Algonquin Logging Museum: Logging History in Algonquin Provincial Park
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Algonquin Logging Museum: Logging History in Algonquin Provincial ParkEntry/Object ID
2022.56.01Tags
Algonquin Park, District of Nipissing, Logging History, Lumber HistoryScope and Content
Booklet, walking tour guide for the Algonquin Logging Museum in the Algonquin Provincial ParkContext
The guidebook is a walking tour for the museum's outdoor exhibits. The exhibits are on a 1.3 km long trail loop. The exhibits are divided into the stations, they are as follows: 1. Your Home for the Winter: Logging Camp Cabin 2. And How Are You This Morning, My Fine Beauties!: About the horses who worked for the lumber camps 3. The (and the Waste) of it all: discusses the skill of logging before machinery 4. Through Snowy Woods to Frozen Lakes: discusses the process of loading logs onto sleighs to be transported 5. Preparing the Way: discusses the process of clearing pathways for the log sleighs 6. Hanging on For Dear Life: discusses the process of transporting the logs and the dangers of driving a log sleigh 7. Big business: discusses the process of log driving 8. Around and Around... Very Slowly: discusses the process of cadge cribs, massive rafts powered by horses 9. The Best Way!: discusses the introduction of steam powered tugs to transport logs 10. Workhorse of the River Drive: discusses the additional jobs needed during log transport including log jams 11. Tools of the River Driver: discusses tools workers used to move logs including: peavys and portable winches 12. Dam Impressive!: discusses creating dams and log chutes 13. In Memoriam: discusses the men who had passed away while working on the chutes and dams 14. High Tech Tree Cutting: discusses the invention of the crosscut saw 15. We've Come a Long Way: discusses the introduction of the cookshop and blacksmith in the sawlog camp 16. From Muscle Power to Motor Power: discusses the introduction and invention of the donkey engines, two man chainsaws, mechanical skidders, and trucks 17. Railways Through the Forest!: discusses the implementation of logging railways and the railway industry 18. Changing Times, Changing Thoughts: discusses the role of the Ministry of Natural Resources and their involvement in the creation of the provincial park 19. How to Grow Trees: discusses the regreening processCollection
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