Pananich Woods - Homecoming walks (sitios de interés)
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| Homecoming walk information - The Canadian Connection Trace the story of the Newfoundland lumberjacks who came to Ballater in 1940 by exploring the remains of their living and workplace, Glenmuick Camp at Dalmochie, visited on part of this walk in Royal Deeside. During the second world war, timber was desperately needed for the war effort, but was in short supply due to the number of men who had joined the armed forces and were not available to work felling trees and also because supplies from the Baltic States had been cut off. Reversing a tradition of emigration to Canada from the Highlands, many Newfoundlanders moved to a number of locations across the Highlands to work as lumberjacks. Many responded to radio announcements in Canada appealing for volunteers in November 1939. One of the camps was established just outside Ballater. When the men arrived, they first had to built the camp, consisting of log cabins with communal washing and eating facitilies, as well as a water supply and sewage system, stables and a blacksmiths. Approximately 60 Canadians lived at the camp, each receiving $2 a day from which $1 was compulsorarily deducted to be sent back to their families. By mid 1940 Newfoundland lumberjacks were felling trees across the Highlands at a rate of 3,000 a week, producing 10,000 cubic feet of timber - quite a contribution to the war effort. On this walk, which at first climbs high above Ballater to look down on the town and the River Dee, passes through the remains of the camp at Dalmochie, where the footings for the huts and other works can still be seen. Information boards show more information and photos of the men who lived and worked in sometimes bitter winter weather conditions many thousands of miles from home. | |