Editing Log driving (section)

==Popular culture==
[[File:Flößerei Drei Flößer.jpg|thumb|River drivers in Germany with a crude [[pike pole]] the Germans call a rafters' hook (Flößerhaken, as in rafting logs), probably one or two [[pickaroon]]s and a [[Cant hook|ring dog]] for rolling logs over.]]
* The contemporary logrolling contest, [[Logrolling (sport)|Birling]], is a demonstration of skills originally devised by log drivers.{{sfn |Holbrook |1961 |p=119}}
* Inclusive description of a complex assortment as "the whole Mary Anne" derives from the colorful characters of wangan caravans which periodically transformed quiet rural communities with the excitement of a passing log drive.
* In Canada, "[[The Log Driver's Waltz]]" is a popular [[folk music|folk]] song which boasts about a log driver's dancing skills.
* The version of the [[Withdrawn Canadian banknotes#$1|Canadian one-dollar bank note]] issued in 1974 and withdrawn in 1989 featured a view of the [[Ottawa River]] with log driving taking place in the foreground and [[Parliament Hill]] rising in the background. This banknote was part of the fourth series of banknotes released by the [[Bank of Canada]] entitled "[[Scenes of Canada (banknotes)|Scenes of Canada]]". The logs depicted in this bank note may have been destined for a half dozen pulp, paper and sawmills near the [[Chaudière Falls]] immediately upstream from Parliament Hill, or for other mills further downstream.
* An Englishman may have observed loggers loitering in [[Bangor, Maine]] when he reported in 1801: "His habits in the forest and the [river] voyage all break up the system of persevering industry and substitute one of alternate toil and indolence, hardship and debauch; and in the alteration, indolence and debauch will inevitably be indulged in the greatest possible proportion."{{sfn |Holbrook |1961 |p=18}}
* In the first chapter of ''[[The Cider House Rules]]'' (1985), [[John Irving]] briefly describes a 1930s log drive.
* [[Harry Brandelius]]’ 1950s Swedish song ''[[Flottarkärlek]]'' tells the story of a young log driver.<ref name=":0" />
* [[Teuvo Pakkala]]’s 1899 Finnish play ''{{ill|Tukkijoella|fi|Tukkijoella (näytelmä)}}'' started the so-called ‘log driver romantics’ phase, resulting in several movies and books about log drivers’ lives.<ref name=":0" />
* The song Breakfast in Hell by [[Slaid Cleaves]] tells the tale of the death of Sandy Grey, a driver in Ontario.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://umaine.edu/folklife/what-we-do/programs-and-events/maine-song-and-story-sampler-map/places/baring-breakfast-in-hell/|title=Baring, "Breakfast in Hell" - Maine Folklife Center - University of Maine|website=Maine Folklife Center|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-01}}</ref>
* In the first four chapters of [[John Irving]]'s novel ''[[Last Night in Twisted River]]'' (2009), the hard and dangerous life of log drivers in New Hampshire is described in detail.
* Canadian band [[Great Big Sea]] included the song "River Driver" on their album [[The Hard and the Easy]], about a log driver from [[Newfoundland]].
* In the 2019 film ''[[The Lighthouse (2019 film)|The Lighthouse]]'', one of the main characters, a former [[Lumberjack|timberman]], is driven mad by the guilt of allowing his foreman to drown during a log drive in Canada.