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Log Drive
Drive on the Madawaska River
Drive on the Madawaska River

Date: After 1940
Creator:
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies, Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. Doris Hébert, Mr. Guy Bouchard, Mr. Léopold Couturier

Description: Here we are near the Saint Jacques Sluice along the Madawaska River. Pulpwood was harvested in the Green River forests. Wood was piled along the river bank to be thrown later into the river using peavies.

Subject: New Brunswick,Forests, Logging, Log Driving, Madawaska River