J.R. BOOTH: LUMBERMAN, RAILWAY BUILDER, INDUSTRIALIST, GREAT CANADIAN, AND INFLUENCE ON ALGONQUIN PARK
After arriving in Ottawa in 1854, John Rudolphus Booth (1827 – 1925) made wooden roof shingles by hand. With interests in square timber rafts, sawn lumber, pulp and paper, transportation of grain by ship, and operation of his own railways, by 1921 he had built “the largest business in the entire world operated as the property of one man”. At any one time he employed thousands of men. Booth was resistant to setbacks and dedicated to working hard. This is the story of one of Canada’s greatest men.
CLIENT: The Friends of Algonquin Park
AUTHOR: Roderick MacKay
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