Lumberjack

Lumberjacks in Oregon, c. 1910 A lumberjack is a tradesman in the logging industry, who performs the initial harvesting of trees for lumber and pulpwood. The term is somewhat archaic, having been mostly replaced by logger. When the term "lumberjack" is used, it usually refers to a logger from an earlier era before the advent of chainsaws, feller-bunchers and other modern logging equipment. Historic The lumberjack worked in lumber camps and often lived a migratory life, following ti ...