SHEFFIELD, N.B. --
Using 12 power poles, giant bolts and a crane, Tina and Paul Arthurs lifted their camper six feet high – no longer fearing the spring freshet.
The couple know the destruction of a flood. The historic 2018 flood along the St. John River destroyed the main level of their home. They lived in a camper for months, well into the winter, while the house was renovated and lifted six feet.
The Arthurs decided to do the same for their summer home – a camper on a piece of riverfront property.
"It will never flood here," said Paul Arthurs. "Like, this is never going to hit water. If it floods here, everything's flooded."