- James Maclaren
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James MacLaren (architect) "James MacLaren (March 19 1818 –February 10 1892 ) was an early settler and entrepreneur in westernQuebec .He was born in
Glasgow ,Scotland in 1818. He came to Richmond inUpper Canada with his family in 1822. The family then settled in Torobolton Township and then moved to Wakefield inLower Canada in the 1840s. James and his brother David opened a general store,grist mill ,woollen mill and brick plant in Wakefield. James also became involved in the timber trade.In 1853, he leased a
sawmill inNew Edinburgh fromThomas McKay with partners includingMoss Kent Dickinson andJoseph Merrill Currier . By 1861, he was able to buy out his partners and, in 1866, he purchased the mills after McKay's death. In 1864, again with partners, he bought sawmills at Buckingham, later buying out his partners.He also helped found the Hull Iron Company in 1880, the North Pacific Lumber Company of
British Columbia in 1889 and the Bank of Ottawa, later merged withScotiabank , in 1894. MacLaren also had business interests inVermont ,Massachusetts andMichigan .He died in Buckingham in 1892.
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* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6253 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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