Grapple Crane at Elk Falls Mill

The grapple crane lifts log bundles from the mill's booming grounds onto the woodmill log deck.
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A Bendickson Logging camp

Bendickson logging camp on Hardwicke Island.
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A loaded train car

Gordon Flowerdew poses with a loaded train car and some cougar hounds. This log (on railcar) is part of the record '8 load tree', which is mentioned in the book, "Glory Days of Logging." The tree was from Davey River close to Schoen Lake, was loaded by Paddy Smith using a deisel...
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Early logging truck on a fore-an-aft road

Eric Bergman (left) and Allan Roberts (right) on a hard-wheeled logging truck operated by Byles and Groves Co. at Port Neville.
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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.
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Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Camp at Woss

A falling tree.
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Paper machines at Elk Falls Mill

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School class photo at Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 5

Mrs. Helen's class: Wendy Martin, Heather McDonald, Kernovitch, Bowden, Kernovitch, Judy Dixon, David McDonald, Kathy Webber, Brian Dixon, Me Math, Higginsin, Phylis Warner, Susan Detweiler, Ken Kennedy, Dale Johns, and Mrs. Helen.
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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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Sayward Logger Sports

Nita Van Boyen competing in the Chokerman's Race - she placed third.
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Shingle Mill near Green Point Rapids

Shingle mill of A. P. Allison and Co. of Vancouver, B.C. on the mainland, and on Cordero Channel, opposite Green Point Rapids.
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Quadra Island Logging

Nels Roberts' Camp near Open Bay.
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Reforestation camp 31

The cook, Clyde Hastings, on the right preparing a deer which the crew shot on their off time. The cookhouse pictured in the back ground.
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Fighting the Sayward Forest Fire

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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.
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Nimpkish Timber Co. operations at Camp 8

The log dump.
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Elk Falls Lookout Station near Campbell River

Lookout man Gordon Dridericks on the lookout tower above McIvor Lake.
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Percy Belson's float camp near Dent Island

Percy Belson's logging operations near Dent Island. Float camp with a view of a A-frame in the background which was presumably used in his logging operations.
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Elk River Timber Co. logging bridge

This bridge over the Campbell River was built by Elk River Timber for their logging ventures, and is still in use today.
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Brown and Kirkland crew and their families at Elk Bay

This photograph was probably taken during a Halloween party. Charles "Dutchie" Neuberg is the man holding the stringed instrument (a harp guitar).
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The first Bull of the Woods Day, Campbell River

The obstacle pole final.
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View of Elk Falls Co. sawmill yard near Campbell River

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Oyster River shingle mill

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Nimpkish Timber Co. operations at Camp 9

Loading a rail car with logs.
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Clark and Lyford Ltd. Camp 2

Camp 2, Clark and Lyford, Ltd., on the southwest arm of Booker Lagoon, Broughton Island, B.C.. The camp buildings are on log floats so that when it is desired to move it is only necessary to release the shore lines and tow the whole camp intact to its new location, without delay to the workmen, or...
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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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