The Logger's Life Provincial Museum was built in 1973 and 1974. Its purpose was to recreate a turn of the century traditional logging camp with the buildings built out of logs. It is open seasonally from May to September. It is staffed from nine until five daily with funny interpreters. It has three full time employees and two part time employees. Visitors can visit in groups, or by themselves. The museum offers programs for school children, motorcoach patrons, caravans and individuals.
The museum has four buildings- a filing shack, a main camp, a bunkhouse, and a forge. These buildings display old logging tools, clothes, and bough bunks that the men actually slept on. The forge is where the blacksmith used to work. He made horseshoes, nails, and he repaired tractors. He used the big bellows that are on display, to keep the fire hot. The Little Brown Bat lives in the barn and the main camp. Loggers considered the bats as friends because they ate many mosquitoes and black flies. Also in the barn, you can see big horseshoes and shoes that the oxen wore. Horses and oxen were used to pull the wood to the rivers and lakes.
Come and walk the nature trail that circles the exhibit. The trail goes by the pond where you can sometimes see Canada Geese, ducks, loons, and fish jumping. A huge raven's nest is in a tall tree along the trail. The trunk of the tree is green because of the droppings from the ravens. You can get a tour or guided walk on this trail if you like. They will also show you an easy way to tell the difference between a fir and a spruce tree. A spruce needle can spin and a fir needle is flat.
Adam Snow (2002-2003)