According to the Canadian Loggers’ Sports Association, Loggers’ Sports in BC have a history as rich and historic as lumberjacks themselves. The history … goes back over a century when loggers would spend evenings and weekends around camp testing their skills against one another throwing axes, sawing and chopping timber. This evolved into organized competitions and through the fifties and sixties several smaller organizations popped up across the country. The Canadian Loggers’ Sports Association was formed in 1969 from those smaller organizations. Over the years a comprehensive rule book has been developed and the sport has been and continues to be showcased from the grass roots level to the international stage. In 1971, loggers’ sports were recognized by an Order in Council as the Official Industrial Sport of British Columbia. Nicola Valley Forestry Recognition Society President Jerry Canuel, and Vice President Clint Langill, discuss the Society’s most popular event: The Merritt Logger Sports Show.