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The Timber Trade in the 1800s The Timber Trade in the 1800s

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Timber After 1812 England wanted more timber from Canada Timber wood trees Even after the war of 1812 England continued to order timber from Canada This made the timber trade industry ID: 395445

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The Timber Trade in the 1800sSlide2

Timber

After 1812, England wanted more

timber

from Canada.

Timber = wood / trees

Even after the war of 1812 England continued to

order

timber from Canada

This made the timber trade / industry

grow

within CanadaSlide3

Timber

The timber trade had lots of

effects

on Canada

Timber became the most

exported

natural resource

 less and less attention was given to the fur trade

People

invested

($$$) lots of money in the timber trade  new

companies

, banks, etc.

New places to

work

and new

jobs

!

Sawmills

, lumber yards, etc.

Lumberjacks

,

raftsmen

, etc.

More jobs  more people

moved

to Canada to workSlide4

Exported wood from the port of Quebec City to EnglandSlide5

Logging

Logging means

cutting

down trees and moving the trees

Most of the time, logging happened in the

winter

It was easier to cut trees down when the

sap

was not moving in the treesSnow on the ground made it easy to drag the tressSlide6

Logging

In the late fall or early

winter

, men would set up a

camp

in an area where there were enough trees to cut

They would clear

pathways

to move the cut treesThey would make sure supplies could be delivered as well

The men spent several

months

in the campsSlide7
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Logging

Lots of men who were in good shape were needed for logging

The men used

timber axes

to cut the trees down and the shape the trees into squares

The men also used

cross-cut saws

to cut trees downSlide10
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Logging

Usually, the

cut tress were

‘squared’

This means turning the round tree into a

square

shape

Oxen, horses and eventually trains were used to move the cut treesSlide13
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Logging

Trees were put into a

river

or stream

to be moved from the logging camp to other places

Trees were put into the

water

in springThe water was free from iceThe men used the river to move

the trees.Slide17

Logging

Most of the time the tress were

tied

together

This was called a

‘raft’

Mean would stay on the raft until it got

to its

destinationUsually, the cut trees were put onto boats and sent to EnglandSlide18
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The Timber Trade 2

 

The

timber

trade

used

technology in different

ways

Sawmills

, canals

and

railways

were

the

most

important

Sawmills

cut

the large logs

quicker

that

cutting

them

by hand

Canals

are

man made

rivers

’ to help move the logs

quicker

Railways

could

move

timber

and

other

goods

quicker

than

water and

could

connect

cities

Banks

were

also

important

they

helped

pay

for

sawmills

,

canals

and

railwaysSlide24

Sawmills

Sawmills were built next to

water

way with fast currents

They used the current to move a

blade

that would cut the logs into squares or into

boards

.There were very small sawmills that would cut logs for towns close byThere were also

large

sawmills that would cut lots of logs to ship elsewhere

Men would place logs in a harness and the

waterpower

would move the blade to cut the logsSlide25
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Canals

C

anals

are

man made

rivers

They are used for the timber trade and for boats to travel into the continent

Canals connect to natural rivers and lakesCanals were needed to make shipping fasterThis made the

economy

stronger

The first canals were close to

Ottawa

The

Rideau Canal

is still in Ottawa today.

It is used mainly for recreational (fun) purposes.Slide29
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Banks

Some of the

first

‘established’ banks in Canada were started in

Montreal

The

Bank of Montreal

started in

1817Banks were ways for people to borrow money to start sawmills or build railwaysSlide41
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CANAUX ET BANQUES

CONCLUSION

 

1791 – 1840 au Bas-Canada:

Importance: fourrure

bois.

Stagnation ( ) agricole

Développement des transports (canaux) et des banques.