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Lumber Piles, North Shore, Nova Scotia, Canada
1914
North Shore, Nova Scotia, Canada


Credits:
North Shore Archives CSHC

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Another source of revenue was to obtain the means to haul lumber from the mills to the railway siding. The hauler was paid in accordance with the number of board feet per load, so there was competition to load the largest amount of lumber on each sled or wagon, and to be the first to get to the siding. The industry flourished, with large quantities of timber being exported.

Teamsters were fond of their horses or oxen, and a close bond between them increased efficiency. Animals were fed before breakfast, while other men slept, and during the day, blanketing, the clearing of ice from hooves, or seeing to injuries, kept the teamster busy.