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Log Drive
Drivers on a Boat Sweep the River with Pike Poles
Drivers on a Boat Sweep the River with Pike Poles

Date: June 10th, 1955
Creator: L. R. Coburn, Studio Laporte
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies, Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. Martin N. Turgeon

Description: After the main drive of sawlogs moving down the Tobique River on its journey to the Fraser Companies Limited Sawmill at Plaster Rock, N. B., men armed with pike poles sweep the river on small boats to free logs caught on flats and along the banks.

Subject: New Brunswick,Forest, Logging, Log Driving, Plaster Rock, Tobique River