Forest Industry in New Brunswick National Historic Event
Saint John, New Brunswick
Image of the HSMBC plaque
(© Parks Canada / Parcs Canada, 1989)
Address :
Saint John, New Brunswick
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1943-05-20
Other Name(s):
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Forest Industry in New Brunswick
(Designation Name)
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Lumber Industry
(Plaque name)
Importance:
Timber for shipbuilding, then pulp and paper in the 20th-century
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Riverview Park Saint John, New Brunswick
Beginning with the export of masts to France, timber and wooden ships to Great Britain, staves and boards to the West Indies, this industry flourished until the end of the 19th century. In the present century the forests have become the basic resource of the pulp and paper industry, and are also of vital importance to the entire commercial, agricultural and industrial economy of Eastern Canada.