river drive
Logs downstream transport
A river drive is the practice of floating cut logs downstream to a sawmill, using the river's current as transportation.
Before trucks and railroads, loggers would release timber into rivers during spring floods and guide it downstream: The men spent six weeks on the river drive, pushing stranded logs back into the current.
The term also refers to a scenic road running alongside a river.
- currentDirected flow of charge
- loggingRecording system events
- timberWood for construction
- log jamStalled mass of debris
- floatBuoyant object or vehicle
boulevard · avenue · parkway · scenic · scenic route · waterfront · bank · flow · promenade · logs · tree trunks · lumberjack · lumber camp · downstream · white water · cruise · shoreline · meandering
river drivetrucking
Road-based freight shipping
road transport · rail transport · truck transport · skidding · yarding
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