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Eric Madsen and Ted Whiting

Ted Whiting was involved with the resforestation of the Sayward Forest in the years followin the Sayward Fire of 1938.

Residents of Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 5 at Brewster Lake

"Powder Puff Special" - picking up groceries. Mrs. Solem, Mrs. McDonald, Buddy and Carl McDonald, Mrs. Bonar, Mrs. Vernon, Elsie Johnson, and Mrs. Thompson.

Expansion at the Elk Falls Mill, 1960's

Construction of No. 2 Recovery alongside No. 1 Recovery, 1960's.

Elk River Timber tugboat

The Quinsam No.11 with Les McDonald and Ted Forter. This boat was used at ERT's booming ground at the mouth of the Campbell River.

Hastings Co. Camp C at Hemming Bay

Logged off area at Hasting Co. Camp C showing skid road.

International Timber Co. camp near Campbell River

I.T. locomotive near Campbell River.

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

Elk River Timber Co. operations

An area near Campbell River that was logged by the Elk River Timber Co.

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.

Topping a spar tree at Hemming Lake

Freshly topped spar tree near Hastings Co., Camp C, Hemming Bay.

Pioneer Timber Co. logging truck

Leon Proteau in the cab of his truck near Port McNeill.

Clark and Lyford Ltd. Camp 2

Camp 2, Clark and Lyford, Ltd., on the southwest arm of Booker Lagoon, Broughton Island, B.C.. The camp buildings are on log floats so that when it is desired to move it is only necessary to release the shore lines and tow the whole camp intact to its new location, without delay to the workmen, or...

A-frame and float camp near Zeballos

Wilson and Brady Co. locomotive on Quadra Island

A forestry tree-planting crew at Quinsam Flats

This tree planting crew (pictured here in the Sayward Forest area) was one of the many B.C. Forest Service crews that worked in the Campbell River area after the Sayward Fire of 1938.

Loggers at Bloedel Stewart & Welch, Camp 4

Elk River Timber Co. clear cut near Campbell River

Aerial View of Elk Falls Mill

Logger Sports Day parade

Campbell River Logger Sports

Cable splicing competition at annual logger sports held in Campbell River.

Moving a steam donkey on a float

Moving the 11x14 Empire No. 242 High Lead Yarder on a raft in Booker Lagoon off Broughton Island. It was towed to a new location on the opposite side of the lagoon.

Bendickson Logging crew on Broughton Island

Martin Espaland (cook) with a small dog standing above on the springboard. Hans Bendickson second from right. Others believed to be (left to right) L. Dahl, ???, Nels Lovick, Moss Johnson, ???, Gus Gunderson, ???, ???.

Loaded logging trucks at Oyster Bay

Loaded truck belonging to S and S truck (Schnare and Schnare Trucking). They were contractors for Iron River Logging. The house on the left belonged to the Boggs family.

Aerial view of Woss Camp

Rock Bay

William Carmichael.

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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