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Category: Forestry

Who were loggers?

Who were loggers?

Interview with Normand Séguin, historian and professor emeritus at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR). Text on screen: Who were loggers?  Close-up of Mr. Normand Séguin. Text on […]
Papermaking

Papermaking

Thousands of employees worked at the Belgo paper mill, from the time the first machine was commissioned in 1904 to the complete shutdown of production in 2008.
La Tuque, Brown Corporation Plant.

La Tuque, Brown Corporation Plant.

The Brown Corporation played a major role in the development of La Tuque.
Drivers

Drivers

To keep track of the logs floating on the Saint-Maurice, log drivers often worked from boats, such as barges, lighters and steamboats called alligators.
To Each Their Own

To Each Their Own

Drivers took considerable risks to transport enormous amounts of wood to the mills. In 1942, the Compagnie de flottage du Saint-Maurice had sent about 55,000 logs down the river, […]
Basic Comfort

Basic Comfort

Despite the harshness of their work, the loggers had only basic comfort when they returned to camp in 1926.
Lumber Camp

Lumber Camp

Around 1940, these loggers occupied a camp at Rapide-Blanc, located more than 230 kilometres north of Trois-Rivières.