S TAVERN
g) THE NOTORIOUS HAMLET OF BRUDENELL
h) STABBING AT COSTELLO’S HOTEL
i) ROCKINGHAM
j) TEACHER KILLS STUDENT
k) BARRY’S BAY

9. THE BONNECHERE ROAD
a) THE FIRST TAVERNS IN ADMASTON TOWNSHIP
b) BONNECHERE HOTEL
c) DOUGLAS
d) DANGEROUS LOG JAMS
e) DEATH AT LOGGING BEE
f) FOURTH CHUTE
g) EGANVILLE
h) EGANVILLE BECOMES TRADE CENTER
i) DRINKING & FIGHTING
j) CONFLICT BETWEEN GREEN & ORANGE
k) EGANVILLE 1872

10. LUMBERING THE ENVIRONS OF MUSKRAT LAKE & RIVER
a) LEGENDARY “SHINER” WALTER BECKWITH
b) GOULD’S WHARF & ROAD – OTTAWA RIVER TO COBDEN
c) A NARROW ESCAPE
d) MUSKRAT LAKE “MONSTER” FRIGHTENS BOAT PASSENGERS

11. SETTLEMENT OF ROSS & WESTMEATH TOWNSHIPS
a) THE TIMBER INDUSTRY MATURES
b) THE LEGENDARY MARTIN HENNESSEY OF WESTMEATH
c) GOVERNMENT ROAD FROM ROSS TOWNSHIP TO PEMBROKE
d) FORESTER’S FALLS
e) VILLAGE OF BEACHBURG
f) DOUBLE TRAGEDIES
g) ELECTION FIGHTING
h) STAGECOACH TRAVEL COULD BE HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH
i) HIGHWAY ROBBERY
j) HAZARDOUS WINTER TRAVEL
k) PERILS OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE

12. PEMBROKE: LUMBER CAPITAL OF THE OTTAWA VALLEY
a) SHOCKING OBSERVATIONS OF PEMBROKE DOCTOR 1847-1849
b) PEMBROKE WOODEN BRIDGE & BUSINESSES
c) ORANGE ORDER PROCESSIONS
d) MILITARY REQUIRED ASSIST TOWN WITH SHANTYMEN
e) DRINKING & FIGHTING OF SHANTYMEN IN PEMBROKE
f) PEMBROKE’S NEW HOTELS WHEN RENFREW COUNTY FORMS
g) RAILWAY ARRIVES IN 1875
h) TEMPERANCE ATTITUDE IN PEMBROKE IN 1874
i) PETAWAWA BEFORE MILITARY ARRIVES
j) TRAGEDIES ASSOCIATED WITH PETAWAWA HOTELS

CONCLUSION

1) SQUARING TIMBER
2) MAP OF GATINEAU RIVER VALLEY
3) PHILOMEN WRIGHT’S MILL COMPLEX HULL c. 1825
4) WHISKEY ADVERTISEMENT
5) MAP OF RAPIDS ON GATINEAU RIVER HULL TO GRACEFIELD
6) BREAKING UP LOG JAM
7) TAVERNS ALONG OLD CHELSEA ROAD
8) STAGECOACH IN CHELSEA QUEBEC
9) TOM MOORE’S TAVERN
10) HENRY BURROW’S TAVERN
11) JOHN DUNN’S HOTEL
12) McALLISTER’S HOTEL AT KIRK’S FERRY
13) ORANGE ORDER PICNIC
14) PANORAMIC VIEW WAKEFIELD VILLAGE C.1900
15) MAIN STREET WAKEFIELD
16) FOSTER EARLE’S HOTEL
17) OTTAWA & GATINEAU RAILWAY SCHEDULE
18) NORTH WAKEFIELD HOUSE
19) FARRELLTON HOTEL
20) MAP OF UPPER PORTION OF GATINEAU RIVER
21) MAP OF STOPPING PLACES LOW TOWNSHIP
22) CAMPSITE OF TROOPS DURING IRISH REBELLION
23) TROOPS IN TENT LOW QUEBEC
24) KAZABAZUA HOTEL
25) MANIWAKI HOTEL c.1920
26) AYLMER HOTEL c.l837
27) FORMER AYLMER HOTEL c.20l3
28) JAMES CONROY
29) BRITISH HOTEL
30) HOLT’S HOTEL IN AYLMER, QUEBEC
31) UNION HOTEL
32) MAP OF PONTIAC COUNTY
33) CHAT’S HOUSE
34) BEAN’S HOTEL
35) THE QUYON FERRY
36) DOWNTOWN SHAWVILLE
37) VIEW OF MAIN STREET SHAWVILLE
38) PONTIAC HOUSE
39) RUSSELL HOUSE
40) THE LADYSMITH HOTEL c.1900
41) THE LADYSMITH HOTEL c.1920
42) OTTER LAKE HOTEL
43) MAP OF COMMUNITIES ALONG OTTAWA RIVER
44) OTTAWA HOTEL PORTAGE DU FORT
45) RATTRAY HOUSE
46) OTTAWA HOTEL
47) LAKESIDE INNKEEPERS
48) LUMBER DEPOT IN BLACK RIVER WATERSHED
49) HENNESSEY’S HOTEL MOUTH OF BLACK RIVER
50) BRYSON TIMBER LIMITS ,
51) JEWEL HOUSE FORT COULON GE
52) TIMBER RAFT
53) LOCATION OF NEW TIMBER SLIDES OPENING 1844
54) “WALTHAM HOTEL”
55) PICTURE OF “LONG RAPIDS”
56) RIVER DRIVERS AT RIVERSIDE COOK CAMP
57) TIMBER RAFT ON OTTAWA RIVER
58) LONG RAPIDS ROAD
59) TIMBER RAFT AT FOOT OF PARLIAMENT HILL
60) ARNPRIOR SAWMILL COMPLEX
61) GRIST MILL AT ARNPRIOR
62) AN EARLY PHOTO OF ARNPRIOR
63) WHITE LAKE HOTEL
64) “GLOBE HOTEL” AT WHITE LAKE
65) GOOD TEMPLARS HALL IN WHITE LAKE
66) McNAB TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL HALL
67) MAP OF BURNSTOWN c.1862
68) BURNSTOWN STREET SCENE
69) LECKIE’S HOTEL
70) BURNSTOWN GENERAL STOREKEEPER
71) ROCHESTER GRIST MILL
72) GOOD TEMPLARS HALL
73) WILLIAM LECKIE ADVERTISEMENT
74) RIVERVIEW OF “MADAWASKA HOTEL” IN SPRINGTOWN
75) MADAWASKA HOTEL ADVERTISEMENT 1856
76) MADAWASKA HOTEL PICTURE
77) WATERFRONT VIEW OF CALABOGIE VILLAGE 1907
78) “LEGRIS HOUSE” – CALABOGIE
79) “MORAN HOUSE” – CALABOGIE
80) PICTURE OF BLACK DONALD TOVVN SITE
81) TIMBER LIMITS FOR SALE 1854
82) DEPOT FARM ON WOLF RAPIDS PORTAGE FOR SALE
83) SAND POINT STORE & HOTEL c.1870
84) “CHAT’S LAKE HOUSE”
85) MAP OF BONNECHERE POINT 1862
86) STONE HOTEL ON TIP OF BONNECHERE POINT
87) HORTON TOWNSHIP MUNICIPAL HALL
88) JOHN SMITH – EARLY RENFREW INDUSTRIALIST
89) MAP OF SMITH’S CREEK c.1862
90) MAP SHOWING INDUSTRIES ALONG SMITH’S CREEK
91) EARLY PHOTO OF BUILDINGS HORTON ST. (BURNSTOWN RD.)
92) RUINS OF DISTILLERY/GRIST MILL ALONG SMITH’S CREEK
93) FRANCIS HINCKS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX 1860S
94) SPRING LOG DRIVE ON BONNECHERE RIVER
95) MCDOUGALL GRIST MILL
96) SAMPSON COUMBES BREWER
97) XAVIER PLAUNT TOWN BENEFACTOR
98) “BRITISH HOTEL”
99) SWINGING BRIDGE OVER BONNECHERE RIVER
100) JOSEPH GRAVELLE HOTEL PROPRIETORS
101) RENFREW TEMPERANCE HALL
102) MAP OF HINCK’S INDUSTRIAL AREA ON BONNECHERE
103) “RENFREW HOTEL”
104) “ALBION HOTEL”
105) HAMLET OF MCDOUGALL 1862
106) ADMASTON TOWNSHIP HALL
107) MAP OF ADMASTON TOVVNHIP
108) MAURICE McMAHON’S TAVERN
109) TAVERN LOCATIONS AT SHAMROCK
110) “SHAMROCK HOUSE”
111) LAND USE MAP OF SHAMROCK c.1862
112) BARN ON OPEONGO ROAD SHELTERED SHANTYMEN
113) ABANDONED GENERAL STORE IN SHAMROCK c.2016
114) GENERAL STORE IN SHAMROCK c.1975
115) MAP OF OPEONGO ROAD
116) MAP OF BALACLAVA & LOWER DACRE c.1863
117) “ONTARIO HOUSE” & “CALIFORNIA HOTEL” DACRE
118) MAP OF LAND USES IN UPPER DACRE c.1900
119) FORMER TAVERN AT BRIDGE OVER CONSTAN CREEK
120) DACRE TAVERN
121) DACRE STREET SCENE c.1950S – HOTEL & STORES
122) “ONTARIO HOUSE”
123) MAP OF GHOST TOWN OF BALACLAVA
124) BALACLAVA STREET SCENES c.1950S
125) COMPANY TOWN OF BALACLAVA FOR SALE c.l860
126) BALACLAVA SAWMILL
127) MAP OF OPEONGO ROAD – OPEONGO MOUNTAINS
128) RAYCROFT TAVERN AT ESMONDE
129) PLAUNT’S “MOUNTAIN HOUSE” AT CLONTARF
130) BRUDENELL GENERAL STORE
131) “MICK” COSTELLO’S HOTEL
132) FORMER BRUDENELL HOTEL
133) MAP OF ROCKINGHAM
134) ROCKINGHAM SHOWING STORE & HOTEL
135) ROCKINGHAM HOTEL c.l880
136) LUMBER DEPOT ON OPEONGO ROAD
137) JOE DALY’S STOPPING PLACE AT HOPEFIELD
138) “WINDSOR HOTEL” IN BARRY’S BAY
139) “BALMORAL HOTEL” & RAIL STATION
140) MAP OF VILLAGE OF DOUGLAS c.1863
141) OXEN PULLING LOGS ON SKIDWAY
142) LOG JAM ON BONNECHERE RIVER
143) DOUGLAS GRIST MILL
144) RUINS OF MERRICK’S GRIST MILL – FOURTH CHUTE
145) BRIDGE OVER BONNECHERE RIVER – FOURTH CHUTE
146) EGANVILLE GRIST MILL
147) VIEW OF EGANVILLE AFTER FIRE
148) JOHN FOY’S HOTEL
149) “OTTAWA HOUSE” IN EGANVILLE
150) McELLIGOTT’S HOTEL
151) THOMAS TAVERN c.1850
152) GRIST MILL IN OLD KILLALOE
153) VIEW OF OLD TOWNSITE OF KILLALOE c.1890
154) “EXCHANGE HOTEL” IN WILNO c.1900
155) MAP OF GOULD’S ROAD
156) TAVERNS – ROSS & WESTMEATH TOWNSHIP
157) PICTURE OF JAMES McLAREN
158) McLAREN’S POST OFFICE
159) “UNION HOTEL” IN BEACHBURG
160) “UNION HOTEL” IN LATER YEARS
161) GERVAIS HOTEL
162) WM. MOORE’S TAVERN AT PERRETTON c.1875
163) “CECIL HOUSE” IN WESTMEATH
164) MAP OF PERRETTON & PEMBROKE AREA
165) FRASER’S LUMBER DEPOT ALLUMETTE LAKE
166) THRASHER & MCCRACKEN TAVERN S
167) FRED MEILLEUR’S HOTEL IN CHAPEAU
168) PICTURE OF PETER WHITE
169) BRIDGE ACROSS MUSKRAT RIVER
170) ROWAN’S HOTEL ON MUSKRAT RIVER
171) McADAM’S HOTEL IN LOWER TOWN
172) DUNLOP’S HOTEL IN LOWER TOWN
173) VIEW OF PETAWAWA POINT c.19l0
174) OLD FORT WILLIAM IN PONTIAC COUNTY