Great Forests and Mighty Men: Early Years in Canada's Vast Woodlands (Lorimer Illustrated History)
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (524 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1550289845 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Immortalized in folk song and tale, the logger in "the age of wood" wielded axe and saw to deliver a raw landscape into the twentieth century. The mighty timbers he hewed and trees he felled were the means to build and fuel a country.From Lake of the Woods in northern Ontario to Nova Scotia's old-growth Acadian forests, Canada offered a vast and rich resource of timber. The colourful and dangerous days of the loggers and lumbermen in the old-growth forests of Ontario, Quebec, and the MaritimesShantymen, river drivers, timbermen, lumber barons -- the words evoke a bygone world of hardy men of mythic strength and daring, of wilderness and trees as far as the imagination could stretch. With many colour and black and white illustrations and photographs from leading historic sites in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes, Great Forests and Mighty Men is a very human history of almost legendary figures.. David Lee, also the author of Lumber Kings
He has worked as an historian with Parks Canada, and has published numerous articles on Canadian history, as well as the book The Robins in Gaspé, 1766 to 1825. . DAVID LEE was born and raised in the Ottawa Valley, and educated at Carleton and Queen's universities
excellent history Erin Smith engaging and well written short history of eastern ontario's early logging days. Highly recommended. I hope there is a follow up with more detail.
He has worked as an historian with Parks Canada, and has published numerous articles on Canadian history, as well as the book The Robins in Gaspé, 1766 to 1825. About the Author DAVID LEE was born and raised in the Ottawa Valley, and educated at Carleton and Queen's universities.