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Timber-cutting
A Logger Scaling a Cord of Wood
A Logger Scaling a Cord of Wood

Date: 195-
Creator:
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies, Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. Doris Hébert, Mr. Guy Bouchard, Mr. Léopold Couturier

Description: After having cut and debarked timber, loggers piled the logs in an accessible place for transportation. Here a logger is scaling a cord of wood which was the way to keep tabs on the quantity of wood cut.

Subject: New Brunswick,Forests, Logging, Tree Felling, Green River.