Foundateurs et Bâtisseurs de Clarke City.
Posted by: 
VE2YWS
N 50° 11.967 W 066° 37.783
19U E 669158 N 5563495
A Tribute to the Founders and Workers of Clarke City.
Waymark Code: WMHAQP
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 06/16/2013
Views: 26
Clarke City, première ville industrielle de la région, qu’érigent les frères Clarke, de Toronto. En 1901, ils se portent acquéreurs des droits hydroélectriques de la rivière Sainte-Marguerite et d’une concession forestière de plus de 2000 kilomètres carrés. Entre 1903 et 1908, ils construisent un barrage hydroélectrique, une usine à pâte, une ville et un chemin de fer de 12 kilomètres reliant l’usine au quai qu’ils érigent à Pointe-Noire. Train de la North Shore Power Railway & Navigation Company (NSPR & N), entreprise fondée par les frères Clarke en 1902. En 1914, NSPR & N devient la Gulf Pulp and Paper, qui passera à des intérêts britanniques en 1920.
Ce secteur est maintenant seulement résidentiel, mais grâce à des citoyens qui vivent maintenant là-bas, un monument du passé a été érigé.
Un hommage touchant et très bien réussi.
Clarke City was the first industrialized in this area. It is where the Clarke brothers of Toronto erect their pulp mill. In 1901, they obtained the hydroelectric rights on the Sainte-Marguerite River and a forest concession of more than 2000 square kilometers. Between 1903 and 1908, they build a hydroelectric dam, a pulp mill, a town and a railway 12 kilometers long connecting the mill to the wharf that they built at Pointe-Noire. The train was of the North Shore Power Railway & Navigation Company (NSPR & N), an enterprise founded by the Clarke Brothers in1902. In 1914, NSPR & N becomes the Gulf Pulp and Paper Co., which was taken over by British interests in 1920.
This sculpture is a tribute to the workers of Clarke City. The town is now part of Sept-Iles, the mill was dismantled many years ago. This sector is now only residential, but thanks to the citizens who now live there, a monument to their past has been erected.
And a fitting tribute as well.
Sector of the workforce: Les travailleurs dans le pâte et papier. Pulp and paper mill workers.
Created or Donated by which group: artiste: Yves Bussières
|
Visit Instructions:As a suggestion for your visit log, please make every effort to supply a brief-to-detailed note about your experience at the Waymark. If possible also include an image that was taken when you visited the Waymark. Images can be of yourself, a personal Waymarking signature item or just one of general interest that would be of value to others. Sharing your experience helps promote Waymarking and provides a dynamic history of your adventures.