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One of the earliest patents of cutting wood chainsaws goes to Samuel J. Bens in 1905. This saw had a chain of links with teeth running on the frame. The first portable one was by James Shand in 918. This green saw is a Pioneer 650 chainsaw from 1940 that has a tree on the top with blade and chain attached. It was used in bush camps for pulp cutting.
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The Thunder Bay Museum acknowledges the original custodians of this land and pay our respect to the elders – past, present, and future – for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture, and the hopes of Indigenous Peoples. We would also like to recognize that the Thunder Bay Museum is on the traditional land of the Fort William First Nation signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850, and to acknowledge the role of the Métis Settlement in the development of our community.
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