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Load of logs from MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.

Photograph appeared in the Nov. 6, 1968 issue of the C.R. Courier newspaper with the following caption: Logs heading for Osaka, Japan as part of British Columbia Pavilion at 1970 Exposition. Logs were taller than an eight story building. They were cut by MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. Copper Canyon...

Steam logging locomotive in the Campbell River area

Possibly one of International Timber Co.'s locomotives.

Logger sports event at Gold River

Canadian champion of horizontal axe chopping.

A loaded train car

Gordon Flowerdew poses with a loaded train car and some cougar hounds. This log (on railcar) is part of the record '8 load tree', which is mentioned in the book, "Glory Days of Logging." The tree was from Davey River close to Schoen Lake, was loaded by Paddy Smith using a deisel...

Elk River Timber Co. booming grounds

Drilling boom sticks.

Fire at Beecher Lake Lumber Co. sawmill

The Campbell River Fire Department works to put out the blaze at the Beecher Lake Lumber Co. sawmill, 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...

Mr. Mennie at Hasting co. camp at Rock Bay

Pioneer Timber Co. in Port McNeill

Truck repair shop at Pioneer Timber Co. camp at Port McNeill. This was a truck logging operation and according to Ken Drushka this camp mainly used 1920 vintage White logging trucks.

International Timber Co. locomotives in camp

Elk River Timber Co. Camp 8 at Echo Lake

Building the locomotive round house during the construction of E.R.T. Camp 8. Mitch Hiriart is working with a drag saw to cut firewood.

Powell River Logging Co. at Kelsey Bay

Canadian Forest Products Locomotive in the Nimpkish Valley

Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Camp at Woss

Railroad construction.

HPB Logging Co. camp at Loughborough Inlet

HPB Logging logged in Loughborough Inlet for two years until they went broke.

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.

Installing the head box at No. 2 paper machine, Elk Falls Mill.

Wire pit at the head box at No.2 paper machine.

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...

Elk River Timber Co. operations near Campbell River

Loggers atop a water tower.

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.

Elk River Timber Co. truck logging

Presumably an ERT logging truck being loaded.

Dot Logging Co. at Knight Inlet

Moving the steam donkey to a new setting at Lull Bay in Knight Inlet. Dot Logging Co. was owned by Clarence and Doug Boardman. This steam donkey (a 10 X12) was restored by the Museum at Campbell River and is now on display out front.

International Timber's 4 spot locomotive near Campbell River

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.

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

Working on the paper machine at the mill. Dry end winder.

Merrill Ring Wilson Ltd. camp at Big Tree Creek

Basil Phelps (on right) was a scaler and bull bucker for Merrill Ring Wilson Ltd. operations near Big Tree Creek.

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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