Extra Credit is video series that examines topics related to history in the Thunder Bay District and exploring that history.
The second instalment in this sub-series on the Pigeon River Lumber Company takes us, ironically, to the Pigeon River. Once home to great stands of white and red pines, this area was where the company first started harvesting logs for its sawmill in what would become the city of Thunder Bay. The hiking trail takes us from the visitor information centre near the border crossing along the rim of the Pigeon River Valley to High Falls, where a dam and sluiceway or chute were constructed to allow the logs to bypass the 120 foot/37 metre high falls. Here we explore the remnants of the log chute and take in the beauty of river and the surrounding area.
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