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Backing up the 'skidder.' How to manoeuvre oxen. Bridgewater. Photo Brian Gilbert

The 'skidder' being refuelled. Oxen at lunch break. Bridgewater. Photo: Brian Gilbert

Ox team and skidway. Bridgewater. Photo Brian Gilbert

Oxen are skidding logs. Bridgewater. Photo Brian Gilbert

Team of oxen used for skidding logs. Bridgewater. Photo Brian Gilbert

Ox team in a yoke. Bridgewater. Photo Brian Gilbert

Ox team ("Belle & Star") used to skid logs. Bridgewater. Photo by Brian Gilbert

Skidway and oxen, Bridgewater. Photo Brian Gilbert

Aerial view of salvaging budworm-killed balsam fir. Cape Breton Hlds. Photo by NS Dept. Lands & Forests

Aerial view of balsam fir killed by spruce budworm. Cape Breton Hlds. Photo by NS Dept. Lands & Forests