. Canadian forest industries 1908. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 33 cook in a lumber camp in Algoma. Leaving the camp on a fishing expedition, he lost his way and for sixteen days wandered about in the woods without food. At the end of the tenth day his boots gave out and he tore piece off his trousers and shirt and wrapped them about his feet. At the end of sixteen days, on May 25th, he came to a lumber camp and was looked after. Long has a wife and family residing at Peterborough. A number of log d
. Canadian forest industries 1908. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 33 cook in a lumber camp in Algoma. Leaving the camp on a fishing expedition, he lost his way and for sixteen days wandered about in the woods without food. At the end of the tenth day his boots gave out and he tore piece off his trousers and shirt and wrapped them about his feet. At the end of sixteen days, on May 25th, he came to a lumber camp and was looked after. Long has a wife and family residing at Peterborough. A number of log drivers recently arrived at Fredericton, N. B., from the headquarters of the St. John river last night and reported that eight men em- ployed on Win. Noble's drive for the Cushing Company, had been drowned by the breaking of a bateau while they were shooting rapids at the mouth of the Black river on Tuesday. Only two of the bodies have been found. Four other men lost their lives by drowning on the upper St. John river this year, mak- ing at least twelve fatalities altogether. Nineteen hundred and eight has been a record year for drowing on the drives. Niehol Bros.' sawmill at Owen Sound, Ont., was destroyed by fire early this month. The mill was located at the western limits of the town, outside of the water works protection. It was a wooden structure and a portion was used as a planing mill. Over 20,000 feet of lumber was burned and about the same quan- tity saved by throwing a considerable portion into the Pottawatamis river, on which the mill site is located. The loss is estimated at $12,000, half of which is on the mill. There was only $2,000 insurance on the entire property. The mill was burned a few years ago and rebuilt. An estimate has just been made of the pulp wood resources of Nova Scotia, which, excepting the province of Prince Edward Island, has less timber area than any other province in the Dominion. Six tracts, amounting altogether to 1,200 square miles, were car
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