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- Timber_slide abstract "A timber slide is a device for moving timber past rapids and waterfalls. Their use in Canada was widespread in the 18th and 19th century timber trade. At this time, cut timber would be floated down rivers in large timber rafts from logging camps to ports such as Montreal and Saint John, New Brunswick. Rapids and waterfalls would, however, damage the wood and could potentially cause log jams. Thus at these locations timber slides were constructed. These were thin water filled chutes that would run parallel to the river. They would usually only be wide enough for a single log and one at a time the logs would be directed down it. The idea is attributed to Ruggles Wright who introduced the first one in 1829 not far from what is today down-town Hull, Quebec, Canada. Later, the slides could often be up to a kilometre in length. They were most commonly found on the Ottawa River system.In some areas the timber slide became a tourist attraction, the most notable being the one bypassing the Chaudière Falls on the Ottawa River in Ottawa. Even the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII, took a thrilling ride down the 1.2 km chute (see photo).Timber slides disappeared after the construction of canal networks and the decline of the timber trade. They were almost all out of service by the First World War.".
- Timber_slide thumbnail Timber_slide_1901.jpg?width=300.
- Timber_slide wikiPageID "352311".
- Timber_slide wikiPageLength "2090".
- Timber_slide wikiPageOutDegree "25".
- Timber_slide wikiPageRevisionID "646969884".
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Category:Forestry_in_Canada.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_forestry.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Category:Log_transport.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Category:Water_transport.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Category:Wood.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Chaudière_Falls.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Chute_(gravity).
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Edward_VII.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Edward_VII_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Hull,_Quebec.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Log_flume.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Lumber.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Montreal.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Ottawa_River.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Ottawa_River_timber_trade.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Parallel_(geometry).
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Prince_of_Wales.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Rapid.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Rapids.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink River.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Ruggles_Wright.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Saint_John,_New_Brunswick.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Timber.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Timber_raft.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Timber_rafting.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink Waterfall.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink World_War_I.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLink File:Timber_slide_1901.jpg.
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLinkText "Timber slide".
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLinkText "chute".
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLinkText "log slide".
- Timber_slide wikiPageWikiLinkText "timber slide".
- Timber_slide hasPhotoCollection Timber_slide.
- Timber_slide wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Timber_slide subject Category:Forestry_in_Canada.
- Timber_slide subject Category:History_of_forestry.
- Timber_slide subject Category:Log_transport.
- Timber_slide subject Category:Water_transport.
- Timber_slide subject Category:Wood.
- Timber_slide hypernym Device.
- Timber_slide type Device.
- Timber_slide comment "A timber slide is a device for moving timber past rapids and waterfalls. Their use in Canada was widespread in the 18th and 19th century timber trade. At this time, cut timber would be floated down rivers in large timber rafts from logging camps to ports such as Montreal and Saint John, New Brunswick. Rapids and waterfalls would, however, damage the wood and could potentially cause log jams. Thus at these locations timber slides were constructed.".
- Timber_slide label "Timber slide".
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- Timber_slide sameAs Q17033939.
- Timber_slide sameAs Q17033939.
- Timber_slide wasDerivedFrom Timber_slide?oldid=646969884.
- Timber_slide depiction Timber_slide_1901.jpg.
- Timber_slide isPrimaryTopicOf Timber_slide.