CA-K982Economy & trade
Archibald Fraser, pulp pioneer of New Brunswick
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Archibald Fraser started in his family’s small sawmill in the 1880s and became a leading pioneer of New Brunswick’s pulp industry. As the lumber trade declined he looked for new uses of the province’s forests, and in 1918 opened a modern pulp mill at Edmundston. He soon became an industry giant, and by his death pulp and paper had replaced lumber as the province’s most important manufacturing industry.
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Fraser as described in his designation.
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Archibald Fraser National Historic Person ↗
Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Importance; plaque text