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A forest fire approaches the thriving town of Musquash, sending its residents fleeing to a nearby marsh for safety.

 

Musquash was a thriving community on the Bay of Fundy, boasting several factories, mills, a railway station, and a port. All of that came to an abrupt end when the town was completely destroyed in only a couple of hours one afternoon in 1903.

 

https://backyardhistory.ca/articles/f/the-forest-fire-that-destroyed-musquash