Agriculture and the Lumberman's Frontier in the Upper St. John Valley, 1800–70

Abstract

I n many sections of the early nineteenth-century northeast Canadian frontier, agriculture and the lumber industry were closely interconnected,' Weknow that the interrelationships were pervasive, but we know little about the detail s, and as Graeme Wynn has pointed out, they defy generalization. Farmers' participation in the lumber industry varied by time , place, and the needs of the individu als involved.?