Ben Marshall and Janice LeBlanc of Errol share the load in the Jack & Jill crosscut saw competition at the Jigger Johnson Lumberjack Festival in Oct. 6 in Gorham. (PAUL ROBITAILLE)
Aimee Bousquet, crowned Miss Berlin/Gorham Outstanding Teen for 2022, sings the national anthems of the United States and Canada at the second Jigger Johnson logger contest in Gorham on Oct. 2. (PAUL ROBITAILLE PHOTO)
Ben Marshall and Janice LeBlanc of Errol share the load in the Jack & Jill crosscut saw competition at the Jigger Johnson Lumberjack Festival in Oct. 6 in Gorham. (PAUL ROBITAILLE)
Aimee Bousquet, crowned Miss Berlin/Gorham Outstanding Teen for 2022, sings the national anthems of the United States and Canada at the second Jigger Johnson logger contest in Gorham on Oct. 2. (PAUL ROBITAILLE PHOTO)
Dave Jewett and Brad Jones use tools of the logging trade in the log rolling competition. (PAUL ROBITAILLE PHOTO)
Billy Kunelius from Pittsfield, N.H., and Chris Savosh from New Paltz N.Y., participate in the log rolling contest. (PAUL ROBITAILLE PHOTO)
Billy Kunelius from Pittsfield, N.H., and Chris Savosh from New Paltz N.Y., participate in the log rolling contest. (PAUL ROBITAILLE PHOTO)
Bow saw world champion Donald Lambert of Quebec shows why he holds that title at the Jigger Johnson lumberjack Festival in Gorham on Oct. 2.
Hattie Hamel aims her skillet in the skillet toss contest at the Jigger Johnson Lumberjack Festival on Oct. 2 in Gorham.
GORHAM — A large crowd watched the Gorham Parks & Recreation Department's second “Jigger Johnson” Lumberjack Festival on Sunday, Oct. 2, on the town common.
Born in 1871 in Fryeburg, Maine, Albert Lewis, also known as "Jigger Johnson" was a legendary lumberjack. By many accounts he led a colorful life while serving as a lumber foreman, logger and fire warden for the U.S. Forest Service. He died in 1935 in North Conway, N.H.
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