Judy (Day) Ricketts was fourteen years old at the time of the International Woodworkers of America (IWA) Strike of 1959. A native of Badger, she, along with other schoolchildren, watched from the roadside as loggers and local authorities came...

Badger’s most important role in logging was that it was from there that the “Badger Drive” was conducted.  This log drive took place on the Exploits River between Badger and Grand Falls and was carried on between 1908-1991.  The...

The family names most closely associated with Badger can be traced back to the Paul and Barrington family and it is John Paul that is thought to be the first permanent resident of the town.  John Paul and John...

Constable William Moss was tragically killed on March 12, 1959 during the International Woodworkers of America strike at Badger that eventually became known as the “Badger Riot”. Constable Moss of the RNC was struck on the head with a...