QUYON HISTORY BOOK, "THE QUIO, HOW QUYON CAME TO BE, The Story of Quyon and Onslow",  PUBLISHED IN MARCH, 2006

This is a book that tells how the Ottawa Valley began. It's the story of a community just 30 minutes west of Ottawa, Canada’s Capital. It includes the details of how Quyon and Onslow came to be, revealing for the first time the fur trade at Quyon, how the famous lumber baron John Egan founded Quyon (pronounced qwee-oh), the settlement of Onslow’s founding families, the winter River Train, the burning of the Churches, and how Quyon got its name.

More than 1,600 names of early settlers are provided to assist those wishing to know more about family histories. Included are a number of ancestor lists: First settlers of the 1830’s; Residents from 1840 to 1901; Customers at Quyon’s first store in 1856; Pontiac County petitioners urging John Egan to run for Parliament; Migrants from Ontario in the late 1800’s; Shanty men at the1860 Mohr and Egret shanties; and Land Grants and Sales from 1805 to 1890.

Egan Street, Quyon, the present site of Egan's Mills (now M&R Feeds) where John Egan founded Quyon in 1846.

History defines us. It tells us who we are, and why we are the way we are. If you are from Ottawa or the Ottawa Valley, and especially if you originate from the Quyon area, you may find that this book is about you! The early development of the Quyon district is but one chapter in the development of the Ottawa Valley, and provides a useful insight to the early history of the Ottawa area. It will also be of interest to others who wish to understand more fully the unique culture of the Ottawa Valley.

Every effort has been made to be accurate, using original reference sources. References are included to facilitate further research by others.

The book has 84 pages, 24 pictures, and more than 1,600 names of early settlers.  Price is $9.95, plus mailing costs where applicable.

I feel that you would enjoy reading this book as much as I did in researching and writing it.

James Robinson, April 2006.