The saw mill was operated by Howard Doucette and later his son Claude. It's located not too far off the Western Road just outside Tignish on the Harper Road (Rte. 158) in the community of Harper, which is situated between the communities of St. Peter St. Paul and Peterville, not far from Leoville and Palmer Road.
I used to ride my bike over there, and watch Claude run the saw for hours at a time, as a kid <3
ReplyDeleteHoward Doucette was my Grandfather, when i was young, when we went to visit my grandfather and grandmother, my brothers and i would play in the sawdust pile. We used to get a kick out of watching my uncle Claude spitting this black stuff into an old tobacco can. He also used to take us trout fishing in the brook right between the house and the mill.
ReplyDeleteHoward Doucette was also my Grandfather. I remember the sound of the mill sawing way back when they still had the single cylinder Fairbanks Morse engine. errrrrrrrrrrrr...thump thump thump, errrrrrrrrrrr....thump thump thump. Whenever I smell fresh cut spruce I think of the sawdust pile, and Skipper and what I thought at the time was that long road up to the house.
DeleteHoward Doucette was also my Grandfather.
ReplyDeleteand i belive the engine was a Ruston Hornsby
single cylinder diesel
like the second engine in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVZBiOg2OdE
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ReplyDeleteDoucette was my great grandfather there was a stream with trout in it not far from the mill. I also played in the sawdust mountain.
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