n. — Forestry, British Columbia, informal, historical slang
a term for a logger.
Type: 4. Culturally Significant — Bush ape was used in BC as a colloquial term for a logger, and does not seem to have been derogatory (see, e.g. the 1975 and 2007 quotations). Given the vital historical and present importance of the forestry industry to the BC economy, bush ape is culturally significant to the province and is an example of the rich logging vocabulary that has developed in BC and in Canada.