Canadian Heritage

Thematic Collections

Log Drive
Log Pulled with a Cable
Log Pulled with a Cable

Date: 1957
Creator:
Source: CDEM Fraser Companies, Limited Collection
Collaborator(s): Mr. Léopold Couturier, Mr. Martin N. Turgeon

Description: Various methods are used to release 16-foot logs during the drive. Here, in 1957 on the Little Tobique River, drivers attach a cable around a stack of logs and, with a tractor they pull the logs into the river. Notice peavies left on the 16-foot logs during the operation.

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