Lovell's Hawkesbury 1871 (directory)
An incorporated village on the river Ottawa, township of West
Hawkesbury, county of Prescott. A ferry crosses regularly from this place
to Grenville. Montreal Telegraph Co. has an office here. Distant from
Grenville a station of the Carillon and Grenville railway, and a place of
landing for the Ottawa river steamers, 2 miles, fare 25 cents; from
Vaudreuil, station of the Grand Truck railway, 39 miles, fare $2.25; from
Montreal 60 miles, fare by steamboat to Grenville $2.25; from Lancaster 38
miles, from Ottawa 60 miles. Mail daily. Population about 2000.
(Partial List)
Bergeron Adolphus, mail contractor
Bergeron Gabriel, innkeeper
Bergeron John, carter
Harbec Antoine, laborer
Harbec Felix, storekeeper
Harbec Laurent, laborer
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