Lumber in the Almaguin Highlands

    Black and white photograph of three two horse teams pulling three sleds. They are on a street in Sundridge. There is a man on each sled there is a man driving the sleds. There are shops behind the sl

    Black and white photograph of loggers working at the lumberyard. They're all holding a cant hook (a lumber tool) in of their hands. Two of the men are standing behind two men sitting on lumber. The s

    Black and white photograph of the Standard Chemical shuttle train. There are four men sitting on the shuttle train. There's a small amount of smoke coming out of the smokestack. There are factory bui

    Black and white postcard of a lumber train. Hauling logs of birch. There are four log cars visible. There's a man beside one of the log cars, another man in the locomotive, and a third man at the fro

    Black and white panoramic photograph of workers of the Standard Chemical Company Lumber Section. Each of the workers names has been written in pencil, blue and black pen. There is a horse on the left

    Black and white photograph of lumberjacks standing on a log suspended in the air. There are eight men on the log. There are logs on the ground below them There are standing trees in the background.

    Black and white photograph of number two lumber siding at the Standard Chemical Company's South River lumber yard. There's a railroad track running straight down the middle of the photo, flanked by l

    Front row left to right: Doug Sohr, Bill Tough, George Tough, Jack Sararas, Ken Dohms with Percy Holutuk, Don Snow or Art Snow, Gordon Cotter, Morris Sararas, Orville Detta. The Back row from left to

    On the sleigh are thirteen cords of wood. This is believed to be the largest load ever brought into South River.

    Black and white photograph of a lumber yard across from the Burk's Falls wharf. It is likely the Knight Brother's Lumberyard. There is a set of railroad tracks running through the yard. In the wharf

    Black and white photograph of a road running through large stacks of snow covered logs in the winter. There are no people in the picture and there is a forest in the background. This is likely the lo

    Black and white photograph of a lumberyard in the village of Burk's Falls. From this distance it looks like a shanty town. These are actually towers of finished lumber. In the foreground is a set of