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Timber
Slide Timber slide, Hull, Lower Canada, carrying timber rafts past the rapids. In
1806 the first raft of heavy beams was taken down the Ottawa River by Philemon Wright.
Engraving by J.P. Newell (active c.1855-1878). ID #20302 |
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Timber
Raft Timber raft on the Ottawa River. From the 19th century onward, huge rafts of
square hewed timber were floated down the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers for export to
Britain. ID #20243 |
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Timber
Rafts Early photo of floating timber down the Ottawa River, Upper Canada. Timber
rafts reached 1000 feet and needed thirty to forty men to manage them. ID #20300 |
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Lumber
Rafts Lumber rafts at the junction of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers, early
1840s, one of a series of celebrated engravings by W.M. Bartlett, published in Canadian
Scenery, 1842. ID #10010 |
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Pulpwood
Pulpwood cut in eight-foot lengths, near Fort Frances, Ontario, on its way to the
Ontario-Minnesota Pulp and Paper Company. ID #20494 |
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McLachlin
Brothers Lumber Early photo of sawn lumber at McLachlin Brothers Lumber
Company,
Ontario, with the main lumber yard in Arnprior shown. ID #20343 |
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Lumber
Camp Post-confederation lumber camp in Northern Ontario. ID #20422 |
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Timber
Rafts Timber rafts on the St. Lawrence River, with sails helping the
current. ID #10224 |
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Square-Hewing
Square-hewing the big timbers in the wilds with the broad-axe. ID #10228 |
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Timber
Raft An Ottawa timber raft with its crew on the Ottawa River. ID #10227 |
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