Kiosk

The site at Kiosk was always historically linked to the forest industry in one fashion or another. As early as the 1870's when the great timber lands were thrown open for sale, William Mackey had purchased every berth adjoining the Amable-du-Fond River up to Lake Kioshkokwi. He established camps along the lake and the river, and cut timber to be floated down to the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers. The logs were then turned into squared timber and shipped to Europe. In 1883, Mackey built a small sawmill near the Canadian Pacific Railway at the site of a rapid by Smith Lake. The spot was initially called Mackey's Mills (later renamed Eau-Claire Station). In 1902, he sold out to J.R. Booth.