Welcome to the city of Edmundston, New Brunswick.
The following autumn pictures are along the trail which
leads from the Hotel République to the downtown area.

Looking back at our hotel as we set out...

then across the bridge and off we go.

Reflections on the beautiful mill pond in downtown Edmundston

Birch and Larch tree

Train Ahead

The tracks run through the Golf Course

 
For those on the Teachers' Tour staying in Edmundston on Saturday, here's one great idea...

Walking across a bridge on the Madawaska River

The headquarters for our Teachers' Tour was the Hotel République on the north-end of Edmundston, just off the Trans-Canada Highway.  The address is 919 Canada Road, Edmundston, N.B. E3V 3K2 and the phone number is (506)735-5525.
Les Jardin Botanique Du Nouveau Brunswick The New Brunswick Botanical Garden This was the site of our opening dinner.
Thursday morning started out at Fraser Nursery.
We visited Fraser Boxmill & Cogeneration.  Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of electricity and thermal energy, fueled by 100 tons per hour of bark and sawmill waste - referred to as biomass.
A Caterpillar tractor works on the chip pile. The chips are made from the roundwood in the foreground. The chips are converted to pulp and the pulp to paperboard
Alliance Forest Products in St. Jacques, makers of AllJoist high performance floor & roof systems.
Our dinner on Thursday was held at the ski-resort Mont Farlagne.
Alain Bossé of Groupe Savoie, Robert Rivard, Jacques Couturier stand in the yard at Groupe Savoie Inc., a company which specializes in products for the flooring, furniture, and construction industries.
Jacques, Robert and Alain in front of the Pallets that Groupe Savoie is famous for.  The plant also manufactures mouldings and laminated panels of varied sizes.
Jacques & Robert
A Commercial Thinning on the Irving Forest Plantation.
Robert tries to explain the difference between black spruce, red spruce, and white spruce to Jacques, who wants no part of this explanation.
Bob Legg, President of Temperate Forest Foundation
Alain Laplante (Development Officer of The Experimental Forest, Edmundston Campus of the University of Moncton), Jacques, and Robert plan the Teachers' Tour visit to The Experimental Forest, a joint venture of the University of Moncton, Department of Natural Resources and Energy, and Fraser Paper Inc.  Notice the White Cedar paneling...
A Red Oak sapling growing in a photo-degradable tube which enhances photosynthesis, reduces competition, and protects from wildlife.	Bob, Alain, and Jacques stand in front of a Larch tree, a conifer which changes color and looses all its leaves annually.
The Irving mill will be featured on the 2000 tour.
	The photo at left is of the Seafood Paradise and Steak Restaurant in Edmundston.
Across the pond, the University of Moncton sits atop a hill in the background.
Hotel République, headquarters of the 1999 & 2000 Canadian Teachers' Tour.