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At that time, the area was known as <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: inherit;\">\u201cHoganville\u201d<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">, named after the first pioneer family, the Hogans. The small emerging community became official in 1858 and adopted the name <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Aylwin<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">, in honour of judge and politician <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Thomas Cushing Aylwin<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> (1806\u20131871).<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Because the fertility of the land varied greatly, <strong>logging<\/strong> and <strong>log driving<\/strong> quickly became important economic activities. In 1862, the township was officially established as a municipality. That same year, the post office was inaugurated and took the name of the <strong>Kazabazua River<\/strong>, a tributary of the Gatineau River. Of Algonquin origin, this name is a deformation of the word <em>kachibadjiwan<\/em>, from <em>kach<\/em> (\u201chidden\u201d) and <em>djiwan<\/em> (\u201ccurrent\u201d), hence the meaning <strong>\u201chidden current\u201d<\/strong> or <strong>\u201cunderground river.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The name <strong>Kazabazua<\/strong> was only officially recognized to designate the village starting in 1935, despite its earlier use by most residents. It was not until <strong>1976<\/strong> that it became the municipality\u2019s legal name.<\/p>\n<p>From the village, standing on the bridge that crosses the river, one can see the water <strong>disappear underground<\/strong>. The river reappears a few dozen metres downstream, then flows in rapids before passing under a <strong>natural stone arch<\/strong>. In spring, the river\u2019s powerful flow even causes it to rise <strong>over the bridges<\/strong>. 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