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Logging Near Chelan
This scene took place near Chelan in North/Central Washington almost 100 years ago. The men logged this remote region with 4 teams of horses using a 2-pole log chute. A chute was generally known as a dry trough made of wood, or sometimes simply gouged out of the ground, used to slide logs to a landing or into water. This chute was constructed of 2 logs beveled on one side so that when they were joined together they formed a ‘V' trough.
Logs were yarded to a landing at the Rollway at the head of the tram where they were loaded and lowered down the steep incline to Lake Chelan and rafted to the mill.
Even today Lake Chelan is a beautiful, remote area with limited access, bordered by towering mountains reaching up to more than 8,000 feet.
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