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The first four managers of the Elk Falls Mill, Sept. 5, 1975

L to R: Tom Hargreaves (first manager at the Elk Falls Mill), Howard Hall, Junius Sapp, the then current manager Jim Christensen.

Mel Parker taking a break

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 4

Ringing the dinner bell at the cookhouse at Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 4 in the Menzie's Bay area.

Ten-section cedar log raft

Ten-section cedar log raft, with six sections of hemlock raft in back of it, tied up in southwest arm of Booker Lagoon, Broughton Island, adjacent to Surveyed Timber Limit 2002, 190 miles northwest of Vancouver, B.C., in the logging operations of Clark and Lyford, Ltd.

Steam donkey at Elk Bay

Haig Timber Co. operations near Campbell River

Loading a rail car. Haig Timber Co. didn't have a locomotive, so they used the International Timber Co.'s rail line instead.

Coal Creek Logging Ltd. camp, Granite Bay

Coal Creek Logging Ltd. was owned and operated by Les and Agnes Bestwick. In 1944 they moved their truck logging operations to Granite Bay and logged in that area until 1955/56. They sold their logging operation to the Baikie Brothers of Campbell River.

Oyster River shingle mill

Loggers on holiday at Heriot Bay on Quadra Island

At the launch of the Bull family's new boat, the New Zealand, a tug-of-war between the miners and the loggers took place.

Group of loggers at Elk River Timber Co. camp

Eno Saarikko, Bill McGimpsey and two unidentified men standing in a doorway.

Elk River Timber Co. operations Campbell River

Loggers on an 11 x 17 Willamette Unit - John McLeod is the second from left.

Gold River Loggers' Sports Day

Ron, the winner of the axe throw for this competition.

Elk River Timber Co. logging operations

Harry Pollock operating a steam donkey.

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

Quadra Island

Railroad tracks at a logging dump on Quadra Island. This photograph was likely taken in the Granite Bay area.

Crew at Dick Parker's camp Trevenon Bay

Francis and Amy Barrow (on right) with loggers working for Dick Parker's camp at Trevenon Bay.

Woodsman's cabin at Rock Bay

Loading rail cars at Bloedel Camp 5 near Menzie's Bay

Fire at Beecher Lake Lumber Co. sawmill

Putting out the fire at Beecher Lake Lumber Co. sawmill in Campbell River - owned by the Baikies.

The truck turn around at Port McNeill

Pioneer Timber Co. operations in Port McNeill. Standing in centre is 'step and a half' Phelps.

Bendickson Logging high rigger trims a spar

Constructing the Elk Falls Mill

The log dump at Camp 0 on Thurlow Island

The Sayward Forest Fire

Campbell River Logger Sports competition

Pole/spar tree climbing competition.

Logger Sports

A long-standing tradition on Vancouver Island - beginning with log sawing competitions around 1910, and being continued now with Campbell River's Annual North Island Logger Sports - the largest logger sport competition in Canada for the last 5 years running.

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