many of the old buildings in biscotasing that survive today are from the sawmill era. a small steam locomotive, once used to switch cars of lumber from the mill to the lumber piling grounds, sat for many years, derelict on the mill property, across the tracks, opposite the pratt and shanacy company store. in 1958, david l. pratt, of toronto donated his father's steam engine for display at the algonquin provincial park logging museum.