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International Timber Co. locomotive near Campbell River

James Payne, who worked as a brakeman at the camp, is seated on the locomotive near the front.

Loggers from Elk River Timber Co. camp

On left is Kenny McLean and Johnny Gara, on right.

Hastings Co. logging locomotive and crew

Hastings Logging Co. (B.C. Mills Timber and Trading) locomotive #7 - built by Montreal Locomotive Works.

Early loggers on holiday at Heriot Bay, Quadra Island

Loggers: David Vanstone (rear, 2nd from right), Frank Gagne (holding a dog), and Arthur Joyce (rear, 3rd from left).

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.

Pioneer Timber Co. operations at Port McNeill

Crew standing on the steam donkey skids. Notice the barrels which would be used for holding water. Only identified crew member is Arnold Scott "Big feet," a chokerman who is the first on the left.

Byles and Groves logging crew Port Neville

Bendickson Logging operations at Hardwicke Island

A typical road donkey, a 10 x 15 Vancouver Engineering Works steam donkey, built in 1910. Note the wheel type main friction device. This machine had a capacity of approximately 2 miles 1 1/8" mainline. Louis Larsen (engineer) and John Rohan (wood bucker) pictured with the donkey.

Oyster Bay breakwater

Old boat wrecks (some seen here) were used to build the breakwater at Oyster Bay when the area was used as a booming ground for the Iron River Logging operations.

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 4 crew

Yarding crew on a log being choked before yarding.

Loading rail cars at Bloedel Camp 5 near Menzie's Bay

Logging with a steel spar in the Campbell River area

A steel spar and a heel boom loader

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

International Timber Co. crew

International Timber Co. logging crew, family members and cookhouse staff at Camp #4 posed in front of the cookhouse. The following people are identified: Mrs. Kusha (kitchen helper) in plaid coat, back row. David Jeremiahson, camp superintendent, on her right (he used to have his own camp).

Tree planters at work near Campbell River

Photograph possibly taken at Quinsam Flats.

The 5-spot locomotive at Rock Bay

Log rafts at Port Neville

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.

Elk River Timber Co. logging operations

Two loggers on rigging.

Unloading logs at Rock Bay

Unloading long logs at Rock Bay, the tidewater terminal of the British Columbia Mills, Timber and Trading Company's operation on Vancouver Island, B.C. by means of a simple device of a series of wire ropes passed under the logs, which are pulled taut by another wire rope attached to the...

Campbell River Timber Co. locomotive

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

Pioneer Timber Co. logging truck

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

Elk River Timber Co. operations near Campbell River

Locomotive and steam donkey.

Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Camp at Woss

The camp kitchen and the cook.

Logger Sports Day in Campbell River

A game of tug-o-war.

Campbell River Timber co speeder

The small freight car at the "Y" at Campbell River Timber, between the big speeder on the left and the little speeder on the right.

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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