Canadian Heritage

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Sawmills
The Hot Pond of the Kedgwick Fraser Sawmill
The Hot Pond of the Kedgwick Fraser Sawmill

Date: After 1970
Creator:
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. Martin N. Turgeon

Description: This hot outdoor pond of the Kedgwick Fraser Sawmill was where logs were washed, thawed and soaked during winter to facilitate the debarking process. Logs entered the workshop on three conveyors and passed through three debarkers. They were then cut into boards.

Subject: New Brunswick, Forests,Logging, Sawmills, Kedgwick