Station 12: The Landing

This area was the landing for the logging operations described in the previous stations.

• The logs were pulled out of the woods and stacked here by a skidder until they could be loaded onto a log truck for transport to a mill.
• All logs except those to be used for telephone poles or pilings were "bucked" (cut to the desired length) here at the landing.
• For sawlogs (those 8 inches or greater in diameter), the common lengths are 8, 10,12, 14, or 16 feet, depending on quality and total length.
• Skillful bucking to produce the straightest pieces possible minimizes waste and maximizes the volume and value of a log.
• Sawlog volume is measured in board feet (a piece of wood 12" x 12" x 1') and over 100,000 board feet passed through this landing.
• Small or poor quality logs were cut into short lengths for use either as pulpwood (spruce and pine) or fuelwood (hardwoods).
• Pulpwood volume is measured by weight, and the volume of fuelwood is measured in cords, which are stacks of wood 4'X4'X8' (128 cubic feet of air, bark and wood). See Station 22 for further information.
• The landing area is mowed a couple of times a year to keep it open, otherwise the forest would be invading here as is has in the other abandoned fields you have seen.