The railway was built by John Rudolphus Booth who owned considerable timber rights in the Algonquin area as well as a major sawmill in downtown Ottawa .
John Rudolphus Booth is a 19th - century Canadian lumber baron and entrepreneur .
The railway was built by John Rudolphus Booth , a 19th - century Canadian lumber baron and entrepreneur , who owned considerable timber rights in the Algonquin area as well as a major sawmill in downtown Ottawa .