DCHP-3

lakeshore line

Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a long line used in the timber trade for getting logs from the shore to the vessels which were to carry them to market.

Quotations

1945
Boats were lowered and long "lake shore lines" run from vessel to beach. The timber-men would set the timber afloat, the vessel men then "dogged" it together, a few pieces at a time. To reach their vessels they stood or sat on each little lot of timber and hauled it out by means of the "lake shore line."