I had some logs soaking in a river near my house, I would use my pulp loader to pick them out. I had to bust them out of 6" of ice one December. My guess is they shut down. Don, the mill mentioned at the start ran in the winter. Would the send logs out on the ice, how did they get the logs to the mill.

As time progressed the tree were located further and further from the mill. The river was the highway for the logs. No logs were moving during the winter. The men were all out cutting as well. Season work. How about the Summer and low water?

Tim