Thematic Collections
Mill Workers
Barkers at the Fraser Mill in Edmundston
Date: 194-
Creator:
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. Réal Couturier, Mr. William Brebner, Mr. Martin N. Turgeon
Description: The debarkers at the Edmundston Fraser mill removed bark from 4-foot logs in the 1940s. We see a worker releasing logs with a pickaroon. The long-spot faucets brought water from the river to wash the logs. We notice the absence of a roof over the barkers because they only operated from the end of spring to the beginning of autumn . The wood was hauled-up on conveyors installed on the banks of the Madawaska River. Once logs were debarked, they were brought on conveyors inside the mill or piled for winter operations.
Subject: New Brunswick, Logging, Pulp Industry Workers, Edmundston
Date: 194-
Creator:
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. Réal Couturier, Mr. William Brebner, Mr. Martin N. Turgeon
Description: The debarkers at the Edmundston Fraser mill removed bark from 4-foot logs in the 1940s. We see a worker releasing logs with a pickaroon. The long-spot faucets brought water from the river to wash the logs. We notice the absence of a roof over the barkers because they only operated from the end of spring to the beginning of autumn . The wood was hauled-up on conveyors installed on the banks of the Madawaska River. Once logs were debarked, they were brought on conveyors inside the mill or piled for winter operations.
Subject: New Brunswick, Logging, Pulp Industry Workers, Edmundston
