Thursday, August 18, 2005

Booth Display


J. R. Booth was a giant among Ottawa timber barons and an immutable force among Canadian lumbermen. His stately residence on Metcalfe Street -- with some of the finest, intricate handcut woodcarving in Eastern Canada -- was the home of the Laurentian Club for many years. Booth Street was named in his honour and marked the location of many of his lumberyards.

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