99. The Alligator Weslemkoon

THE WESLEMKOON

THE WESLEMKOON ALLIGATOR The accompanying photo is of the alligator, The Weslemkoon (meaning bank beaver), that was employed to tow logs on Lake Weslemkoon during the 1890’s. It is a photograph taken during a picnic as the craft was travelling from Weslemkoon down the Mississippi branch of the Madawaska River past McArthur’s Mills to the […]

The Sweeping Of Logs At The Rapide De La Montagne.

THE GILMOUR LOG DRIVE

THE LONG DRIVE by Ralph Bice Wednesday, September 4, 1974 In most all of the stories about Algonquin Park mention is made of the famous and unusual log drive when the Gilmore (Gilmour – Ed.) Lumber Company drove pine logs all the way from their limits in said Park to their sawmill at Trenton. The […]