 The completion of the railroad, owned by the St. Charles and Huron River Railway Company, between Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury and Loretteville in 1912 led to intensive logging in the area.Timber was floated down the Hurons River to Stoneham from where it was brought by rail to Quebec City.The railway was also used to transport cargo and wood pulp of the Brown Corporation and the Donnacona Paper Company.