river drive

Lumbering

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a specific collection of logs being floated downstream at high water from the timber limits to a mill or shipping point.

See: drive ((n.))(def. 1)

Quotations

1920

. . . we were enjoying the sights we saw along the line: the lakes, rivers, the river-drives . . . also the logs in the rivers.

1963

In New Brunswick . . . developed the river drive of the squared timber and the masts. . . .

1964

In remote areas along the Petawawa . . . the colourful river drive is as much a part of the 1960's as it was of the 1860's.