A fact from Logging camp appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 February 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that logging camps were placed next to a river so that harvested logs could be floated to lumber mills in the spring?
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Latest comment: 3 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
I'm not sure I am doing this comment correctly, but it was my understanding that fresh-cut ("green") pine and and other "soft" wood species will float (down a river), but not fresh-cut hardwoods which are denser, and need to be transported by other means. I don't recall where I read that though. --2600:6C48:7006:200:B056:6066:1296:EF0B (talk) 02:25, 28 February 2021 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 1 year ago3 comments2 people in discussion
The article talks about logging camps as a thing of the past, but here in northern British Columbia they still exist.Bill (talk) 22:59, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
The problem is that I am speaking from personal knowledge, which cannot form the basis for material in Wikipedia. I, or someone else, will have to find published sources.Bill (talk) 23:51, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply
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