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With its water power and admirable position at the foot of the Chaudiere Falls and at the mouth of two rivers, Bytown soon came to the front as a centre of industry. In 1848 its prospects were such that Rome raised the thriving little town to the rank of an episcopal see.

— François-Xavier Brunet Archdiocese of Ottawa Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)

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