Gallery 2 - Sense of belonging and taking roots into Greater Madawaska (1860-1960)
16. Drummond
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Dam on the Tobique (am_810)
Because more electricity power was needed, the Province of New Brunswick had a dam and a
hydroelectric power plant built at Tobique Narrows in the Tobique Indian Reserve of the Maliseet
First Nation. Located at a small distance from the mouth of the Tobique River on the St. John River,
the hydroelectric plant was completed in 1953. The road crosses over the dam and serves as a bridge.
Fish ladders were built for the Atlantic salmon to get over the dam to spawn in the still waters of
the Tobique. Being the longer affluent of the St. John River, the Tobique River is a favourable
place to exploit forestry. The principal businessman of this region was Donald Fraser who in 1904,
bought the sawmill at Plaster Rock, that was built by Fred and Archie Hale in 1897. Logging on the
Tobique ceased in 1969. Photo taken around 1955. R. H. Davis & Co. Ltd, Yarmouth, N. S.
