There are many sights to be seen along the road from Aylmer to L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, particularly if the traveller is willing to depart from the main road (Highway 148) from time to time. Drivers should allow for two to three hours in each direction, and more depending on how many stops are anticipated.
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Back on the 148, we continue for about two kilometres, then turn south again onto Highway 303, towards Portage-du-Fort. We are now in Clarendon township, and the scenery is lovely, rolling farmland. On the way to Portage-du-Fort, we pass through the hamlet of Stark’s Corners.
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Returning to the 148, continue towards Campbell’s Bay, which, again, is just off the highway. Settled by loggers and farmers, Campbell’s Bay is the county seat. It has an imposing courthouse (1917), which is open to visitors on weekdays.
Les draveurs font partie de ces héros anonymes qui contribuèrent largement au développement de l’industrie forestière par leur générosité et par les innombrables sacrifices exigés par ce travail presque inhumain.
From the earliest times, nomadic Algonquin families canoed the Gatineau River, and in the 17th century fur traders arrived to do business with the Indigenous hunters. More permanent settlements began with the logging boom in the early 1800s, bringing both employment and development, and soon immigrant families moved in to take up land grants offered by the government.
Gatineau Park, one of eastern Canada’s premier natural heritage sites, is located at the edge of the Canadian Shield, a stone’s throw from the nation’s capital.
The historical development of the Outaouais has often found its origin in the Pontiac. It is within the Pontiac where the oldest traces of human artefacts were discovered, shortly after the retreat of the Champlain Sea. Archaeological discoveries found on Morrison Island revealed that the river in the Pontiac had become “the copper route”, starting from the Great Lakes and leading up to Eastern Quebec.
The Greenwood Centre for Living History is not your typical museum. Donated in 1994 by Phoebe Nobbs Hyde to the Canadian Heritage of Quebec, this dynamic historical property will capture your imagination as you learn about the families who have called this place “home” for almost 300 years. Located in the beautiful town of Hudson some fifty kilometers West of Montreal, Greenwood provides a unique glimpse into the past where visitors are able to travel through time as they move from room to room.
In 2009, the Society opened its Museum, which is located in a heritage home at 542 Main Road. The museum contains a collection of artifacts pertaining to the area as well as an Archives.
