Byng Inlet
Graves Bigwood Sawmill, Byng Inlet
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Full Size |
| Accession Number: |
VFVII8 |
| Category: |
Lumbering; Byng Inlet |
| Description: |
This sawmill, located on the Magnetawan River, was one of the largest on the Great Lakes. Wagons loaded with dressed wood in foreground. These wagons were drawn by horses along tramways to the wharves, where the wood stayed for a year to dry before being shipped out. |
| Date: |
1914 |
| Source: |
PSPL |
| Physical Attributes: |
11.5cm x 30cm; sepia photograph |
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| Keywords: |
lumber; mill; sawmill; logging; operations; saw; wood; cut; process; dress; finished; Byng Inlet; Georgian Bay; company; logs; plank; timber; business; industry; commerce; fire; destroy; burn; blaze; work; town; abandoned; desert; ghost; |
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