Crabtree

Crabtree is a district in the Lanaudiere area of Quebec, Canada, some portion of the Joliette Regional County Municipality. It is situated along the Ouareau River, a correct tributary of the L'Assomption River. The most intriguing nearby fascination is the Trou de Fee lit. "Pixie Hole", a buckle on the west bank of the Ouareau River. The zone started to be populated toward the finish of the eighteenth century. In 1845, the primary saw plants were worked along the Ouareau River, however didn't get by for long as they were washed away by spring surges.

The genuine force for the town's improvement came in 1905 when Edwin Crabtree purchased arrive in what might turn into the focal point of the region to manufacture a paper process. He established the Edwin Crabtree and Sons Ltd. Furthermore, constructed the factory likewise along the Ouareau River to exploit its water driven power. After a year, the mail station opened under the name "Crabtree Mills".

In 1912, the plant was decimated by flame, yet was revamped inside a year. Step by step a little town became close to the plant, including the supposed "English Street" la lament des Anglais with its living arrangements for the directors, motel, the stimulation corridor "Beaver S Club", tennis court and stop. A dam on the Ouareau River was worked in 1917-18. Edwin Crabtree and Sons Ltd. joined the Howard Smith Paper Mills gathering along these lines purchased by Domtar, and the plant was modernized.