Hull, Québec, as seen from Ottawa.

Hull is the central and oldest part of the city of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. Gatineau ( 2006 census population 242124 is a city in western Quebec, Canada. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It is located on the west bank of the Gatineau River and the north shore of the Ottawa River, directly opposite Ottawa. The Gatineau River is a River in western Quebec, Canada which rises in lakes north of the Baskatong Reservoir and flows south to join the Ottawa This is about the river in Canada For other uses see Ottawa River (disambiguation. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. As part of the Canadian National Capital Region, it contains offices for twenty thousand fonctionnaires or civil servants. The National Capital Region is an official federal designation for the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, the neighboring city of Gatineau, Quebec

Hull is in the Outaouais region and is located within the City of Gatineau; the name "Gatineau" itself sometimes is more specifically used to refer to a mostly-suburban former city of Gatineau on the opposite side of the Gatineau River. Outaouais is a region of western Quebec, Canada. It includes the cities of Gatineau (Hull Aylmer Montebello Pontiac and Maniwaki and is located on Gatineau ( 2006 census population 242124 is a city in western Quebec, Canada.

Geography

Hull is located near the confluence of the Gatineau and Ottawa Rivers.

Navigation beyond Ottawa-Hull on the Ottawa River still remains difficult as watercraft must be removed from the Ottawa River due to obstacles posed by rapids such as the Rapides des Chaudières or "Kettle Rapids".

Demographics

Prior to amalgamation, Hull's population was 66,246 (2001 Census of Canada).

Approximately 80% of the hullois or hulloise residents speak French as their first language and about 9% English as their first language (2001 Census of Canada).

History

Hull is the oldest part of all places in the National Capital Region: it was founded in 1800 by Philemon Wright at the head of navigation of the Ottawa River (at the portage around the Chaudière Falls). Philemon Wright ( September 3, 1760 &ndash June 3, 1839) was a farmer and entrepreneur Portage refers to the practice of carrying a Canoe or other Boat over land to avoid an obstacle on the water route (such as Rapids or a Waterfall The Chaudière Falls are a set of cascades and Waterfall in the centre of the Ottawa - Gatineau metropolitan area (Canada where the Ottawa River At that time the location was a remote mosquito-infested wilderness and started out as an agricultural settlement. But soon after, Wright and his family took advantage of the large lumber stands and became involved in the timber trade. Originally the place was named "Wrightville" (or sometimes "Wrightsville" or "Wrightstown") [1], which survives as the name of a neighborhood in Hull. While Wright arrived by way of Woburn, Massachusetts, the settlement was renamed after the name of his family's original home town Kingston-upon-Hull in the United Kingdom. Kingston upon Hull ( almost invariably referred The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

The Gatineau River, like the Ottawa River, was very much the preserve of the draveurs, people who would use the river to transport logs from lumber camps until they arrived downriver; the Gatineau River drains into the Ottawa River, which ends at Montreal. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec The log-filled Ottawa River (as viewed from Hull) appeared on the back of the Canadian one-dollar bill until it was replaced by a dollar coin (the "loonie") in 1987; the very last of the dwindling activity of the draveurs on these rivers ended a few years later. Among Canadian currency, only five different banknotes are currently printed Loonie is the name Canadians gave the gold-coloured bronze-plated one-dollar Coin shortly after its introduction in 1987.

Ottawa was founded later, as the terminus of the Rideau Canal built under the command of Col. The Rideau Canal, also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston John By as part of fortifications and defences constructed after the War of 1812. Lieutenant-Colonel John By (probably 7 August 1779 &ndash 1 February 1836) was an English military engineer best remembered for The War of 1812 was fought between the United States of America and the British Empire, particularly Great Britain and her North American colonies Originally named Bytown, Ottawa did not become the Canadian capital until the mid-1800s after the original parliament in Montréal was torched by a rioting mob of English-speaking citizens on April 25, 1849. Bytown is the former name of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital city Its greater distance from the American border also left the new parliament less vulnerable to foreign attack.

Nothing remains of the original 1800 settlement; the downtown Vieux-Hull sector was destroyed by a terrible fire in 1900 which also destroyed the original pont des Chaudières (Chaudière Bridge), a road bridge which has since been rebuilt to join Ottawa to Hull at Victoria Island. The Hull-Ottawa fire of 1900 was a devastating fire in 1900 that destroyed much of Hull Quebec and large portions of Ottawa Ontario. The Chaudière Bridge (French Pont de la Chaudière) crosses the Ottawa River about 1 km (0

During the 1970s and early 80s, the decaying old downtown core of Hull was transformed by its demolition and replacement with a series of large office complexes. Some 4,000 residents were displaced, and many businesses uprooted along what was once the town's main commercial area. ^[1]

Amalgamation

In 2002, the Parti Québécois, leading the provincial government, merged the cities of Hull, Gatineau, Aylmer, Buckingham and Masson-Angers into one city. The Parti Québécois ' is a Sovereignist Political party that advocates national sovereignty for the Canadian province of Quebec and Gatineau ( 2006 census population 242124 is a city in western Quebec, Canada. Aylmer is a former city of Quebec that on January 1, 2002 became a western sector of Gatineau, Canada Buckingham Quebec was a city located in the Outaouais region of the province of Quebec. Masson-Angers is a former municipality and now a sector within the City of Gatineau, located on the north shore of the Ottawa River, in Quebec, Canada Although Hull was the oldest and most central of the merged cities, the name Gatineau was chosen for the new city. The main reasons given were that Gatineau had more inhabitants, it was the name of the former county, the valley, the hills, the park and the main river within the new city limits: thus its name was less restrictive than Hull. Some argued that the French name of Gatineau was more appealing than a name from England to most French-speaking residents. Hull-Gatineau had been the most popular choice in the polls, but the transition committee excluded all hyphenated possibilities from being included on the ballot. Since the former city of Hull represents a large area distinct from what was formerly known as Gatineau, to be officially correct and specific many people say "vieux secteur Hull" (the former Hull part of town) when speaking of it.

In 2004, there was a referendum to decide whether Hull would remain in Gatineau. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The majority of those who voted in Hull voted against the deamalgamation, and the status quo prevailed.

Economy

Place du Portage, Scott Paper, and Museum of Civilization along the Ottawa River in Hull, Quebec. Place du Portage is a large office complex in the Hull sector of Gatineau, Quebec Canada situated along Boulevard Maisonneuve and facing the Ottawa

Hull now depends primarily on the civil service as an economic mainstay. A number of federal and provincial government departments are located in here. The policy of the federal government to distribute federal jobs on both sides of the Ottawa River led to the construction of several massive office towers to house federal civil servants in 1970s and 80s; the largest of these are Place du Portage and Terrasses de la Chaudière, occupying part of what had been the downtown core of Hull. Place du Portage is a large office complex in the Hull sector of Gatineau, Quebec Canada situated along Boulevard Maisonneuve and facing the Ottawa Terrasses de la Chaudière is a complex of government Office buildings in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada.

Two paper mills (Scott Paper and the E.B. Eddy division of Domtar Inc.) still retain some industrial facilities on the Ottawa River in the centre of Hull, Québec. A paper mill is a Factory devoted to making Paper from wood pulp and other ingredients using a Fourdrinier Machine or similar apparatus Kruger Products Limited, formerly Scott Paper Limited, is Canada 's leading manufacturer and distributor of towel and tissue products for consumer in-home The EB Eddy Company was a Canadian pulp and paper company now a division of Domtar Inc Domtar Corporation () is the largest integrated producer of uncoated freesheet paper in North America and the second largest in the world based on production capacity and is also a manufacturer

Hull is also the home to the Casino du Lac Leamy and to the Canadian Museum of Civilization directly opposite Parliament Hill. The Casino du Lac Leamy (formerly the Casino de Hull) is a government run Casino in Gatineau Quebec. The Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC is Canada’s national museum of human history and the most-visited museum in the country Parliament Hill (colloquially The Hill, French Colline du Parlement) is a scenic location on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Hull is also Outaouais's cultural centre.

See also

• List of crossings of the Ottawa River
• 1900 Hull-Ottawa fire
• Municipal reorganization in Quebec
• Neighbourhoods of Gatineau

References

External links

• The Canadian Museum of Civilization - The Architecture of Old Hull
• Companies,Orgs,Directory & Map of Hull - Streetname Sort