John Egan - Bonnechere Valley Museum
May 2, 2023 · Egan frequently spoke with considerable passion in the assembly on matters pertaining to the Ottawa valley, which, he believed, the government neglected. Early in 1852 he helped organize and lead the movement to have the timber dues on red pine reduced from a penny to a halfpenny per cubic foot.
Episode 62: Lumber Kings of the Ottawa Valley - John Egan
Aug 23, 2024 · The end result is this multi-part series about two of the most well-known of the Ottawa Valley Lumber Kings, namely John Egan and J. R. Booth. In my view both are tightly connected in history because as you all know J.R, Booth made his fortune by buying at auction Egan’s timber limits in 1867.
LUMBERING IN CLARENDON | QAHN
Clarendon’s vast stands of white and red pine became a much sought after commodity during the lumbering boom of the 19th century. Lumber quickly became the primary industry in Clarendon until the 1890s.
John Egan : pine & politics in the Ottawa Valley
"John Egan (1811-1857) was a square timber merchant, a pre-Confederation Member of Parliament, and a founding figure in Aylmer, Québec. Arriving in Canada as a penniless Irish emigrant, he built John Egan & Co. into one of the largest lumber businesses in the Ottawa Valley in the 1840s and 1850s.
Historian and author to talk on Irish Famine and settlement in the ...
Jul 4, 2024 · He is the author of two books that explore the history of the Irish in the Ottawa Valley – Bytown 1847: Élisabeth Bruyère & the Irish Famine Refugees and John Egan: Pine & Politics in the Ottawa Valley. He recently convinced Ottawa city council to install a monument to the Irish Famine refugees in Macdonald Gardens Park in the city’s ...
John Egan: ahead of his time - The Equity
Jul 31, 2018 · CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE July 25, 2018 On July 25, a local historian launched his new book on the founder of Quyon, entitled, John Egan: Pine & Politics in Ottawa Valley at the Shawville Community Lodge. Michael McBane is a Quyon native and expert on John Egan, a lumber baron and politician who lived in the […]
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Aug 23, 2024 · The end result is this multi-part series about two of the most well-known of the Ottawa Valley Lumber Kings, namely John Egan and J. R. Booth. In my view both are tightly connected in history because as you all know J.R, Booth made his fortune by buying at auction Egan’s timber limits in 1867.
Bromley Historical Society - The Irish Famine and Settlement in the ...
Jul 18, 2024 · He is the author of two books that explore the history of the Irish in the Ottawa Valley – Bytown 1847: Élisabeth Bruyère & the Irish Famine Refugees and John Egan: Pine & Politics in the Ottawa Valley.
EGAN, JOHN - Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Up to the mid 1840s Egan dealt primarily in red pine, a scarcer but more profitable commodity than white pine. Though general depression brought his business to a near standstill in 1842, it quickly recovered.
EGAN, JOHN M.P.P. | Ireland.ie
Aug 1, 2023 · John Egan believed Irish emigrants came to Canada, not only for economic opportunity, but also to escape the inequality, injustice and sectarianism of life in Ireland. He was determined to prevent sectarian divisions influencing the Canadian social order.