A Log Driver Working
Around 1940.
BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Rouyn-Noranda 50th Anniversary Committee Fonds (P34, D009, P005).
“The citizens of our cities noticed several loggers walking down the streets this week. We just started hiring log drivers for the spring drive, that is coming sooner than ever this year because of the thaw. Many men found jobs thanks to the Employment Agency led by Mr. Turcotte, who told us last night that he helps 75 to 100 men find jobs every day and that there are more and more job applications. There is no doubt that the spring drive will help many unemployed men. Only the International Paper company will be hiring in the region, 1000 men, more or less, for this work.”
Quote : La Gazette du Nord, april 13, 1938, p. 1.