The ruisseau de la Brasserie sector, known as Brewery Creek during the early settlement, has been a key industrial site in the Outaouais. Together with the Chaudière Falls sector, it constituted the city's industrial core during the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.
In 1813, Philemon Wright built a brewery and a distillery here, where grain from the agricultural colony was transformed into yeast used in the preparation of food for human and animal consumption and in the manufacture of beer and whiskey. It was from this enterprise that the name of the inlet of the Ottawa River, bordering the site, took its name: Brewery Creek. Later, a large axe factory occupied the brewery buildings. Between 1905 and 1910, a new aqueduct, called the "water tower", and a small power plant were built to serve the city of Hull. For a short time, the building housed a museum. An old transformer sits in ruin near the bike path as a reminder of Hull's hydroelectric past. The old hydro plant and brewery is now a privately owned restaurant/brewery called "Les Brasseurs du Temps". Location ID #BR0054
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