Many of the Princeton men and boys would head to central Newfoundland to seek work in the lumber woods after the fishing season ended in the fall. Sometimes they would get a month or more before Christmas and this helped them get their winter supplies as well as a few items for the Christmas season. During the winter they would get work with the wood contractors in Millertown, Badger or Grand Falls. Back then boys of only thirteen and fourteen worked in the lumber woods and the older men would show them all the tricks of the trade. It wouldn’t take them long to learn how to use the bucksaw and make a pulpwood stand. The wood contractor would pay a certain amount for the first half and after that they would reduce the price of each cord of wood for the remainder of the timber stand. It was hard work for the pay they received but it kept food on the table for their families back home.

The wood was cut during winter and hauled to the frozen river to await the spring break up when the wood would be floated down the river. This was referred to as the "drive" and anyone who worked on the drive had to be alert at all times because it could be very dangerous. During the drive the free flowing logs had to be kept from pilling up and causing a back up on the river.

The men stayed in the bunk houses and ate their meals in the lunch hall where about thirty men would gather at a time. Usually there would be a big galvanized bucket filled with water by the door of the lunch hall with a ladle hung on a nail beside it where the men could get a drink on the way in or out. The cook and his helper who was called the cook-ee would have to get everyone out of their bunks and prepare their breakfast. He would come to the bunkhouse and yell out to everyone and about half hour later he would shout "fill er up boys" which meant breakfast was being served.

After breakfast everyone headed out to work and by lunch time they were quite a distance from camp. The noon meal was an important one because it was supplied by the contractors and it would be brought from the camp to the job site. It would take at least two or more men to deliver the meal that would be made up of something like kidney beans, homemade bread smothered in butter and molasses, and large containers of tea and cold water.

After a long day the men looked forward to supper which was served back at the lunch hall and usually included something like pea soup or rice. At one camp where a lot of Princeton men stayed they looked forward to Thursday because this was called "duff day" and the meal that evening was roast beef or moose and it included a raisin duff with molasses for desert. After the supper meal was over the men would head back to the bunkhouse where they would tell a few yarns or a few jokes before turning in for the night. This was the daily routine for many Princeton men until the time came to return home to their families and get back on the water fishing.