DCHP-3

timber road

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1 — Hist.

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Quotations

1844
In 1832, models of Plank and Timber Roads were submitted to Sir John Colborne, with estimates of the cost of each, by Mr. Cull, Civil Engineer, who had been recommended to Sir John Colborne.
1844
The model of a third description of timber road was also submitted to the Government and laid on the table of the House of Assembly, during the period of Sir Francis Head's residence in Canada.
2 — Lumbering

a bush road made for hauling logs from the cutting area.

Quotations

1883
These timber roads are often exceedingly bewildering even to old experienced bush- rangers. . . .
1896
Roads by which supplies were got to the shanties and timber roads connecting shanties with rivers and creeks, were long their only roads.