*"Here on the island there are towns, communities, that can only be reached by logging roads."* yes.. specially in the Northern part of Vancouver Island. I remember seeing a shoe tree on the side of a logging road... and a car wreck under a tree on display... http://holberg.ca/project/nearby-attractions/ On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 8:31 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Well that’s the problem with assumptions. > > Here on the island there are towns, communities, that can only be reached > by logging roads. > > Dirt, gravel, roads that are used by logging trucks and associated > equipment. And also used by locals travelling to and from communities. > > The logging dynamic here on the island has changed over the last 50 years. > Smaller crews on the whole. Smaller cut blocks. > > Active logging areas are well marked, often gated or cable strung across > road. The logging on the most part is carried out from the smaller spurs, > not the main roads. But the trucks take their loads on the main roads. > > Weekends quieter, as is the heigh of summer when most times logging is > suspended due to fire risk. > > Sometimes , some roads have gate locked even if no active logging. Fire > risk. Sometimes gates closed to reduce access to equipment on the weekends. > > I understand the mailing list is very US centric, but there are other > areas of the world where vans travel under different conditions :-) > > Alistair > > |
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