View of car having Fir, Cedar, Hemlock and White Pine logs in its load, lengths up to 72 feet, taken at landing of "Camp H", British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company, Rock Bay, B.C., Vancouver Island.
B. A. Johnson and Harold Gardiner in a small boat, with two 42-inch grayfish. The launch 'Kalmor II' in back, with a view over Creasy Bay looking to the west.
Interior of the school house at Granite Bay, Quadra Island. At this time many of the children from the nearby Coal Creek Logging Ltd. camp attended this school.
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...
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.
In the early years a camp was more than just a place for the men to work and sleep, but also a home for their children and families. Larger camps had family housing, schools for the children, and other such amenities.
Logging in the area has not only included Vancouver Island itself, but also some of the smaller islands adjacent to it; including Cortes Island, Read Island, Sonora Island, West Redonda Island (Teakerne Arm), and others.
A variety of companies have logged in the Menzie's Bay area (just north of the city of Campbell River) over the years, including Lamb Lumber Co., Bloedel Stewart & Welch, MacMillan Bloedel, and Campbell River Timber Co.
Dozens of pictures were taken for the 'Lumber World Review' magazine during a June, 1917 timber cruise along coastal BC by Clark and Lyford Ltd., the first forest engineering firm in British Columbia.