A perfect place to take your family, the ruin is located a short hike from a parking area in Gatineau Park. The Carbide Wilson ruins are what’s left of Thomas “Carbide” Willson’s property on Meech Lake. In the late 1800’s Wilson made a name for himself in created the process by which we create calcium carbide, an important industrial chemical.
In the early 1900’s he bought 40 acres on Meech Lake, just below where another farmer had built a dam blocking a stream pouring out of the lake. He proceeded to build an even larger dam and a power station to manufacture fertilizer, but after complains from the lake users about water and his own inability to make the factory a success he was forced to close down.
The buildings remained and fell into disrepair, and now 100 years later we can walk through his mad-scientist laboratory and take in the spectacular falls and surrounding beauty.
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