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Category: Forestry

Floating sawlogs through the Fenelon Locks

Floating sawlogs through the Fenelon Locks

Sawlogs were common in navigable watercourses to the end of the nineteenth century, and made travel difficult for boats when they accumulated.
Piling Grounds to Subdivision

Piling Grounds to Subdivision

Row upon row of lumber at Mossom Boyd’s yard have become rows of houses at Bobcaygeon’s Port 32.
George Thompson’s Big Log Jam

George Thompson’s Big Log Jam

This 1886 sketch shows R. C. Smith’s Red Mill on the left, opposite the village grist mill.
Office of R.C. Smith’s Red Mill

Office of R.C. Smith’s Red Mill

The office of R.C. Smith’s Red Mill became Heritage House and today hosts RWH Construction. J.W. Howry &amp Sons of Saginaw Michigan leased the Red Mill for a […]