The Drive (Thomson)

The Drive is an oil-on-canvas painting of 1916–17 by the Canadian artist Tom Thomson.

It depicts the logging industry in Algonquin Park.

A frequent subject of Thomson's work, the painting shows timbermen directing sawn logs down a canal towards the Ottawa River.

It was based on sketches of Thomson's composed while he was a fire ranger in the park.

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