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unusual facts about Thurso


Fowey Lifeboat Station

In August 1928 the boat was declared unfit for service and so a Watson Class motor lifeboat that was intended for Thurso Lifeboat Station, the H.C.J., was stationed at Fowey for a few months until Fowey's own boat, the C.D.E.C., arrived in December.


Duhamel, Quebec

Starting in 1925, the Singer Company, best known for its sewing machines, built a railway through Duhamel linking Thurso to Lake Montjoie (in Lac-Ernest unorganized territory).

Far North Line

The line did become strategically important during World War I and World War II as part of a supply route for Scapa Flow, Orkney: Jellicoe's Express linked Thurso directly with London (Euston) and Portsmouth.

Fraser Papers

Fraser's 3,700 employees worked in several pulp and paper mills in North America, including in Madawaska, Maine and in New Hampshire in the US, and Thurso, Quebec, and Edmundston, New Brunswick in Canada.


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