Capital Facts: The beginnings of Ottawa

In celebration of Canada’s 150th birthday, the Citizen is rolling out one fact each day for 150 days until July 1, highlighting the odd, the fascinating and the important bits of Ottawa history you might not know about.
Philemon Wright founded one of the Ottawa-Gatineau area’s first permanent settlements in the early 1800s by the Chaudière Falls and called it Wrightsville, now known as Hull. Though a farmer at heart, Wright and his family made their fortune as lumber barons, s