Editing Levi Addison Ault (section)

==Biography==
Born in [[Mille Roches, Ontario|Mille Roches]], [[Province of Canada]] to a successful fabric manufacturer, Ault moved to [[Wisconsin]] in his teens, where he worked as a bookkeeper. In 1876, he moved to Cincinnati and took a job as a lampblack salesman.

Two years later, Ault and his business partner [[Frank Wiborg]] incorporated [[Ault & Wiborg Company|Ault & Wiborg]], an [[ink]] manufacturer that became the world's top producer and supplier of inks and [[lithograph]] supplies. In 1928, Ault sold his share in the company for $14 million 
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In the mid-1920s, Ault was offered an [[ambassador]]ship by [[United States|U.S.]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[Warren G. Harding]], but he declined.

Ault was also an avid naturalist, whose passion for [[parks]] led him to join Cincinnati's parks board. He served as chair of the board from 1908 to 1926, and donated 204 [[acre]]s (825,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of land to the city to create [[Ault Park]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About Ault Park |url=https://www.aultparkac.org/about-ault-park/ |website=Ault Park |access-date=7 April 2023}}</ref> Twenty acres (21,000 m<sup>2</sup>) not donated by Ault himself were later added to this park as well.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dW-52BWC4LoC&q=%22guilford+school%22+AND+cincinnati&pg=PA311 | title=Cincinnati, a Guide to the Queen City and Its Neighbors | date=1943 | access-date=2013-05-04 | author=Federal Writers' Project | author-link=Federal Writers' Project | pages=311| isbn=9781623760519 }}</ref>

He also donated a family property on [[Sheek's Island, Ontario|Sheek's Island]] to the [[Township (Canada)|Township]] of [[South Stormont, Ontario|Cornwall]], which also became known as [[Ault Park (Ontario)|Ault Park]].

In 1958, 28 years after Ault's death, Sheek's Island and Ault's birthplace in Mille Roches were submerged by construction on the [[St. Lawrence Seaway]] project. With the help of Ault's surviving family, Ault Park was rebuilt on the new river shoreline near [[Long Sault, Ontario|Long Sault]], and is home to a historical museum commemorating [[The Lost Villages]].