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The first four managers of the Elk Falls Mill, Sept. 5, 1975

L to R: Tom Hargreaves (first manager at the Elk Falls Mill), Howard Hall, Junius Sapp, the then current manager Jim Christensen.

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 4

Steam donkey being unloaded at Camp 4.

Moving a steam donkey

Steam donkey being moved up and hill, note the skid path it leaves behind. This photograph may have been taken at Elk River Timber co. operations near Campbell River.

Bendickson Logging operations on Hardwicke Island

The camp cookhouse.

Dot Logging Co. at Knight Inlet

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

Hauling a log with a spar tree in Port Neville

Load of logs near International Timber Co. Camp 2

Reforestation at Knox Bay on Thurlow Island

A fifteen-man tree planting crew at work in the area immediately north of Lot 14, Knox Bay. The large number of stumps, downed timber and ground cover shown was not uncommon, and made tree planting difficult work. This area had previously been logged by P.B. Anderson.

Loggers at Elk River Timber Co. camp

Sparky Hughes, Ray Manning, Tom Larnie, Willie Granlund, and three others on steps of bunkhouse at ERT camp, possibly at Camp 8 at Echo Lake.

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 5 at Brewster Lake

Setting up Camp 5. Russ Wilson's house is being unloaded on the Point and Bonar's house is on the car.

Aerial view of Raven Lumber operations

View of the Raven Lumber sawmill operations at the mouth of the Campbell river. Note the Campbell River and bridge in the top left corner and Ocean Cedar Products on the right.

Logger Sports event at Port Alberni

Laurence McIvor (right) with the Dayton Shoe challenge trophy in Port Alberni.

Elk River Timber Co. log dump

Unloading logs at the ERT log dump in the Campbell River Estuary.

Logging crew at Woss Camp

Gordon Flowerdew is the seventh man from the left.

Beecher Lake Lumber Co.

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.

International Timber's 4 spot locomotive near Campbell River

Campbell River Logger Sports

The women's log rolling competition (Myrtle Baikie is one of the women).

Reforestation camp 31

A reforestation camp in the Salmon River area (across high level bridge)

View of the Bloedel Stewart and Welch camp at Menzie's Bay

Store and office at the Menzies Bay beach camp of Bloedel, Stewart and Welch.

Woss camp logger sports

Italo Cavagguin? competing in the eye splicing event.

Logging in the Rock Bay area

B.C. Forest Service Crew

B.C. Forest Service fire fighting crew preparing to fight the Sayward Fire. This photograph is likely taken at Forbes Landing.

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

Mill carpenters replacing the roof on the top of a paper barge at low tide.

Coal Creek Logging Ltd. truck at Granite Bay

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.

Byles and Groves crew at Port Neville

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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