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Tree-Length Harvester in the Kedgwick Forest
Tree-Length Harvester in the Kedgwick Forest

Date: August 20th, 1974
Creator: Studio Laporte
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies, Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. Martin N. Turgeon

Description: This tree harvester is cutting timber in the woods of Restigouche (Kedgwick), on August 20th, 1974. This machine is equipped with a delimber that shaves off branches from trees. It leaves logs on the ground to be cut and corded.

Subject: New Brunswick,Forests, Logging, Tree Felling, Kedgwick