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Beecher Lake Lumber Co. near 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.

International Timber Co. locomotive on a trestle

Booming grounds at Beaver Creek

The Union Steamship S.S. Chelosin approaching the booming grounds at Beaver Creek logging camp in Loughborough Inlet.

Canadian Forest Products speeder

Campbell River Timber Co. locomotive

Campbell River Timber Co. #2 locomotive on the tracks in front of camp - likely at Camp 1.

Boom at Camp 2 - Broughton Island

Panorama of the standing boom of Clark and Lyford, Ltd., in the southwest arm of Booker Lagoon, Broughton Island, with Camp 2 on floats in the background. Also note the swing donkey and 108-foot gin pole, with launch 'Kalmor II' at right.

Logging truck near MacMillan Bloedel Camp 5

Scotty Sellers with a well loaded logging truck.

Crew at Hastings Co. operations in Granite Bay, Quadra Island

Hastings Logging outfit in Granite Bay, Quadra Island. Back row (left to right): Freddy Walker, Pete & Gus Norlander (who built sleighs for the donkeys). Front row (left to right): Debresay (the Superintendant), Margaret Cavenaugh, Jerry Cavenaugh (the Camp Boss), and youngsters Mary &...

Carvings made by saw filer Oscar Hillgren

Elk River Timber Co. saw filer Oscar Hillgren was known for his unique carvings.

Nimpkish Timber Co. operations at Camp 0

Loading rail cars at Wood and English's Camp 0.

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 4

The railroad crew at Camp 4, Trout Lake.

Wood and English operations at Nimpkish

Jack's bridge crew working in the Nimpkish area.

Von Donop Creek, Cortes Island`

Clarence Byers, a truck driver, with a load of big timber.

Canadian Forest Products near Woss camp

Rebuilding the bridge to Woss camp using a spar tree and steam donkey.

Bendickson Logging camp on Read Island

Camp buildings are (from left): blacksmith shop, bunkhouse, cookhouse, and three donkey engines.

Logger in fallen timber near Menzies Mountain

Logger working for "Daddy Lamb's" outfit (Lamb Lumber Co.), Menzie's Bay.

Loading logs at Kanish Bay on Quadra Island

Woss Lake Loggers' Day

Campbell River Courier newspaper foreman Bob Lealess (left) and Canadian Forest Products employee Phil Vecqueray viewing the new posters for an upcoming Logger's Sports event at Woss.

Hastings Co. Camp C at Hemming Bay

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

Pioneer Timber Co. in Port McNeill

Beach front view of the logging camp buildings and wooden fore-an-aft road at Pioneer Timber Co. at their operations at Port McNeill. This was a truck logging operation. Note the wire rip-rap on the road which is meant to provide traction to the hard tired logging trucks.

Canadian Forest Products Locomotive 113

Locomotive 113 on display at the Woss Lake Loggers Sports Day.

Elk River Timber Co. boom camp

The cookhouse of the ERT boom camp in the Campbell River estuary; bunkhouse in background.

Logging in Bute Inlet

Logging at the Schnarr place in Bute Inlet - Einar Johnson did the logging.

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.

Granite Bay school on Quadra Island

Original Granite Bay school house built in 1911. At this time many of the children from the nearby Coal Creek Logging Ltd. camp attended school here.

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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