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Vintage Postcard: Bathurst Pulp & Paper Mill – New Brunswick, Canada

 Today I’m sharing a postcard from my Bathurst Pulp & Paper Mill collection.

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Bathurst Paper Mill – Workplace of Joseph and Adelard Lagace (A Canadian Family Vintage Postcard Collection)

As I mentioned in a former post, several of our Lagace men worked in the Bathurst Paper Mill during the twentieth century and I recently found out through some census returns that both Joseph and Adelard Lagace were already labourers at the Bathurst Mill in 1911.

This card has a notation on the front that seems to indicate a date of 1914, so I thought I would check out how long it had been in business.

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Imagine my surprise when I found that the mill was only established in 1914!  How could the mill have been established in 1914, when my great grandfather and grandfather were already listed as paper mill employees in the 1911 census?  Was there was already a mill at that location in 1911, or were they perhaps labourers involved in building the mill?

If anyone has information about the

Bathurst Pulp & Paper Mill

please drop me a line in the comment box below!

Further details from the image


Bathurst Paper Mill Detail 1 (A Canadian Family Vintage Postcard Collection)

A Canadian Family Vintage Postcard Collection

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A Canadian Family Vintage Postcard Collection

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A Canadian Family Vintage Postcard Collection

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A Canadian Family Vintage Postcard Collection

Information from the back of the card

H.V. Henderson West Bathurst, N.B.

Expert film Finishing, Scenic views, Enlargements, Postals of N.B. and Gaspe, albums and souvenirs.

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Index: Vintage Postcards of New Brunswick

 

January 21, 2009 - Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | , , , ,

2 Comments »

  1. I am interested in the history of the Bathurst mill also. My grandfather immigrated from Italy to work there – I believe in 1914. I was told the mill hired men and paid their way to Canada. How would I get more ino regarding this?

    Blanche

    Comment by McDonald | June 7, 2009 | Reply

    • Hello Blanche,
      Thanks for the comment. I replied to you by privately by clicking on the address you provided but it has come back as `sender address unknown“.
      I will look into this later this week.

      Comment by evelynyvonnetheriault | June 8, 2009 | Reply


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