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Log Jam Tetagouche Falls
Circa 1910
Tetagouche, New Brunswick,Canada
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Credits:
Bathurst Heritage Museum

2

A big load of logs being moved on an ice road
Circa 1915
Near Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
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Credits:
Bathurst Heritage Museum
Jean Babin Album

3

Lazare Roussel's lumber camp on the Forty-four Mile Brook
March, 1921
Near Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
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Credits:
Bathurst Heritage Museum
Rod O'Connell

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Unidentified cook in a lumber camp cookhouse of the Bathurst Lumber Co.
Circa 1920
Near Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
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Credits:
Bathurst Heritage Museum
Rod O'Connell

5

Flushing Dam in the Robert K. Allen Collection.
1937-1938
Near Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
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Credits:
Bathurst Heritage Museum
Robert K. Allen Collection

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A Typical "Jobber's" Log Camp on the Company Limits
1942
Near Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
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Credits:
Bathurst Heritage Museum
Valmond Boudreau Album

7

Wanted - Bilingual Horses!
1942
Near Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
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Credits:
Bathurst Heritage Museum
Sylvia Vienneau

8

Popple Depot after a fresh fallen snow.
Circa 1951
Near Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
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Credits:
Bathurst Heritage Museum
Don Henry Album
Bathurst Power and Paper Company

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The Newly Constructed "Central Camp" of Rogers Lake
November, 1965
Near Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada
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Credits:
Bathurst Heritage Museum
Bathurst Woodlands Album

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Using the forest for raw material was essential in supplying both sawmills and pulp mills of the Bathurst area. The pine trees, used for masts in the shipbuilding industry, were widely sought after in the 19th Century. By the turn of the 20th Century, long logs were major raw material for sawmills. These were driven down the major rivers of the area. Logging camps were located these major rivers. At the end of the sawmill era, the wood was cut in 4 foot length and smaller streams were driven, using flushing dams to move the pulpwood. Horses were used to move the wood to the river and stream banks. The work was done by 'jobbers' and the workforce was mainly farmers who went to the woods to log in wintertime. Supply depots were set up to supply the different 'jobber' camps. By 1965, the river drive was abandoned and the 'jobber' camps were replaced by modern central Company camps or commuter camps. The logging industry was modernized and the horse disappeared from the woods.