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some oak, with cedar and hemlock on the lower 

 grounds. It is well watered by the River Ga- 

 tineau, the Riviere Blanche, and some smaller 

 streams. 



Hull joins Templeton on the west. In 

 1806 one quarter of this township was surveyed 

 and granted to Philemon Wright and his asso- 

 ciates. This portion is situated on a large bend 

 or turn of the Ottawa, and as the mountains 

 here abut upon the river, and the land behind 

 them not being arable, the whole of it was laid 

 out along the front. The soil is of a fair me- 

 dium quality, fit for all the farmer s general pur- 

 poses ; what part of it is cultivated produces 

 very good crops of all kinds of grain, &c. 

 About thirty families are settled here, and have 

 their farms in a very respectable state of culti-' 

 vation and progressive improvement. The tim- 

 ber is for the most part of the best sort, the oak 

 fit for naval purposes, and much of the pine for 

 masts of large dimensions. Mr. Wright, as the 

 head of the township, has been indefatigable 

 in promoting the increase and prosperity of this 

 infant settlement. In viewing the progress 

 already made, the greatest encomiums wiW be 

 called forth for the manner in which, by his own 

 example and encouragement, he has so essen- 

 tially promoted it, and for setthng upon the 

 lands himself. He carries on the timber trade 



