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Log Drive on the Saint-Maurice River

Black and white photograph showing people working on a log drive on the Saint-Maurice River in 1987. Nine people are standing on a pontoon, holding poles.
Appartenance Mauricie Société d’histoire régionale, L’Hebdo du Saint-Maurice Fonds (HSM1742-007). Unknown photographer.

This picture shows employees of the Compagnie de flottage du bois gathering logs that had escaped the booms set up along the Saint-Maurice River. It was the last river in Quebec on which a log drive took place. The final one was held in 1995.