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A Michigan Logging Camp
Archives of Michigan
A typical lumber camp included a bunkhouse, cook shanty and other buildings necessary
for the work of the men, horses and oxen.
 The photograph shows loggers posed in front of a Clare County logging camp that has
buildings constructed of logs. The man seated in the center of the photo holds a log
scale. The seated man next to him holds a double-bitted axe. Behind them, a camp member
raises his rifle to celebrate the deer that will provide venison for dinner (along with
the ever-present beans). Other men hold long-handled tools—the photographer did not
include the end of each pole with the tool that determines whether it is a cant hook, a peavey or a pike pole.
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