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1) Describe a lumber camp
2) What are the favourite pastimes of a lumberjack after a hard day's after work?
3) Who is a High rigger? What is his work
4) How are the lumbers transported to their destination?
5) What changes have occurred in the life of the lumberjacks in recent years?
6) What factors have led to the growth of lumbering in Canada?​

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1. A logging camp (or lumber camp) is a transitory work site used in the logging industry. Before the second half of the 20th century, these camps were the primary place where lumberjacks would live and work to fell trees in a particular area.
2. The favorite pastimes of lumberjacks were mostly linked to feats of skill and strength, the best example of which is arm wrestling. They were the unconditional admirers of strong men “the exploits of which, real or imaginary, are retold by one and all.
3. High riggers assemble and hoist temporary suspension structures on heights to support performance equipment. Their work is based on instruction, plans and calculations.
4. Lumbers is very heavy in nature, but interestingly, they float on water. Explanation: It is having a waterway in the way of transportation is of huge advantage. They used to sail the lumber and pick it up from the water at the destination.
5. Lumberjacks used to have a very hard life in earlier days as their work of falling trees begins early followed by cutting off branches of fallen trees skidding and hauling. They had to live in camps and start their days quiet early. But now settled communities of forest workers have developed.
6. Cool climate of Canada, well developed transport facilities for the movement of logs, use of machinery for logging, large demand in local and international market for paper and pulp industries, limited development of other economic activities due to extreme cold climate are the other factors responsible for lumbering .