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Northern Ontario,
Canada. Spruce trees are the source of a great lumber industry. L/S of
Ontario landscape with trees and a lake. "Alligators" - steam boats
fitted with wheels carry loads from one lake to another over land. M/S
of Alligator traveling across the water through the trees. Development
of the lumber industry in Northern Ontario has been mainly dependent
upon the railway. M/S of train coming around the railway tracks pulling
trucks filled with lumber. C/U of the propulsion mechanism of the train
- not wheels. M/S of train traveling along. Horses are used to bring the
lumber to the railway and in the summer only light loads can be hauled
over the rough tracks. Various shots of horses pulling carts through
forest landscapes.
"Winter closes the lakes and rivers with ice and covers the forests with
a deep mantle of snow." Panning shot of snowy forest landscape. C/U of
four horses who are about to pull a heavy load. Man in a fur coat climbs
aboard the horse drawn vehicle. Moving shots of several horse drawn
vehicles. Men sit on top of the loads they are pulling - no clear what
these loads are but not lumber. M/S of a snow plough in operation in a
city street.
"The lumberman builds his own "shack" using his broad axe on the stout
logs with unerring skill." M/S of three men using small axes to slice
wood from logs to make posts for his shack. C/U of man working with his
axe. M/S of man sitting abreast a stack of tree trunks he uses his axe
to hack away at a large piece of lumber. M/S of men rolling big logs
around. C/U of men using metal poles to move lumber around. M/S of man
in a snowy landscape using an axe to chop away at a large log. "The
victualling of the camps is a well organised business. Herds of cattle
are driven to the camps for the meat supply." M/S of cattle walking
towards the camera. Shot of men following the cattle. "In summer the
outlaying camps are supplied with stores by means of motor boats." M/S
of a man in a motor boat. He starts the engine and moves off.
"Many of the lumbermen come from the Province of Quebec and bear strong
traces of their French ancestry." M/S of an elderly man carrying a pole
suspending two buckets from either end. He puts the bucket down and
takes off the yoke. He collects water in the buckets. C/U of the man as
he puts the yoke back on his shoulders and walks off.
"Gold is part of the mineral wealth of Northern Ontario, and often the
lumbermen take up prospecting in the hope of lucky strikes." M/S of
three men digging for gold. "They drill the the hard quartz in which the
gold is hidden". C/U of two men drilling through the rock with hand
tools. "...or with more primitive appliances, they wash the river gravel
in search of gold dust and nuggets." C/U of an elderly man panning for
gold. He leans over to look closely in his pan.
"But the search for gold is hazardous, and the wealth of Ontario still
lies in the wonderful forests which yield the stores of the lumber
yards." High angle shot of the lumber yards. Film ends.
Note: there were probably further reels to this documentary - currently
missing. FILM ID:3304.01
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