We're Lumberjacks and We're OK Quiz

Answer: Canada

The term "lumberjack" stems from Canada where previously a timber worker was known as a logger. Both a lumberjack and logger are forest workers who do not use power tools and historically used saws and axes. It was a dangerous job, where the workers had to scale trees with ropes and proceed to cut the tree limbs until they could finally fell the tree.

Answer: Tree Lopper

Tree Lopping Lumberjacks had a dangerous job. They were required to climb a tree to the top and then proceeded to cut the branches and limbs as they worked their way down. Today, the tree is lopped and the branches are cut from the tree when it is on the ground.

Answer: Whistle punk

A steam donkey is a term for a person that looks after the steam powered winch. Therefore, the whistle punk was in charge of looking after the safety and operation of the steam powered winch.

Answer: Skidder

Skidders is the term for the workers that remove the trees from the ground. The first skidders used oxen, mules or horses. Later mechanical winches were used that were mainly steam powered, large and cumbersome machines that completed the work efficiently and gave less stress to the labour intensive work that was required prior to this innovation.

Answer: Log flume

The term log flume is used to describe the transport of the logs down from the mountains to the sawmill by water. Whether by the use of man-made channels or rivers, the logs were sent down by water quickly and cheaply without the need to use animals.

Answer: Cross cut saw

A two-handled saw is, as the name suggests, used by two people. The crosscut saw was used also by two people but designed to cut the wood perpendicular to the wood grain.

Answer: 1920s

The first chainsaws were produced in the 1920s in Germany and needed to be operated by two people. In the 1950s, the first one man chain saw was produced which changed the usage of the machine especially in forest harvesting and lumberjacking.

Answer: Skid Road

The term 'Skid Road' started with the logging industry as a description of loggers using a path to send logs down a road or path. Over time it has become known as a road that the down and out or outcasts from society live.

Answer: True

Wood chopping is a popular sport in country fairs and agricultural fairs. It is believed that the first wood chopping event happened in Tasmania, Australia as a result of a bet. The first wood chopping event was held in Tasmania in the late 1800s.

Answer: Yes

Over the years the role of the lumberjack has changed. Today the lumberjack is mainly in control of the machinery involved in harvesting the trees whereas historically the lumberjack was involved in the handling of the felling of the trees.