Tiré de l'annuaire Lovell de Montréal et sa région de 1910-1911, pages 265-266
Masson (or Bassin du Lievre), a large post village in Labelle co., Ottawa district, Que., on the du Lievre River, ¼ mile from Buckingham Station, on the C.P.R. called Buckingham Junction, 1¼ miles from the Ottawa River, 100 miles from Montreal and 20 miles from Ottawa. It contains 1 Roman Catholic Church, 8 stores, 4 hotels, 1 flour mill, 1 mineral mill, 1 carding mill. The water power furnished by the Du Lievre River is unexcelled in Canada, and 30,000,000 feet of lumber are shipped each season in addition to phosphates, etc. It has telegraph, telephone and express offices. Fine summer resort. Pop. 1,500.