Coal Creek Logging Ltd. was owned and operated by Les and Agnes Bestwick. In 1944 they moved their truck logging operations to Granite Bay and logged in that area until 1955/56. They sold their logging operation to the Baikie Brothers of Campbell River.
Fir log rafts of the Vancouver Lumber Company at Port Neville, B.C., viewed from the launch 'Kalmor II' and showing the locomotive at camp ready to start into the woods.
Camp D Hastings Mill, Morgan's camp it was located on the meadow opposite Roberts Lake. Pat Maloney's father is 2nd on left, Miller is on the chair at right, Mr. Bellarbey with the kitten, and Dr. Green next on the right.
John Perkins with an electric auger used for drilling boom stick on his shoulder. He is working at the Elk River Timber Co. booming grounds at Campbell River.
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.