Baxter Bowman

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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Baxter Bowman (before 1814 – December 13, 1853) was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada, who operated a gristmill and a number of sawmills on the du Lièvre.

Bowman was a lumber merchant based in Buckingham, Lower Canada who held cutting rights on the du Lièvre River and the upper Ottawa River. At one time, the legendary French-Canadian lumberjack Joseph Montferrand worked for Bowman on the upper Ottawa.{{cite DCB|4606|Jos (Joe) Montferrand}} Bowman was a justice of the peace for the region and also served as a captain in the local militia. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Ottawa County from November 22, 1834 to March 27, 1838.{{cite book |last=Lapointe |first=Pierre Louis |author-link= |date=1990 |title=Au cœur de la Basse-Lièvre: la ville de Buckingham de ses origines à nos jours, 1824-1990 |url= |location=Buckingham |publisher=Ville de Buckingham |page=53 |isbn=9782921282062 |language=fr}}

He died in Buckingham in 1853 and was buried at Meredith, New Hampshire.

His sawmills on the Lièvre were later purchased by James Maclaren and others in 1864.{{cite DCB|6253|James Maclaren}} The municipality of Bowman on the du Lièvre River took its name from Baxter Bowman.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=8931 |title=Our Roots / Nos Racines |access-date=2006-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311120703/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=8931 |archive-date=2007-03-11 |url-status=dead }}