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For more than two centuries, the Ottawa and Gatineau rivers were used to transport massive quantities of timber to markets in the United States and Europe. In the final decades of the log\u2011driving industry, tugboats replaced the men who once risked their lives daily to guide the timber downstream. Among these tugboats was the <\/span>Siskin<\/strong>, built in 1955 by Russel Brothers Limited. Powered by a six\u2011cylinder diesel engine and weighing 11 tonnes, it could haul up to 3,000 cords of wood and operated on the Gatineau River until 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Its role was to form log booms in order to move the timber toward the Paugan and Chelsea dams and then to sawmills located further downstream, such as CIP in Gatineau and E.B. Eddy in Hull. The Siskin worked alongside several other tugboats and transported mainly cypress, fir, spruce, and pine. Its crew\u2014one captain and two deckhands\u2014worked in challenging conditions, often without flotation devices or radio communication before the 1960s.<\/p>\n

Today, the Siskin tugboat<\/strong> is displayed in the park that bears its name, along Route 105. It stands as a reminder of the region\u2019s forestry heritage and the era of log driving. The park is also the southern starting point of the V\u00e9loroute des Draveurs<\/a><\/strong>, allowing visitors to reach it by bicycle or on foot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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