John Rudolphus Booth, lumber manufacturer, railway builder (b near Waterloo, Lower Canada 5 Apr 1827; d at Ottawa, Ont 8 Dec 1925). In 1857 Booth took over a small shingle mill in Ottawa, which he gradually expanded until he held the most extensive timber limits in Canada and was the foremost manufacturer of lumber for American and British markets. In 1904 he entered the pulp and paper industry and developed a far-flung transportation network.
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Booth avoided politics, although he actively campaigned against the Taft-Fielding Reciprocity agreements of 1911. He was co-founder of the Dominion (Canadian) Forestry Association and contributed to various charities.