Parry Sound Logging Days
Name/Title
Parry Sound Logging DaysEntry/Object ID
2022.308.01Tags
Lumber History, Lumberjacks, Parry Sound, Ontario, District of Parry Sound, Logging History, LogdrivingScope and Content
Book discussing the history of the development of the logging and lumber industries and operations in Parry Sound.Context
The book is told from the perspective of both the workers as well as their families and it focuses on their experiences during the creation of these industries. It also includes first hand accounts from the loggers. The book is broken down into parts, they are as follows: Part 1. Going to the Bush: - First Job - Building Camp - Dressing for the Job: Knee Pants and No Socks - Tools of the Trade: Saws, Axes, Canthooks - At Work Chopping, Limbing, Loading, Skidding - The Roads - Man and Beast: Teamsters, Blacksmiths, Horses and Oxen - Peeling and Tanning - Camp Life: Cooks, Cookees, and Cookeries - Camp Life: Singers and Fighting - Grandfathers, Fathers, Mothers and Sons - More Bush Characters - Lost Time, Lost Fingers - Companies and Bosses Part 2. Going on the Drive: - Power and Balance: River-Drivers - Birling - A Fair Wind - Boys on the Drive - At Work: Alligators and River Hogs - Food and Clothing - Singing, Dancing, Carving, Clipping - Hotels - They Used to Figure on Losing One Man a Year - In the Family - Companies and Bosses - On the Seguin Part 3. Working in the Mill: - The Mills - Quick Riches - My Father - How I got out of School - Back Luck and TroubleCollection
Lumber History Collection, District of Parry SoundCataloged By
Kat BezaireCategory
Secondary Source