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Log birling at Woss camp loggers sports event

Kids at Woss post office, cookhouse in back

Carvings made by saw filer Oscar Hillgren

Elk River Timber Co. saw filer Oscar Hillgren was known for his unique carvings.

Campbell River Logger Sports

Cross cut saw competition at logger sports event in Campbell River. Event was held on Labour Day weekend and sponsored by the Kinsmen's Club.

Elk Falls Mill paper making

A tour group is taken through the paper making process at the Elk Falls Mill at Duncan Bay.

Crew at Hastings Co. operations in Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Hastings Co. cookhouse at the Granite Bay camp; Charles "Dutchie" Neuberg at the front left.

Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island

A steam donkey and a spar tree.

Arthur Joyce of Quadra Island with his steam donkey

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

An aerial view of Duncan Bay showing the Elk Falls Mill operations including the pulp mill and sawmill.

Powell River Logging Co. at Kelsey Bay

B.C. Forest Service Crew

B.C. Forest Service fire fighting crew preparing to fight the Sayward Fire. This photograph is likely taken at Forbes Landing.

Baikie Bros. Logging at Upper Campell Lake

Loaded logging truck at Baikie Bros. Logging operations near Upper Campbell Lake.

P.B. Anderson's camp at Knox Bay on Thurlow Island

Loggers at the Canada Day event in Campbell River

Photograph was taken behind the first Willows Hotel in Campbell River and the annex is the bulding on the far right.

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 5 in the winter

Tree planters at work near Campbell River

Photograph possibly taken at Quinsam Flats.

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch in Menzie's Bay

The store and office at Menzie's Bay.

Logging crew at Elk River Timber Co. operations

Seven loggers on break, sitting with fallen logs and cables.

Beecher Lake Lumber Co. sawmill

Beecher Lake Lumber Co., which was owned and operated by the Baikie family of Campbell River, was located in the Campbell River estuary area. The Beecher Lake Lumber Co. milled the wood that was logged by Baikie Bros. Logging.

Powell River Co. in Kingcome Inlet

Powell River Co. cooks standing inside the cookhouse kitchen at their operations at Kingcome Inlet.

Canadian Forest Products locomotive

Campbell River Nursery seedling fields

The Campbell River Nursery, which later became known as the Quinsam Nursery was established in 1939.

Bendickson Logging on Hardwicke Island

Team of horses (known as Tom and Jerry) hauling cedar poles for Carson and Askew on Hardwicke Island.

Wood chip burner at Beecher Lake Lumber Co.

Constructing the wood chip burner at Beecher Lake Lumber Co., which was owned and operated by the Baikie family of Campbell River, and was located in the Campbell River estuary area. The Beecher Lake Lumber Co. milled the wood that was logged by Baikie Bros. Logging.

Elk River Timber Co. crew members

Bob English and one unidentified man standing a hilltop likely near ERT's operations along the Campbell Lake area.

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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