Raftmans, draveurs et bûcherons - L'Histoire nous le dira #76

Most people think that "draveurs" (log drivers) and "raftman" (raftsmen) are the same word: the former in French, the latter in English. In fact, this is not the case! They are two completely different professions working in the same industry: timber. With: Laurent Turcot, professor of history at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada and Script: Karine Forget https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c... Subscribe to my channel:    / lhistoirenousledira   Facebook:   / histoirenousledira   Images from https://www.storyblocks.com Music from: epidemicsound.com The videos are used for educational purposes under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 (Fair Use). Sources and for further information: Pomerleau Jeanne, Lumberjacks, Raftmen and Loggers, 1850-1960, ed. J-C Dupont, Ste-Foy, 1997, 144 pages Robidoux Léon-A, Les Cageux, ed. l’Auror, 1974, Montreal, 93 pages Robidoux Léon-A, Le Vieux Prince, ed. Guérin Littérature, 1988, Montreal, 189 pages Cap-aux-Diamants Magazine, cover. Wynn, Graeme. "History of the Timber Trade," The Canadian Encyclopedia, July 16, 2013. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.co... Hébert, Yves. "Pioneers of Forest Conservation," Cap-aux-Diamants, Issue 86, Summer 2006, pp. 14-18. and A History of Ecology in Quebec: Perspectives on Nature from the Origins to the Present Day, GID Publishing, 2006. HARDY, René and Normand Séguin, Forest and Society in Mauricie: The Formation of a Region. Quebec, Septentrion, 2011. BOURGEOIS, Valérie. "The Paper Capital of the World," Cap-aux-Diamants, Vol. 98, 2009, pp. 19-21. FLAMAND HUBERT, Maude. "The Quebec Forest in Discourse in the First Half of the 20th Century: Political and Literary Representations," Thesis, UQAR-Paris-Sorbonne, 2017 BOUDREAU, Claude, Serge Courville, and Normand Séguin (eds.), "The Forest," Historical Atlas of Quebec, The Territory, Quebec City, Laval University Press, 1997. KUHLBERG, Mark, "Lumberjacks," The Canadian Encyclopedia, April 16, 2015. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.c... "The Lumberjack," The French Canadian Genealogist/La généalogie canadienne-française https://www.tfcg.ca/ancien-metier-buc... BARDIN, Thomas, "Forestry Occupations of the Past: From Lumberjack to Forest Ranger, Including 'Cageux'." Quebec Forest History Society, 2016, https://shfq.ca/wp-content/uploads/20... BEAUDOUIN, Raymonde. Life in the Lumberjack Camps, Quebec, Septentrion, 2016 The text and sources have been independently verified by a PhD historian. Other references are available upon request. #history #documentary #logging #raftsman