Chaudier Falls

Chodière Falls is located on the Ottawa River, near the town of Gatineau. Its width reaches 60 meters, and the height of the fall is 15 meters. But in connection with the construction of dams on the river and the construction of industrial enterprises here, the appearance of the waterfall has changed too much, especially in the summer. At this time, its level is very low, and it turns into subtle rapids.

The first person to pass near the falls was Samuel de Champlain, who in 1613 travelled along the Ottawa River.

The waterfall during the fur trade was an insurmountable obstacle in the way of boats and canoes, so they had to be dragged along the waterfall with fiber - in the place where the Portage Bridge was built today, which was named after the famous boat drag in ancient times.

Since 1800, the village of Philemon Wright was formed in these parts, which after some time was transformed into the city of Hull. In 1827, the first Chaudier Bridge was built here. When the forest industry began to develop in these places, the problem of rafting logs along the river was solved by Raggles Wright, the heir to Philemon Wright, building a ferry with which it was possible to drag logs around the waterfall.

Over time and the development of industry, the waterfall lost its former intensity, and a power plant was built on it.