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    Logging sleighs such as these were used to transport logs to the mill or possibly to the river to be floated to the mill.

    Huntsville Planing Mills, Huntsville Ontario. Loading wooden cart with large wooden wheels.

    From Huntsville With Spirit and Resolve, by Susan Pryke, c2000. One of the earliest lumber companies, Heath, Tait and Turnbull, built beside the railway at the foot of Yonge Street in 1886. The compa

    Huntsville With Spirit and Resolve by Susan Pryke states that the last river drives on the big East and Buck rivers were in 1936, although the Muskoka Wood Company continued towing logs around the lo

    The Muskoka Wood Manufacturing Co., was founded in 1901 by Robert James Hutcheson. Following his death in 1941 it was operated by his three sons, Frank, Harry and Arthur until it was sold in 1955. Th

    Log sawing contest near Huntsville, Ontario, 1966.

    Logs property of Muskoka Wood Producers Ltd., of Huntsville, Ontario.

    Muskoka Wood Products Ltd., Mill, on Hunter's Bay, Huntsville, Ontario, early 1950s.

    The Locks Mill was constructed in 1871 by John Fetterly who sold it to the Cottrill family in 1907. It closed in 1954 when part of the mill foundation collapsed. It was the longest operating waterpow

    As well as controlling water levels, the Big East River system was used every spring for log runs. The various lumber companies in the area stamped thier logs and sent them down the river with the sp

    As well as controlling water levels, the Big East River system was used every spring for log runs. The various lumber companies in the area stamped their logs and sent them down the river with the sp