Census Data and images for Philip Chugg
About Brittania Road - Upper Aylmer Road - Turnpike Road
Symmes Landing Charles Symmes arrived in the Canadas from Massachusetts in 1819 to work with his uncle Philomen Wright’s firm. In 1822 following the accidental death of Philomen Wright Jr., Charles Symmes was put in charge of Chaudière Farm. By 1818, this farm which was situated west of Hull in what is now Aylmer was serviced by a road called Britannia Road (later Turnpike Road) which was pushed through the bush by the settlers. Today it is the highway 148 linking Aylmer and Hull, also called le chemin en haut or the Upper Aylmer Road. It extended to what is now the Aylmer Marina on Lac Chaudière (now Lac Deschênes). By 1826, Symmes had taken up some 200 acres of land in what is now downtown Aylmer, and he and the company thrived. In 1828, after a falling out with the firm, Symmes founded the village of Symmes Landing. The terminus of the Turnpike Road was important for the transhipment of people and goods to avoid the rapids at Deschênes and the falls at Chaudière. It was the key access to the upper Ottawa Valley. His business and the settlement thrived, welcoming many immigrants during the 1830s. Also, the town later came to be known as Aylmer after the Governor of that time. - Attribution: History Christ Church Aylmer
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