E. B. Eddy, 1827 - 1906

Erza Butler Eddy was born in Vermont, began his match manufacturing there and continued it with his move to the Canadas in 1854. He and his family were philathropists of note supporting hospitals, orphanages and convalescent homes. So vast were his lumbering operations on both sides of the Ottawa River that his mills' output reached 70,000,000 board feet. By the time he entered the paper-making business in 1890, his was considered a titan of the Canadian forestry industry.