Baxter Bowman

Baxter Bowman (before 1814 – December 13, 1853) was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada, who operated a gristmill and a number of sawmills on the du Lièvre.

Bowman was a lumber merchant based in Buckingham, Lower Canada who held cutting rights on the du Lièvre River and the upper Ottawa River. At one time, the legendary French-Canadian lumberjack Joseph Montferrand worked for Bowman on the upper Ottawa.[1] Bowman was a justice of the peace for the region and also served as a captain in the local militia. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Ottawa County from November 22, 1834 to March 27, 1838.[2]

He died in Buckingham in 1853 and was buried at Meredith, New Hampshire.

His sawmills on the Lièvre were later purchased by James Maclaren and others in 1864.[3] The municipality of Bowman on the du Lièvre River took its name from Baxter Bowman.[4]

  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

References

  1. ^ "Jos (Joe) Montferrand". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
  2. ^ Lapointe, Pierre Louis (1990). Au cœur de la Basse-Lièvre: la ville de Buckingham de ses origines à nos jours, 1824-1990 (in French). Buckingham: Ville de Buckingham. p. 53. ISBN 9782921282062.
  3. ^ "James Maclaren". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
  4. ^ "Our Roots / Nos Racines". Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2006-10-30.


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