. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. TO CANADA LUMBERMAN and WOOD-WORKER Num"»> 8XV' } TORONTO. MONTREAL — SEPTEMBER. 1905 — WINNIPEG. VANCOUVER {an'uf'&'IS PioR Cenu MR. ANDREW McCORMICK. One of the most interesting figures in Ottawa district lumber circles is Mr. Andrew McCor- mick, one of the "old ; For over half a century he has been identified with the busi- ness, and he was well established in it before the first plank was thrown off a saw at the Chaudiere. Although
. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. TO CANADA LUMBERMAN and WOOD-WORKER Num"»> 8XV' } TORONTO. MONTREAL — SEPTEMBER. 1905 — WINNIPEG. VANCOUVER {an'uf'&'IS PioR Cenu MR. ANDREW McCORMICK. One of the most interesting figures in Ottawa district lumber circles is Mr. Andrew McCor- mick, one of the "old ; For over half a century he has been identified with the busi- ness, and he was well established in it before the first plank was thrown off a saw at the Chaudiere. Although a Scotchman by birth, Mr. McCor- mick prides himself on being a Canadian. Born in Ayrshire, Scotland, seventy years ago, he came to Canada at the age of seven. He came across the blue Atlantic in one of the old type sailing vessels, steam then being but a dream of the future. Although he was but a "sapling" at the time, Mr. McCormick re- members the trip well. The ship was not a regular cargo carrying vessel, but was chart- ered by a party of sturdy Scotchmen, including McCormick, sr., and fitted up in compartments, one for each family. On February nth, 1843, Mr. McCormick, then a lad of fourteen, entered on his long and successful lumbering career. He left Ottawa —then Bytown—on that date, his destination being the Dumoine river. The young lumber- man was then in the employ of the late Joseph Aumond, one of the earliest operators of the Ottawa district. Mr. McCormick worked in his early days as clerk. From the Dumoine country the square timber for the British mar- ket was driven down the river of that name sixty miles to the Ottawa and down the latter stream ten miles to the Des Joachims boom, where it was made into rafts for movement to Quebec City. Towing was not heard of in those days, and the rafts had to be propelled by huge oars, hewn into shape by the deft axe handlers. Mr. McCormick remained in Mr. Aumond's employ twelve years, at the end of which t
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