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Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Camp at Woss

Falling using an early chainsaw.

Booker Lagoon

Panorama of Booker Lagoon, Broughton Island, from the southwest arm, on point of land where the Swing Donkey was located. Showing the gin pole and Camp 2 of Clark and Lyford, Ltd. and the swing donkey and log boom back, with timber of surveyed Timber Limits 8890 and 2003 in distance.

Screening pulp at Elk Falls Mill

Mill manager Tom Hargreaves on left looking at the bronze wire.

Shay locomotive near Menzie's Bay

Engineer Dick Grandy with a Shay Lima Locomotive at Menzie's Bay.

Nimpkish Timber Co. operations at Camp 9

Log dump Coal Creek Logging Ltd., 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.

View of wharf at Oyster Bay

Cutting firewood at Elk River Timber Camp 6

Dave McDonald cutting up wood with a "Wee McGregor", likely to be used in woodstoves to heat the bunkhouses and other camp buildings.

Elk River Timber Co. operations Campbell River

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

Sayward Logger Sports

Men race over the floating logs in the choker race.

Campbell River's first sawmill

Wilfert Lumber Co. - Frank Wilfert's sawmill on the slough in Campbellton.

A loaded Quinsam Trucking logging truck

Lawrence Baker is driving the truck. Quinsam Trucking was owned and operated by Joe Zanatta, who also operated a sawmill in the Campbell River area.

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

Powell River Co. in Kingcome Inlet

View of the bunkhouse interior at Powell River Co., operations at Kingcome Inlet.

Bendickson Logging crew on Broughton Island

Martin Espaland (cook) with a small dog standing above on the springboard. Hans Bendickson second from right. Others believed to be (left to right) L. Dahl, ???, Nels Lovick, Moss Johnson, ???, Gus Gunderson, ???, ???.

Logger Sports Day in Campbell River

A game of tug-o-war.

Loggers at Elk River Timber Co. camp

Loggers on loading boom at Elk Bay

Loggers, loading boom and steam donkey - part of the Elk Bay Timber Co. operations.

Powell River Co. in Kingcome Inlet

Shower stalls at the Powell River Co. logging camp at Kingcome Inlet.

Elk River Timber Co.

Log dump at the mouth of the Campbell River.

Rail line and camp buildings at Elk Bay

Loggers from Powell River Logging Co.

Kingcome Inlet operations.

Elk Falls Mill paper machine #2

Controls at the No. 2 paper machine, Elk Falls Mill.

Heeled in yellow pine and sitka spruce seedlings

Preparation for planting at Knox Bay on Thurlow Island. Saplings were rested in troughs in the dirt to allow their roots exposure to soil and water before they were ready to be taken out in the field and planted.

Powell River Co. in Kingcome Inlet

Interior of the cookhouse at the Powell River Co. operatons at Kingcome Inlet.

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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Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Camp at Woss

Booker Lagoon

Screening pulp at Elk Falls Mill

Shay locomotive near Menzie's Bay

Nimpkish Timber Co. operations at Camp 9

Log dump Coal Creek Logging Ltd., Granite Bay

View of wharf at Oyster Bay

Cutting firewood at Elk River Timber Camp 6

Elk River Timber Co. operations Campbell River

Sayward Logger Sports

Campbell River's first sawmill

A loaded Quinsam Trucking logging truck

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

Powell River Co. in Kingcome Inlet

Bendickson Logging crew on Broughton Island

Logger Sports Day in Campbell River

Loggers at Elk River Timber Co. camp

Loggers on loading boom at Elk Bay

Powell River Co. in Kingcome Inlet

Elk River Timber Co.

Rail line and camp buildings at Elk Bay

Loggers from Powell River Logging Co.

Elk Falls Mill paper machine #2

Heeled in yellow pine and sitka spruce seedlings

Powell River Co. in Kingcome Inlet

Logger Sports

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