A loaded log train near Rock Bay area

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.
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Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Camp at Woss

The loading set up.
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Loggers at the Canada Day event in Campbell River

Photograph was taken behind the first Willows Hotel in Campbell River and the annex is the bulding on the far right.
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Hyacinthe Bay, Quadra Island

Loggers pose with a big fir.
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Bloedel, Stewart and Welch, Camp 5

Art Backlund, Camp 5 mechanic, Dick Burnett (manufacturer of Burnett Chainsaws), and camp foreman Martin Fossum with a new two-man Burnett chainsaw.
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Campbell River Logger Sports

One man chainsaw cutting competition at logger sports event in Campbell River.
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Booming ground at Port Neville

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Bloedel, Stewart and Welch locomotives at Myrtle Point

These locomotives were afterwards moved to the Bloedel, Stewart and Welch operation at Menzie's Bay.
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Unloading transplants and supplies at Knox Bay

Supplies and saplings being offloaded on the beach at Knox Bay in preparation for planting.
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Sayward Logger Sports

Ron Sprout competing in the axe throw.
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Granite Bay booming grounds

Coal Creek Logging Ltd. booming grounds at Granite Bay on Quadra Island. 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...
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Merrill Ring Wilson Ltd. camp at Big Tree Creek

A Shay locomotive on the tracks part of Merrill Ring Wilson Ltd. operations near Big Tree Creek.
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The first aid building at Bendickson Logging camp

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Accident Prevention Committee Meeting at Woss Camp

Back row, standing, left to right: Ted Boucher (First Aid Attendant), Art Newman (F and B Superintendent), Dunc Forbes (Woss Camp Superintendent), Viv Hunter (Personnel and Safety), Stan Lowe (Chairman, Woss IWA), and Patrick Shannon (Construction Foreman). Front row, seated, left to right: Cecil...
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Steam donkey in operation on Quadra Island

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Woss Lake Loggers' Day

Steve Bozman, the winner of the Under 18 Tree Climbing event.
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Elk River Timber Co. locomotive at Camp 9

A Shay engine at ERT Camp 9, by Nicki Creek at the south end of Upper Campbell Lake.
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Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 5 at Brewster Lake

The cookhouse in winter - note the triangular dinner bell. The triangle is now in the collections at the Museum at Campbell River.
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View of the Oyster Bay Logging Camp

View of camp taken when the tide is out, pilings from booming ground in foreground.
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Beecher Lake Lumber Co. 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.
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Bendickson Logging crew at Quadra Island operations

Part of the rigging crew with some big fir at Open Bay on Quadra Island. Note the snipe on the end of the log to assist in hauling it out of the bush, made by Julius Sampson who is standing at far right holding a very sharp broad-bit axe. Hans Hansen (hook tender) is at far left. Other persons...
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Sayward Logger Sports

Ron Sprout setting chokers in the Chokerman's Race.
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Woss Lake Logger Sports

Art Williams of Ladysmith entertains the crowd standing on his head at the top of a spar while wearing a dress.
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International Timber Co. locomotive on a trestle

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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...
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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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Camp Life

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.
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Discovery Islands

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.
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Menzies Bay

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.
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Lumber World Review

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.
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