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Sayward Logger Sports

Ron Sprout competing in the axe throw.

Bundling trees at the Campbell River Nursery

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

Hastings Co. camp at Rock Bay

View of family homes and hospital at the Hasting Co. operations at Rock Bay. From left : Struthers home, Des Brisays- camp time keeper home, McCallums home and Rock Bay Hospital.

Beecher Lake Lumber Co. near Campbell River

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.

J. Phelps beside a stand of timber near Elk Bay

Beecher Lake Lumber sawmill operations

Parker family float house

P.B. Anderson's logging Camp at Knox Bay, Thurlow Island

P.B. Anderson's logging camp at Knox Bay, Thurlow Island was established in 1917. The logging operation there included several miles of rail line.

Thompson family floathouse at Elk Bay

Dick and Wilena Thompson's floathouse at Elk Bay logging operations. The two girls are daughter so girls are Louise and Frances?

Log dump at Englewood operations, Nimpkish

Powell River Logging Co.

Train trestle at Kingcome Inlet.

Gildersleeve logging camp on King Island

G.H. 'Doc' Gildersleeve operated a small logging camp at various locations. According to Ken Drushka's book, Working in the Woods he established the first truck logging camps on the mid-coast. School teacher John Vogt(hired by Gildersleeve) when they were logging near King Island.

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 5 at Brewster Lake

View of the single men accomodations including the bunkhouses and cookhouse.

Elk River Timber Co. booming grounds

Drilling boom sticks.

Kanish Bay on Quadra Island

Loading and booming grounds.

Elk River Timber faller near Campbell River

Willie Granlund beside a large cedar between the mine and the old Upper Quinsam Lake.

Logging crew near Green Point Rapids

Man in centre is Kenneth Houghton-Brown.

A tug-o-war at Heriot Bay on Quadra Island

A group of local loggers take on the miners in a tug-o-war held during an event at Heriot Bay to celebrate the launch of the Bull family's new boat, the New Zealand. Hosea and Helen Bull established and operated the Heriot Bay Inn for many years. See photograph catalog No. 9376 for the other...

Logging locomotive on trestle

Climax locomotive on the trestle bridge on Valdez (Quadra) Island.

A fully rigged spar tree

High rigger Ed Coola poses on top of a newly rigged tree at a Bloedel logging operation.

Camp speeders at Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 5

Steam donkey at Elk Bay

Wilson and Brady logging

Sunnyside Farm, Quadra Island.

Logging operation on Cortes Island

Elk River Timber Co. log dump

Unloading logs at the ERT log dump in the Campbell River Estuary.

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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