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    Badore Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1884 - 1886

    Badore Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1886 - 1887

    The banking grounds (on the banks of the river) were where logs were hauled prior to being put in the river to be sent to the sawmill.

    Brush Creek Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1894-1896

    Brush Creek Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1896-1897

    Brush Creek Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1897-1898

    Registration for cattle brand adopted by John Jackson, 1917.

    Registration for cattle brand adopted by John Jackson, 1928.

    In the background is Churchill Lumber Company saw mill. There are two wood burners burning the waste. (also known as a teepee burner or a wigwam burner). Logs are floating in the river, waiting to be sorted in the sorting gaps. There is a wooden vessel docked to the right ...

    Churchill Lumber Mill at the mouth of the Thunder Bay River. The cone shaped structure is a "burner" used to burn sawdust, bark, and trimmings. Floating "booms," made of logs chained together, separated the property of one company from that of another. From the booms, logs were floated to the ...

    Here is a Cookhouse at a lumber camp in Alpena, Michigan. The people would be the Cook and the helpers (which are called bullcooks, flunkeys or cookees) that handled the food.

    Graham Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1884-1885

    Two white horses are hitched up to a skid loaded with seven large logs. There is a lumberjack sitting on top of the pile of logs. Another lumberjack is in the background, on the right side, holding a cant hook.

    Teams of horses hauling logs.

    Hubert Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1887-1888

    Hunt Creek Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1891-1892

    Jackson Lake Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1895-1896

    Kelly Lumber Camp Account Ledger, 1887-1888

    Lumberjacks work together to move the logs from the skids and are putting them onto the large piles.

    Felling a tree using a cross-cut saw. The saw replaced the axe, which led to increased efficiency.