Canadian Heritage

Thematic Collections

Log Drive
Drivers Guiding Logs
Drivers Guiding Logs

Date: Before 1973
Creator:
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies, Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. Doris Hébert, Mr. Guy Bouchard, Mr. Léopold Couturier

Description: Log jams happened every year at certain places in the stream. Men were assigned to those places to prevent pile-ups. Here in the Green River area, two drivers guide logs. Notice the tree trunk used as a bridge by the drivers to walk across the stream without getting wet.

Subject: New Brunswick,Forests, Logging, Log Driving, Green River