Hull, the chief town of Ottawa county, Quebec, is on the Ottawa River, opposite Ottawa (q.v.), with which it is connected by a suspension bridge. It was almost wholly burnt down in April 1900. Pop. (1881) 6890; (1891) 11,264.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 827
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