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      One of many devices to help ease descent on snow covered hills. Called a Barienger brake after its inventor, also called a crazy wheel due to its complexity. It consisted of an endless half mile loop of cable that intertwined in the six wheels of the machine itself. Apparently it …

      See a short letter written by Joseph's grandson Michael Joseph Briere, in fond remembrance of his grandfather. My grandfather was a very determined man. If he said he would do something, he always did. He loved children and always brightened their day by sending them to the store for ice …

      Water Tanks: During logging days, roads were iced to enable the horses to pull loads of logs with greater efficiency. Icing of roads usually occured at night when it was the coldest so freezing would occur. The roads ended up with a glassy surface and also two deep ruts for …

      This is a hand made wooden recreation of an early horse stable that would have been typical of the livestock barns in the logging camps.

      This is a hand crafted reproduction of what was a horse drawn V Plough that was used to clear the roads.

      Skidding is described as the act of pulling felled logs out of the bush either with oxen or later horses which proved to be a better choice for handling abilities. Some horses proved very adept at their jobs and knew what was expected with little to no direction from their …

      "Camboose: from Canadian French, from French cambuse hut, store, from Dutch kambuis. The early days of logging saw a camboose which was used for both heating and cooking inside the log cabins or ""shanties"" that the loggers lived in. The ""camboose"" was constructed of four hardwood logs and a few …

      Saunas were popular in Finland long before Finland had a name. A sauna is a small room or hut heated to around 80 degrees Celsius. It is used for bathing as well as for mental and physical relaxation.

      A jammer was a primitive horse powered crane used for lifting logs up onto a pile or onto a sleigh. Two tall poles were stood on end, with a pulley at the top, which hoisted logs up onto the pile. Two loggers, called "bull-ropers", using "canthooks", helped to keep the …

      This hand made recreation of a horse drawn wagon and driver was created by Joseph Briere and shows great details such as the whiffletree, the collars, harnessing, the brake on the wagon.