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Log Drive
Mr. Réal Levasseur is Cutting a  Hole in  Ice with a Saw
Mr. Réal Levasseur is Cutting a Hole in Ice with a Saw

Date: 1970
Creator: Studio Laporte
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies, Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): M. Martin N. Turgeon, Mr. Réal Couturier

Description: Mr. Réal Levasseur is making a hole in the ice of the Madawaska River with an ice saw in the winter of 1970. This operation of "fishing wood" was practiced to salvage the 4-foot logs resting at the bottom of the river.

Subject: New Brunswick,Forests, Logging, Pulp mills, Edmundston