squared timber

Lumbering, Hist.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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in the early days of Canadian logging, the staple export of timbers squared in the shanties and rafted to the Quebec timber coves for shipment.

Quotations

1824

Such is the usual routine of what is called Shantying in Canada, and such is the plan followed by those who take out squared Timber.

1959

Tools and implements used in the early days of the logging and squared timber era are on display.