Description: Youngsters Jim and Catherine are on the footbridge crossing the Madawaska River in downtown Edmundston.Today this bridge is named Bernard Valcourt Bridge.The young people are looking at "la Place des Artisans" on the opposite bank of the river and the "Fortin du Petit-Sault", the Little Falls Fort up on the cliff. The Fort was rebuilt in 2000-2001. It had originally been built in 1841 during the period of the border disputes between England and the United States. After the signing of the Ashburton-Webster Treaty on August 9, 1842, the Fort was abandoned until it was destroyed when hit by lightning on July 12, 1855.