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The Amerindian occupancy
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Floating the logs down the Gatineau River has been a part of the region's history since to beginning and up to the end of the nineties.
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The lumber industry attracted the first settlers, even though the explorers and trappers travelled through the Gatineau Valley long before its colonization in 1840.
In fact, the southern part of the valley was so heavily exploited between 1800 and 1850, by the large sawmills located in Hull, that the northern sector would inevitably be exploited in the future to respond to the large demand.
People were able to gain access to the interior land via the Gatineau River. In the southern sectlon of the valley, the first settlers to take possession of the land in Low and Aylwin in 1851, were the newly arrived Irish immigrants who made up four fifths of the population while the German and Scottish settlers made up the difference.
A second colonization movement was undertaken by francophones who settled the northern part of the Gatineau Valley.
As the woodcutting activities progressed, the agricultural and forestry industries developed: the settlers practiced their farming skills during the warmer seasons and became lumberjacks during the winter season.
From 1850 to 1900, the presence of the french-speaking people gained priority and eventually spread throughout the territory of the valley.
The francophone population continually increased until 1940
at which time many villages experienced a decrease in population due
to poor economic conditions.
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