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SUMMARY:Logging the Flats: The Steam Era, 1910-1945
URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/logging-the-flats-the-steam-era-1910-194593/
LOCATION:Courtenay and District Museum :: 207 Fourth Street Courtenay, V9N 1G7
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:In this talk, richly illustrated with rare photos and maps, popular historian Richard Mackie will follow the Comox Logging & Railway Company as it logged 60,000 acres of Douglas-fir forest to the north of Courtenay and at Comox Lake in the era of highlead logging, 1910-1945. =0D=0A=
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Before trucks and chainsaws, Comox Logging's workforce of 400 men used crosscut saws, donkeys, skidders, railways, cherry pickers, and steam locomotives to log "the flats" north of Courtenay. =0D=0A=
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Mackie will also reflect on the accuracy and charm of Bus Griffiths’ 1978 classic "Now You're Logging" reprinted this year for its 35th Anniversary Edition by Harbour Publishing.  A copy of "Now You’re Logging" will be awarded as a door prize to one lucky audience member. =0D=0A=
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Following the lecture, Mackie will be on hand to sign copies of his books.  This award-winning author has composed a number of Comox Valley history books including "The Wilderness Profound", "Island Timber" and "Mountain Timber".=0D=0A=
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Tickets for this event go on sale Saturday, September 14, 2013 at the Courtenay and District Museum located at 207 4th Street in downtown Courtenay.
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