Log driving

Log drivers at Klarälven in Sweden.

Log driving is a means of moving logs (sawn tree trunks) from a forest to sawmills and pulp mills downstream using the current of a river. It was the main transportation method of the early logging industry in Europe and North America.[1]

  1. ^ "Manistee National Forest (N.F.), Pere Marquette Wild and Scenic River (WSR), Proposed, Environmental Impact Statement". Manistee National Forest. December 31, 1976. p. 62. Retrieved September 29, 2019.

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