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  • Ancien barrage entre le lac Pancake et la baie Camp 10 / Historic dam between Pancake Lake and Camp 10 Bay
    Ancien barrage entre le lac Pancake et la baie Camp 10 / Historic dam between Pancake Lake and Camp 10 Bay
    Image       This dam, one of many in the Sturgeon River watershed, was important at Cedar Lake in Thistle Township.
    Image     This dam, one of many in the Sturgeon River watershed, was important at Cedar Lake in Thistle Township.
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  • The stable at the Marten River Provincial Park Logging Camp & Museum
    The stable at the Marten River Provincial Park Logging Camp & Museum
    Image       Many Field area lumberjacks worked in the pine forests near this park.
    Image     Many Field area lumberjacks worked in the pine forests near this park.
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  • Cable and drum contraption
    Cable and drum contraption
    Image       Loaded log sleds were slowed down when going down hill by using this cable and drum contraption. It was used in hilly country because of injury to lumberjacks and horses.
    Image     Loaded log sleds were slowed down when going down hill by using this cable and drum contraption. It was used in hilly country because of injury to lumberjacks and horses.
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  • Un chargeur à billots, Field / A jammer, Field
    Un chargeur à billots, Field / A jammer, Field
    Image       Jammers were very easy to build as they only needed some cables and pulleys that were connected to logs they could cut on site. Two men could easily operate this very simple piece of equipment powered by a horse, or other equipment to pull the cable and lift the logs …
    Image     Jammers were very easy to build as they only needed some cables and pulleys that were connected to logs they could cut on site. Two men could easily operate this …
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  • Gare Canadien Nationale et scierie Field Lumber /  Field Lumber mill and the Canadian National Railway station.
    Gare Canadien Nationale et scierie Field Lumber / Field Lumber mill and the Canadian National Railway station.
    Image       Both the mill and the railway were mandatory for the success of the community of Field over 75 years.
    Image     Both the mill and the railway were mandatory for the success of the community of Field over 75 years.
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  • Billots flottant sur la rivière Sturgeon / Floating logs on the Sturgeon River
    Billots flottant sur la rivière Sturgeon / Floating logs on the Sturgeon River
    Image       The river provided cheap transportation until the 1960s when they were hauled by trucks.
    Image     The river provided cheap transportation until the 1960s when they were hauled by trucks.
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  • Field Lumber yard
    Field Lumber yard
    Image       Field Lumber harvested very large white pine in the Sturgeon River basin. The Canadian National Railway ran a spur line into the Field Lumber yard.
    Image     Field Lumber harvested very large white pine in the Sturgeon River basin. The Canadian National Railway ran a spur line into the Field Lumber yard.
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  • Vue sur l'usine de rabotage de la scierie Field Lumber, 1977 / Bird-eye view of the Field Lumber planing mill, 1977
    Vue sur l'usine de rabotage de la scierie Field Lumber, 1977 / Bird-eye view of the Field Lumber planing mill, 1977
    Image       Note the houses on Larocque St. on the crest of a hill (left top of forest). This photo is near the Sturgeon River. The white building with a blue roof is the three wood dryers.
    Image     Note the houses on Larocque St. on the crest of a hill (left top of forest). This photo is near the Sturgeon River. The white building with a blue roof …
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  • Scierie Field Lumber, usine de rabotage et cour à bois / The Field Lumber planer, mill and yard
    Scierie Field Lumber, usine de rabotage et cour à bois / The Field Lumber planer, mill and yard
    Image       Scierie Field Lumber, usine de rabotage et cour à bois. / The Field Lumber planer, mill and yard.
    Image     Scierie Field Lumber, usine de rabotage et cour à bois. / The Field Lumber planer, mill and yard.
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  • Petite locomotive de triage abandonnée à la scierie Field Lumber / Abandoned Field Lumber small yard locomotive
    Petite locomotive de triage abandonnée à la scierie Field Lumber / Abandoned Field Lumber small yard locomotive
    Image       Field Lumber also used horses that hauled flat cars that were on a rail system in the yard.
    Image     Field Lumber also used horses that hauled flat cars that were on a rail system in the yard.
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  • Partie du village de Field, c. 1983 / Part of the village of Field, c. 1983
    Partie du village de Field, c. 1983 / Part of the village of Field, c. 1983
    Image       This photo was taken from what is called the "mountain" behind Ste-Marie School. The body of water is the Sturgeon River which runs south (right side).
    Image     This photo was taken from what is called the "mountain" behind Ste-Marie School. The body of water is the Sturgeon River which runs south (right side).
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  • Billots de la scierie Field Lumber empilés près du magasin Co-op / Field Lumber logs were piled high next to the Co-op store
    Billots de la scierie Field Lumber empilés près du magasin Co-op / Field Lumber logs were piled high next to the Co-op store
    Image       The left of center white building is the Field Hotel which is still standing together.
    Image     The left of center white building is the Field Hotel which is still standing together.
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  • Usine de rabotage démolie par une tornade, Field, ON / Planing mill demolished by a tornado, Field, ON
    Usine de rabotage démolie par une tornade, Field, ON / Planing mill demolished by a tornado, Field, ON
    Image       The tornado caused over $249,000 in damage to many houses in the village of Field. There was also a death caused by the tornado.
    Image     The tornado caused over $249,000 in damage to many houses in the village of Field. There was also a death caused by the tornado.
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  • Fournaise, scierie Field Lumber / Furnace, Field Lumber
    Fournaise, scierie Field Lumber / Furnace, Field Lumber
    Image       Waste wood and shavings were fed into a furnace that produced steam to drive an electric generator that powered the saws and other equipment at nearly no cost.
    Image     Waste wood and shavings were fed into a furnace that produced steam to drive an electric generator that powered the saws and other equipment at nearly no cost.
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  • René Larocque, scierie Field Lumber
    René Larocque, scierie Field Lumber
    Image       The 450 H.P. generator powered by steam was able to provide electricity for equipment in the Field Lumber mill.
    Image     The 450 H.P. generator powered by steam was able to provide electricity for equipment in the Field Lumber mill.
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  • Field Township officials visit Field Lumber
    Field Township officials visit Field Lumber
    Image       Field Township officials visit Field Lumber.
    Image     Field Township officials visit Field Lumber.
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  • Allingue retiréee de la rivière Sturgeon / Boom logs pulled from the Sturgeon River
    Allingue retiréee de la rivière Sturgeon / Boom logs pulled from the Sturgeon River
    Image       Boom logs have been used for centuries in lakes and rivers to protect certain areas or keep logs into a floating corral.
    Image     Boom logs have been used for centuries in lakes and rivers to protect certain areas or keep logs into a floating corral.
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  • Poinçon de la scierie Field Lumber / Field Lumber Brand
    Poinçon de la scierie Field Lumber / Field Lumber Brand
    Image       Poinçon de la scierie Field Lumber sur une grume qui a été dans la rivière pendant au moins 75 ans. / Field Lumber brand on the butt of a boom log which had been in water for 75 years.
    Image     Poinçon de la scierie Field Lumber sur une grume qui a été dans la rivière pendant au moins 75 ans. / Field Lumber brand on the butt of a boom …
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  • Déchiqueteur, scierie Field Lumber, Field, ON / Chipper, Field Lumber, Field, ON
    Déchiqueteur, scierie Field Lumber, Field, ON / Chipper, Field Lumber, Field, ON
    Image       A secondary industry, chips, provided local employment as contractors discovered a market for them, not for burning but as part of products developed by the Sturgeon Falls Abitibi mill.
    Image     A secondary industry, chips, provided local employment as contractors discovered a market for them, not for burning but as part of products developed by the Sturgeon Falls Abitibi mill.
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  • Pompe d'incendie à vapeur / Steam driven fire pump
    Pompe d'incendie à vapeur / Steam driven fire pump
    Image       Bâtisse sur le bord de la rivière Pike abritant une pompe actionnée à la vapeur servant à la protection de la cour à bois de Field Lumber de 1943 à 1960. / Field Lumber installed a steam driven fire pump on Pike River to protect the wood yard from 1943-1960.
    Image     Bâtisse sur le bord de la rivière Pike abritant une pompe actionnée à la vapeur servant à la protection de la cour à bois de Field Lumber de 1943 à …
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