Thurs July 28 – Sun July 30, 2017: Great Canadian Lumberjack Celebration

log drive“The Municipality of Barrington would like to extend an invitation to you to attend our Canada 150 event, The Great Canadian Lumberjack Celebration. Put on your Lumberjack red plaid as we celebrate the importance of the lumber industry and our local lumberjacks and how they have helped shape our Nation and community. Nova Scotia has always had a rich history and culture in the logging industry, including the Municipality of Barrington. The Barrington River was used for log driving, sending logs down the river to be milled in large part for the shipbuilding industry in Nova Scotia.”

It begins on Friday, July 28 – 7PM with a Screening, Stories and Songs of The Last Log Drive

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