Historical Markers in Madawaska County, New Brunswick

By Cosmos Mariner, August 1, 2019

Archibald Fraser Marker
(tall view • Madawaska River in background)

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1 ► New Brunswick, Madawaska County, Edmundston — Archibald Fraser — (1869-1932) —

On Rue Victoria south of Station Street, on the right when traveling south.

English: From a start in his family's small sawmill in the 1880s, Archibald came a prominent pioneer of the New Brunswick pulp industry. As the lumber trade fell into decline, he sought new ways to exploit the province's vast forest . . . — — Map (db m137447) HM

2 ► New Brunswick, Madawaska County, Saint Leonard — Clarence Bourgoin —

On Rue Saint Jean (New Brunswick Route 17) 0.2 kilometers north of Rue Principale (New Brunswick Route 144), on the left when traveling north.

(Français:) Né en 1946 à Saint-Léonard N.-B., Clarence Bourgoin s'initie très jeune à la peinture. Vers l'âge de 20 ans il partit vivre à Montréal, perfectionna son talent et revint dans sa ville natale avec un bagage artistique . . . — — Map (db m139000) HM