North Country At Work

A North Country Public Radio Project

Running Logs in North Country Rivers

In the heyday of logging in the Adirondacks, logs were transported en mass on the waterways of the Adirondacks in log drives. Collected here are photos of log drives from 1890-1940.

Collection Items

Logger with peavey in the Town of Webb
Logger with peavey in the Town of Webb
Log jam in Stone Valley near Colton
Loggers with pikes at Kings Falls on Deer River in Denmark
Loggers with pikes at Kings Falls on Deer River in Denmark
Loggers during a spring log drive on the Racquette River in Colton
Loggers during a spring log drive on the Racquette River in Colton
Day’s Mill in Hopkinton
Day’s Mill in Hopkinton
Logs going over the Old Forge Dam
Logs going over the Old Forge Dam
Drivers at the “Big Boom” on the Hudson River in Glens Falls
Breaking a log jam during spring drive in the Town of Webb
Breaking a log jam during spring drive in the Town of Webb
Logs falling from a flume into the Ausable River
Oswegatchie River filled with pulp logs in Harrisville
Breaking up log jam
Men working spring log jam on Grasse River in Pyrites
Pulpwood logs in Rock Island Bay in Tupper Lake
Pulpwood logs in Rock Island Bay in Tupper Lake
Floating logs on the Black River in Carthage
Floating logs on the Black River in Carthage
Log drivers posing next to the Grasse River in Canton
Log drivers posing next to the Grasse River in Canton