Haliburton County: The Logging Industry in the Depression Era

Haliburton County: The Logging Industry in the Depression Era

Lang, Jennifer

Wadland, John; Whillans, Tom
Departments: Canadian Studies and Environment Studies

TPB-564

1995

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Haliburton County

Local history of the pulp and paper industry 

The early twentieth century saw the pulp and paper industry rise to leading significance in Canada. This paper looks at some of the contributing factors to this rise in importance and specifically, at the major pulp and paper companies operating in the Haliburton area at the time. The coming of the Depression in the 1930s had a profound effect on this industry and the story of these companies is followed as they attempted to weather the difficult economic times. Life for the men employed by the logging camps and mills as well as their families is described. Several make-work projects, which rose up to help with the economic situation, are cited as examples of the community support network which emerged in this troubled time.

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