Timber

Logging in the Northeast Kingdom was a booming industry back in the 1800s and so too were timber mills. Mr George Fitzgerald, a resident and a lumber baron of Island Pond in the late 1870s built a timber mill in the same location where the Goulet garage now stands. The existing garage is the last remaining part of the original mill building.

George Fitzgerald owned 40 thousand acres of land around Island Pond and at one point he hired 400 employees. As well as cutting logs into planks of wood, bobbins were made at the mill for woollen mills. He stayed in business until 1903-1906

During the 1800s there were 88 sawmills in the area.

Logging and timber mills were a large part of Island Pond's history. You can view some of the tools that were used from that important era at the Island Pond Museum

Gallery of the timber/logging-related industry. To view more Images, please visit our Museum at 126 Cross Street, Island Pond, Vermont.