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    "Log train at Island Mill Bank, March 1911"

    "Fletcher, Pack & Co., Bay Mill, 1895"

    "Timber Bolt Sawyers"

    "Comstock Logs below 9th Street, 1888"

    Hemlock. These men are peeling bark from a hemlock log. Tannic acid was extracted from the bark and use in the tanning of leather.

    "Island Mill Log Bank, Jan 5, 1908"

    "Ox-Bow, May 10, 1908"

    "Logs for Churchill Mill, 1910"

    "Oldfield Dam and Builder Moses Brown, April, 1881"

    "Logging Crew Huron Handle & Lumber Co."

    "Log Storage, Huron Handle & Lumber Co."

    Loggers loading logs on pile at Fletcher lumber camp in the summer.

    Loggers with large wheeled log towing apparatus with horse team attached.

    Loggers rolling logs off log pile for transportation in winter.

    Ox-Bow banking grounds. The "ox-bow" was named for a twisting stretch of the Thunder Bay River that resembled a yoke used to harness oxen. 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 ...

    Loggers peeling bark from trees. This was usually done with cedar and hemlock trees. Tannin was extracted from hemlock bark to be used in the leather tanning process.

    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.

    Log jam at the Ox-Bow. The Ox-Bow is a twisting section of the Thunder Bay River near Island Park on Chisholm Street. It was so named because it resembles the wooden yoke used with oxen, which were used in logging operations.

    Once done by horses, the steam loaders made loading logs onto railroad cars much easier. The horse-drawn piece of equipment shown on the right is a "big wheel." The big axle allowed it to be driven over a pile of logs. Chains were used to suspend the logs from the ...

    Loading or unloading logs on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway car.