. Canadian forest industries January-June 1913. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Lumber Transport by Sluiceway in Nova Scotia—Where the Deals are Tacked Together. menced to cut and hew, so as to obtain material from which to erect their houses. As the country became more thickly settled, those who had already learned to fell and hew the forest trees found that there was a market for more timber than they could use for their own pur- poses. They naturally commenced to make a business of timber manufacturing. Ships were built and the ti
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1913. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Lumber Transport by Sluiceway in Nova Scotia—Where the Deals are Tacked Together. menced to cut and hew, so as to obtain material from which to erect their houses. As the country became more thickly settled, those who had already learned to fell and hew the forest trees found that there was a market for more timber than they could use for their own pur- poses. They naturally commenced to make a business of timber manufacturing. Ships were built and the timber carried to other countries, becoming quite an important source of income to the people of the province. Once the timber manufacturing business had com- menced, its growth was rapid. The two chief problems which had to be faced were those of transportation and power. To facilitate the driving of logs and the production of power, dams were built across the swift running brooks and rivers. Water mills were then erected and the power from the streams was used to operate the old up-and- down saws which subsequently gave place to the rotary. These conditions continued for some time until an era of tion in machinery arrived. Then the water wheels were replaced by steam portable mills and the old rather sleepy lumbering industry took on new life. The growth of this industry and of many others made necessary the building of the Intercolonial Railway, which passes through Nova Scotia, running north of the Cobequid range of mountains. The railway crosses the mountains at Folleigh, then runs along the side to Truro. All along this range of mountains the lumbering industry has been carried on for many years. The timber consists of birch, beech, pine, hemlock and fir, all of excellent quality, growing tall and straight and impressing lumbermen with an immedi- ate appreciation of its high grade and value. Timber growing in the forests, however, is a very different thing from lu
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