Ụlọ ọrụ Gilmour Wood

 

Gilmour Lumber Company bụ otu n'ime ndị buru ibu nke ụlọ ọrụ osisi nke Canada. Mmekọrịta ha na ịkpụ osisi malitere n'ụzọ dị ala na 1790s na mpaghara Glasgow, Scotland ebe Allan Gilmour Sr. malitere obere azụmaahịa osisi. N'afọ 1804, ya na ụmụ nwanne nna ya John na Arthur sonyere ma guzobe Pollock, Gilmour and Company. Pollock, Gilmour na Company ghọrọ ndị nwe ụgbọ mmiri ma na-ebubata ngwaahịa na Europe na mpaghara Baltic.

Ụlọ ọrụ Gilmour Lumber Company guzobere alaka mbụ ya na Canada na Douglastown, New Brunswick, n'akụkụ ọnụ Osimiri Miramichi na 1812. N'ikpeazụ, Gilmour meghere ebe a na-awa osisi na Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1840, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ kewara; ụmụnne nwoke Allan Jr., John na David na-arụ ọrụ na alaka Quebec City, na Allan Gilmour na-arụkọ ọrụ na alaka Montreal n'okpuru aha Gilmour and Company.[1] Ha guzobere ebe a na-arụ ụgbọ mmiri na Quebec City, na Saint John na mpaghara Miramichi nke New Brunswick. Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1840, ha nyere iwu ụgbọ mmiri 130, otu n'ime ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri kachasị ukwuu n'ụwa.[2]

N'afọ 1852, Gilmour na Company wuru ebe a na-awa osisi na Trent Port n'akụkụ Bay of Quinte (nke bụzi Trenton, Ontario). Ihe karịrị afọ iri anọ, ihe igwe ihe ahụ ga-etolite ka ọ bụrụ ebe a na-awa osisi kachasị ukwuu n'ụwa. Dị ka Long na Whiteman dere na nyocha ha zuru oke, When Giants Fall: The Gilmour Quest for Algonquin Pine: "Ụlọ ọrụ ịkwa osisi ahụ guzo n'akụkụ ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ nke ihe onwunwe ahụ. okpukpu abụọ na ọkara n'ịdị elu, ọ tụrụ ihe dị ka mita 30 n'obosara na mita 43 n'ogologo. Ebe a na-etinye osisi dị n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ na n'ebe ugwu, ebe a na-ebu ụgbọ mmiri dị n'akụkụ ndịda. Okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè nyere ohere ịbanye n'akụkụ abụọ ahụ site na ihe igwe ihe. N'akụkụ ịnyịnya ndị a, a na-adọkpụ ụgbọ ala na-ebu osisi. "[3]

David Gilmour

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Ka ọ na-erule ngwụcha afọ 1800, e mechiri ọtụtụ alaka Scotland na Quebec nke ọrụ Gilmour. N'afọ 1879, David Gilmour (amụrụ na Scotland n'afọ 1851, nwa John Gilmour) mgbe ọ dị naanị afọ iri abụọ na itoolu, weghaara ọrụ Trenton. Ọ bụ ezie na Gilmour Lumber na-arụ ọrụ na Trenton kemgbe 1852, David Gilmour bụ onye mmekọ mbụ biri ebe ahụ. Ọ kwagara n'otu nnukwu ụlọ dị n'elu okporo ámá Dundas nke a maara dị ka Prospect House. Ọ na-etu ọnụ n'ile anya nke obodo ahụ, Bay of Quinte, na ọrụ igwe ihe na ala Dundas Street. Dị ka onye isi ụlọ ọrụ Trenton bụ David Gilmour ghọrọ onye isi na-enyere obodo ahụ aka. N'oge oyi ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye isi oche nke klọb curling na toboggan. N'oge okpomọkụ ọ na-eduga otu cricket na ịkwọ ụgbọ mmiri. O nyere ala ahụ maka ebe mbụ a na-agba ọsọ n'obodo ahụ. N'afọ 1885, e guzobere Gilmour Fire Brigade Band, na-eme ihe omume na ihe omume mpaghara gafee ndịda Ontario.

 
Ebe a na-egwe osisi Gilmour na Trenton, Ontario

Dị ka onye were Gilmour n'ọrụ, ụlọ ọrụ na-emepụta osisi bụ ọrụ dị elu, nke nwere nnukwu ígwè ọrụ. N'afọ 1880, etinyere usoro ekwentị mbụ nke obodo ahụ n'ụlọ igwe ihe ahụ. N'afọ 1882, e jikọtara ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè ahụ na Grand Trunk Railway. Mgbe ọtụtụ ọkụ gasịrị, Gilmour wụnyere usoro sprinkler nke oge a. Gilmour nwere ihe karịrị ụlọ obibi 700 maka ndị ọrụ ya. Iji mee ka ọrụ ya dị ike, o wuru otu n'ime ụlọ ọrụ eletrik mmiri mbụ n'ụwa.[4]

Ịzụ ahịa osisi nke 1892

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Dị ka ọtụtụ ndị isi osisi, Gilmour na Company nwetara ọtụtụ n'ime ngwaahịa ya site na nsọtụ osisi ugwu nke ihe bụzi mpaghara Algonquin Park. Ndị ikom bi n'ogige ọrụ ga-egbubi osisi ndị ahụ n'ime ọhịa, wee na-ese n'elu mmiri n'ụzọ mmiri mpaghara nke mpaghara ọdọ mmiri Kawartha gaa ebe ikpeazụ ha na-aga; Gilmour Mill n'akụkụ Osimiri Trent, n'ọnụ Bay of Quinte. Site n'ebe a, a ga-edozi osisi ahụ wee tinye ya n'ụgbọ mmiri ndị ga-eburu osisi ahụ n'akụkụ Osimiri Saint Lawrence gaa ebe ndị dị na United States na Europe.[5]

Mana mgbe afọ iri anọ nke owuwe ihe ubi na-aga n'ihu, ihe mgbochi ndị a na-agwụ. Akụkụ nke nsogbu ahụ bụ nha nke ọrụ Gilmour na Trenton. Na mbipụta March 1888 nke Canada Lumberman otu onye edemede kwuru, "Ị na-eche na ị nwere nnukwu ihe igwe ihe na United States, mana ndị kacha mma n'ime ha na-ebelata n'ụzọ na-enweghị isi n'akụkụ ihe igwe ihe Gilmour, nke nwere ikike nke 900,000 ụkwụ kwa ụbọchị.."[6] Eziokwu bụ na ihe igwe ihe Gilmour arụbeghị ọrụ n'ebe ọ bụla dị nso na ikike zuru oke n'ime afọ ole na ole, ọtụtụ obere ihe igwe ihe dị na mpaghara ahụ mepụtara osisi ndị ọzọ, ma nwekwuo uru.

N'ịbụ nke dị n'ime ime obodo dịpụrụ adịpụ n'ebe ugwu, oké ọhịa Algonquin bụ ebe a na-etinye osisi dị oké ọnụ ahịa nke gọọmentị Ontario wepụtara maka ire ere n'ọnwa Ọktoba 1892. E mere mkpọsa ahụ na Toronto na ụlọ omebe iwu ochie. David Gilmour na nwanne ya nwoke Allan gara ire ere ahụ, ebe David na-ahụ maka itinye ego maka ụlọ ọrụ ahụ n'onwe ya.[7] Mgbe ire ere ahụ kwụsịrị, a resịrị 1,650 uare kilometres (640 sq mi) osisi pine na-amaghị nwoke maka $ 2,308,475. David Gilmour bụ onye na-emefu ego kachasị na-azụta 225 uare kilomita (87 sq mi) ala dị n'akụkụ ugwu Peck Township (ógbè Canoe na Joe Lake). Mana na ọnụahịa nke $ 703,875 ọtụtụ kwenyere na David Gilmour bụ onye nzuzu na ọ na-eme ihe ahụ n'onwe ya, nakwa na ọ kwụrụ ụgwọ maka ikike osisi.[8]

Ụgbọ okporo ígwè Gilmour

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Jackladder mbụ n'okpuru ọdọ mmiri Bays

N'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe ire ere ahụ gasịrị, ndị mmeri bidoro n'ụzọ siri ike iguzobe ogige osisi n'oké ọhịa Algonquin. Gilmour guzobere nnukwu ụlọ nkwakọba ihe na Tea Lake, ọtụtụ ogige shanty n'akụkụ ụlọ ọrụ ahụ na n'ikpeazụ ihe igwe ihe na Canoe Lake n'obodo Mowat. Ma otu nnukwu ihe mgbochi pụtara ìhè n'oge na-adịghị anya. Ọ dị Gilmour mkpa iburu osisi ha gaa Trenton. Canoe na Tea Lakes na-asọba n'Osimiri Oxtongue, mana Oxtongure na-asọ n'ụzọ na-ezighi ezi, na ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ n'ime Lake of Bays na n'ikpeazụ Georgian Bay. Gilmour chọrọ ụgbọ mmiri nke na-aga n'ebe ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ n'ime usoro Osimiri Trent. Ihe ngwọta Gilmour bụ ihe omuma nke injinia gburugburu ebe obibi. Gilmour ga-akwọ osisi ya na Oxtongue gaa Lake of Bays, mana ozugbo ọ dị nso n'obodo Dorset, a ga-ebuli osisi ahụ elu mita 36 (118 ft) site na Lake of Bayes ma buru ya n'elu ala mita 1,800 (5,900 ) gaa Raven Lake. Site na ọdọ mmiri Raven, osisi ndị ahụ nwere ike ịfe n'ebe ndịda ọwụwa anyanwụ gaa n'ihe igwe ihe Trenton.[9]

Usoro Gilmour ji mee ihe bụ iwu "ụgbọ okporo ígwè". Na ala nke Lake of Bays Gilmour ga-ewu jackladder, usoro na-ebugharị osisi nke na-eburu osisi n'akụkụ ugwu. N'elu Gilmour ga-ewu ihe osise osisi. N'ịbụ nke jupụtara na mmiri na-asọ asọ, osisi ahụ ga-eme ka osisi ahụ na-ese n'elu mmiri. Ozugbo a mara ya ikpe, onye na-agba ịnyịnya nke abụọ ga-eburu osisi gaa n'ọnụ ọdọ mmiri Raven. Jackladders na slides osisi abụghị echiche ọhụrụ, ụlọ ọrụ osisi ejirila ha ruo ọtụtụ iri afọ. Ọrụ David Gilmour nke injinia bụ itinye teknụzụ ndị dị ugbu a ọnụ.[10]

 
Ebe ụgbọ okporo ígwè Gilmour na-aga

Ụgbọ okporo ígwè ahụ dị oke ọnụ iji wuo ma lekọta. Ọ bụ ezie na ọ bụ igwe, ọrụ ahụ chọrọ ihe karịrị ndị ikom 100 iji rụọ ọrụ na injin ma nyochaa njem osisi na njem mita 1,800. Otu nnukwu ihe mgbochi bụ ogologo njem ahụ. Na-agagharị n'okporo ụzọ mmiri Ontario, ọ ga-ewe ụgbọala 445 kilomita (277 mi) iji si n'ugwu Algonquin gaa Trenton. Na-adịkarị, ọ nwere ike iwe osisi afọ abụọ iji gaa site n'ime ime gaa na ihe igwe ihe Trenton, mana ịgbakwunye ihe ịma aka nke okporo ụzọ nwere ike ịgbakwunye afọ 2 ọzọ na njem ahụ. Osisi dara na Canoe Lake na 1894 nwere ike ọ gaghị eru Trenton ruo 1898. Ọtụtụ n'ime osisi ndị ahụ rere ere ma ọ bụ mikpuo. N'ihi na Algonquin Highland dị n'ebe ugwu, oge opupu ihe ubi na-agbaze mere ka oge na-aga, na-eme ka oge dị mkpirikpi maka njem osisi n'oge ọkọchị tupu ụzọ mmiri amalite ịkpụ ọzọ n'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ. Iji mee ka ihe ka njọ, ọtụtụ n'ime osisi pine ndị e gburu n'okporo ụzọ ndị a na-ere ere adịghị mma. Ụgbọ okporo ígwè ahụ rụrụ ọrụ afọ abụọ tupu Gilmour ahapụ ọrụ ahụ na 1896.[11]

Ihe igwe ihe dị na Canoe Lake

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N'oge opupu ihe ubi nke afọ 1896, David Gilmour na nwanne ya nwoke Allan kpebiri iwu ihe igwe ihe n'obodo Mowat na Canoe Lake. Oge agbanweela, na John Booth's Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway ga-eru Canoe Lake n'oge na-adịghị anya. Ọ dị mkpa ka e wuo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè dị kilomita 2 site na Mowat mill ruo n'ọdụ ụgbọ okporo ígwè Booth n'ebe ugwu, a pụkwara ibuga osisi a rụchara arụcha n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ gaa Parry Sound ma ọ bụ n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ gaa Osimiri Ottawa.

 
Ihe igwe ihe a gbahapụrụ agbahapụ na ọdọ mmiri Canoe

Ka ọ na-erule oge opupu ihe ubi nke afọ 1897, ụlọ ọrụ Gilmour na Company na-arụ ọrụ na Canoe Lake. Gilmour zọpụtara akụkụ ndị sitere na ọrụ mbụ ya n'iwu ihe igwe ihe ahụ. A rụgharịrị ihe ọkụ ọkụ asatọ, saws na ngwá ọrụ ndị ọzọ site na ihe igwe ihe Trenton, nke na-anọzi na Bay of Quinte. A na-ebugharị ihe na-ekpo ọkụ na injin abụọ na-ekpuchi mmiri nke fọdụrụ n'okporo ụzọ ụgbọ okporo ígwè site na Lake of Bays gaa Canoe Lake.[12] Obodo nta dị na ọdọ mmiri Canoe - nke akpọrọ Mowat n'aha onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị nwere mmetụta n'oge ahụ - bụ ọrụ ụlọ ọrụ. E nwere ihe dị ka ndị ọrụ 500, nwere ụlọ ọgwụ, ụlọ ịnyịnya, ụlọ nkwakọba ihe, ụlọ nri, ụlọ nkwari akụ na ọfịs, ụlọ ndị ọrụ igwe, ụlọ obibi na ebe ili ozu.[13] David Gilmour wuru ụlọ ezumike abụọ n'àgwàetiti otu kilomita site n'ikperé mmiri nke Mowat (àgwàetiti Gilmour ugbu a). N'ịbụ nke ya na nwanne ya nwoke Allan bi, ụlọ ndị a mara mma nwere okpukpu abụọ dị ruo taa.[14]

Ọdọ mmiri Mowat na Canoe ga-apụta ìhè karịa afọ iri ka e mesịrị mgbe na 1912 onye na-ese ihe na Canada Tom Thomson malitere ileta mpaghara ahụ ma mepụta ọtụtụ n'ime ọrụ ya kachasị ukwuu.

Ihe igwe ihe ọdọ mmiri Canoe ga-arụ ọrụ maka naanị oge ise. Mba ahụ na-apụta na ịda mba, Gilmour na-enwekwa ụgwọ na-arịwanye elu. Ka ọ na-erule Septemba 1901, ihe igwe ihe ahụ kwụsịrị ịrụ ọrụ ma ndị ikom niile laghachiri Trenton.[15] David Gilmour nọgidere na-ahụ mbibi nke alaeze osisi ya ruo afọ anọ ọzọ. N'afọ 1903, ọdachi mere mgbe nwanne David bụ Allan Gilmour nwụrụ mgbe ọ gbagburu onwe ya n'azụ isi na mberede mgbe ọ na-akwadebe maka njem ịkụ azụ. N'afọ 1905, David Gilmour kwagara ezinụlọ ya na Buffalo, New York, ebe ọ zụrụ ụlọ ọrụ na-emepụta ọnụ ụzọ. N'afọ 1909, a kwaturu nnukwu ebe a na-awa osisi n'akụkụ osimiri Trent na Bay of Quinte.[16]

Ihe odide

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  1. Whiteman (1998). When Giants Fall. Huntsville, Ontario: Fox Meadow Creations, 26. ISBN 0-9681452-1-3. 
  2. Long (1998). When Giants Fall. Huntsville, Ontario, Canada: Fox Meadow Creations, 25. ISBN 0-9681452-1-3. 
  3. Long (1998). When Giants Fall. Huntsville, Ontario: Fox Meadow Creations, 52. ISBN 0-9681452-1-3. 
  4. Long (1998). When Giants Fall. Huntsville, Ontario: Fox Meadow Creations. ISBN 0-9681452-1-3. 
  5. Garland (2015). Algonquin Park's Mowat. Whitney, Ontario, Canada: The Friends of Algonquin Park, 16. ISBN 978-1-894993-64-7. 
  6. Long (1998). When Giants Fall. Huntsville, Ontario: Fox Meadow Creations, 79. ISBN 0-9681452-1-3. 
  7. Shaw (1996). Canoe Lake Algonquin Park. Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 18. ISBN 1-896182-50-X. 
  8. Garland (2015). Algonquin Park's Mowat. Whitney. Ontario: The Friends of Algonquin Park, 15. ISBN 978-1-894993-64-7. 
  9. Shaw (1996). Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park. Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 31. ISBN 1-896182-50-X. 
  10. Shaw (1996). Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park. Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 33. ISBN 1-896182-50-X. 
  11. Shaw (1996). Canoe Lake, Algonquin Park. Burnstown, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 38–39. ISBN 1-896182-50-X. 
  12. Garland (2015). Algonquin Park's Mowat. Whitney, Ontario: Friends of Algonquin Park, 27. ISBN 978-1-894993-64-7. 
  13. Garland (2015). Algonquin Park's Mowat. Whitney, Ontario: Friends of Algonquin Park, 25. ISBN 978-1-894993-64-7. 
  14. Long (1998). When Giants Fall. Huntsville, Ontario: Fox Meadow Creations, 155. ISBN 0-9681452-1-3. 
  15. Long (1998). When Giants Fall. Huntsville, Ontario: Fox Meadow Creations, 157. ISBN 0-9681452-1-3. 
  16. Long (1998). When Giants Fall. Huntsville, Ontario: Fox Meadow Creations, 162, 165. ISBN 0-9681452-1-3. 

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