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Elk Bay Timber Co. operations

Logging operations at Elk Bay Timber Co.'s camp in the Elk Bay area. Included in photograph is a view of the spar tree and steam donkey (to right).

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.

Logging crew at Woss Camp

Gordon Flowerdew is the seventh man from the left.

Bendickson Logging camp being moved on floats

The camp being moved by Cliff steam tug 'Queen' from Wellbore Channel to Port Neville.

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch operations near Camp 5

High rigger Gerry Miller rigging a spar tree.

Don Brosseau on railroad track at Elk River Timber Co. camp

School class photo at Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 5

Mrs. Helen's class: Wendy Martin, Heather McDonald, Kernovitch, Bowden, Kernovitch, Judy Dixon, David McDonald, Kathy Webber, Brian Dixon, Me Math, Higginsin, Phylis Warner, Susan Detweiler, Ken Kennedy, Dale Johns, and Mrs. Helen.

Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Camp at Woss

The camp kitchen and the cook.

Wood and English operations at Nimpkish

Loaded railcar at Mahoney Junction.

Oscar Soderman's Lumber float camp

View of Soderman's logging camp when it was located at the entrance to Havannah Channel on Johnstone Strait.

Gold River Loggers' Sports Day

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

Elk River Timber Co. booming grounds

Drilling boom sticks.

Powell River Co. in Kingcome Inlet

Interior of the bunkhouse at Powell River Co. operations at Kingcome Inlet.

An Empire steam donkey working as roader and loader

An 11 X 14 Empire Roader working as a roader and a loader, close to British Columbia Mills, Timber and Trading Company's Camp H (which was located 15 miles from Rock Bay) with timber landing in the foreground and a five car long log train and engine also in view.

Drilling boom sticks

Tom and John Perkins on an Elk River Timber boom in the Campbell River estuary, using an electric auger to drill boom sticks.

Elk Falls Mill first aid team

Bert Hammond's show in Granite Bay

MacMillan Bloedel Camp 5 at Menzie's Bay

Woss Lake Loggers' Day

Barry Smith, the new Canadian Champion for the Obstacle Pole Bucking competition.

'Jim' the pet deer at Clark and Lyford camp

Leonard Frolander, fox terrier and 'Jim' the pet deer in a motor boat, at Clark and Lyford, Ltd. Camp 2 Booker Lagoon, B.C.

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch operations near Campbell River

Cold deck pile.

Percy Belson's float camp near Dent Island

Percy Belson's logging operations near Dent Island. Float camp with a view of a A-frame in the background which was presumably used in his logging operations.

Labour Day Logger Sports at Campbell River

High rigger participating in tree climbing competition.

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.

Building a fore-an-aft road

Wooden fore-an-aft road typically used in truck logging operations. Note the wire rip-rap on the road to provide traction to the hard rubber tires on the early logging trucks.

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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