Agency - French program:.Acadia Documentary Studio / Moncton.

Director, Serge Morin ; script, Serge Morin ; producer, Pierre Bernier, Diane Poitras ; camera, Marc Paulin ; sound, Georges Hannan ; editing, Fernand Bélanger ; sound editing, Fernand Bélanger, Claude Langlois ; re-recording, Serge Boivin, Jean Paul Vialard ; music, Richard Gibson.

Narrator, Alex Madsen ; participation, Francine Blais, Peter Briden, Ralph Murray, Guy Cormier, Jim Feltham, Kim Gallant, Maurice Gallant, Joe Ghiz, Aldeene Giannelia, Alexis Giannelia, Paul Giannelia, Pat Hepditch, Betty Howatt, Hubert Jacquin, Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, Maurice Levesque, Helena McDonald, Lyman Murray, Peggy Murray, Thomas Murray, Gary O'Hanley, Heather Parsons, Kevin Pytyck, George Read, Fernand Robichaud, Lorne Stevenson, Peter Strubel, Gilles Thériault, Randy Vallis.

Recorded 1998.

A day-to-day record of the construction of the Confederation Bridge linking Prince Edward Island to the mainland, Abegweit reveals some of the innovations which made this mammoth project one of the most impressive engineering feats in Canadian history. The film also gives a voice to the people affected by the bridge--construction workers happy to have the work and proud to be part of the project, ferry employees sad about losing their jobs and their seagoing family, islanders whose lives will be forever changed by the fixed link, and fishermen worried about the impact it will have on the environment and their livelihood. Abegweit captures the awesome scope of this engineering feat and the human side of such a massive undertaking. It is a stunning meeting of technology, politics, high finance and intense emotions.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).