A photograph of a timber slide on the Ottawa River, taken by William McFarlane Notman (1826-1891) in 1860 during the Royal Visit to Canada of Albert, Prince of Wales, the future Edward VII (1841-1910). This slide was used to transport cribs, flat rafts of up to fifty logs tied together, to the saw mills. Prince Albert enjoyed a ride down the slide during his visit. William McFarlane Notman was born in Scotland but emigrated to Canada in 1856. He opened a photographic studio in Montreal and later established a successful chain of studios across Canada with branches in Toronto, Ottawa and Halifax. Notman was the official Canadian photographer to Queen Victoria (1819-1901). His work forms an unrivalled record of nineteenth cantury Canadian life, including portraits, landscapes and elaborate studio-based genre scenes of Native Amerians, hunters and trappers.

Picture Reference: 10440070
Subject: TRADE & INDUSTRY > Timber Industries (including Furniture) > Lumber
Inventory No.: 1991-5107_0023
Credit: NMeM

Keywords: 1780-1818, 1800s, 19th Century, Agricultural, Agricultural Building, Agriculture, America, Astronomical Objects, Astronomy, Building, Canada, Canadian, Construction, Construction Material, Construction Industry, Crib, Farm Building, History, Industrial, Industrial Revolution, Industry, Inland, Inland Waters, Log, Logging, Logs, Lumber, Mcfarlane, Mill, Natural, Natural History, Natural World, Notman, William, Notman, North, North America, Photograph, Photography, Places, Raft, River, Saw, Saw Mill, Slide, Timber, Timber Industry, Timber Industries, Trade, Victorian, Water, Waters, William, William Mcfarlane Notman, Wood, Wooden

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