"DANIEL McCLACHLIN 1810-72" ~ Arnprior - Ontario Provincial Plaques on Waymarking.com

Plaque text reads;

One of the Ottawa Valley's most enterprising lumbermen, McLachlin was born in Rigaud Township, Lower Canada, and by 1837 had built a sawmill and grist-mill at Bytown (Ottawa). In 1851, influenced by the timber potential of the Madawaska watershed, he purchased some 160 ha at the deserted hamlet of Arnprior and in 1854 laid out a town plot. The large sawmills which he built here greatly stimulated the community's growth. In the legislature of the Province of Canada, McLachlin represented Bytown, 1851-54, and Renfrew County, 1861-63. On Arnprior's incorporation in 1862 he was elected to the first village council, and he represented South Renfrew in the first Dominion parliament, 1867-69.

Address or location of plaque: In a park at the foot of John Street where the Ottawa and Madawaska Rivers meet Physical location of plaque: Park "Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link] A web-site for more details.: [Web Link] Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": Park & monument. This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Person' Condition of sign: Excellent Is this a bilingual sign?: No ! What is the second/third language?: Not listed

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