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Logging Operations

The Old Dam, Parry Sound, Ontario

Available Images: Full Size
Accession Number: AIII31
Category: Lumbering; Logging Operations
Description: Dams were built to hold back water in the summer when the water levels were low. The dams would be opened periodically, and the logs that had collected behind would be carried through, to the next dam.
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Source: PSPL
Physical Attributes: 8.7cm x 14cm; colour postcard
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Keywords: logging; lumbering; operations; river; transport; dam; sawlogs; float; strand; waterway;
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