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Born in SHefford County Quebec. Started a small sHingle mill at Ottawa in 1857, and eventually developed it into an enormous industry. Acquired vast timber limits A man of indomitable courage and resourcefulness, He met disasters tHat would Have daunted most men witHout complaint or loss of spirit. WHen He needed a railway to carry His raw material and tHe products of His mills, He built it Himself. Five Hundred miles of His railways were acquired by tHe Grand Trunk in 1905. He Has been described as ""tHe unconquerable pioneer, tHe nation builder tHe man wHose courage, genius and imagination tamed tHe wilderness, reared migHty industries, and did more tHan any otHer man of His time to build up His own community.""
Tiré de Burpee, Lawrence J., Encyclopedia of Canadian History, Makers of Canada Series, vol 12, 1927.
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