*"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
>
>