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A Horse Pulling a Sled on the Madawaska River
A Horse Pulling a Sled on the Madawaska River

Date: after 1955
Creator:
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies, Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. Doris Hébert, Mr. Guy Bouchard, Mr. Léopold Couturier

Description: From 1955 onward, Fraser hired workers during winter to retrieve wood from the bottom of the Madawaska River.This allowed the cleaning of the river and the salvaging of wood caught in the river. Here we see a horse pulling a sled loaded with 4-foot logs on the Madawaska River. This wood has just been retrieved from the Madawaska River and is being transported to the Fraser mill in Edmundston.

Subject: New Brunswick, Logging, Lumber, Transportation, Madawaska River