Lumbering In Northern Ontario (1923)

A British Instructional Films production. 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 climb