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Bendickson Logging operations

Replacing the boiler on a donkey engine after it was pushed off by a runaway log. The log hit the front of the frame of the donkey and split, and the upper half slip up one drum striking the boiler.

Beecher Lake Lumber Co. sawmill

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.

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch in Menzie's Bay

The store and office at Menzie's Bay.

Parker and Palmer Logging Co.

Otto Peterson in Palmer Bay.

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 5 at Brewster Lake

View of the Point and the houses on the hill at Camp 5. The bunkhouses for the single men are in the foreground and the married living quarters are across the lake.

Powell River Logging Co.

Camp 1, Kingcome Inlet.

Loaded logging truck

Elk River Timber Co. truck and timber.

Loading logs at Elk River Timber Co operations

Loading logs with the use of 'L' hooks on a skyline onto rail cars. This was an extremely unstable and dangerous process.

Shoal Bay, Thurlow Island

A steam donkey and a spar tree.

International Timber Co. Camp 4 near Campbell River

Notice the bunkhouses on the rail cars - the camp was being organized at this point. Man in foreground was a high rigger. The foreman's building is on the left. At this time families lived one half of the bunk houses.

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...

Old growth Cedar with undercut

Very large cedar tree, with undercut, probably made by a hand logger, who later discovered it was not on land upon which he was licensed to operate. Diameter 129 inches.

Woss Lake Loggers' Day

Grant Smith, winner of the Novice Tree Climbing event.

Aerial view of Menzie's Bay

View of booming grounds and booms at MacMillan Bloedel operations at Menzie's Bay.

The Sayward Forest Fire

The first Bull of the Woods Day, Campbell River

Eric Holmquist loses the log birling title to Rob Smith in the Final.

Building timber road for truck logging operation

Hasting Co. Camp C at Hemming Bay

View of Hasting Co. float Camp C from the lake at Hemming Bay.

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 at Bloedel Stewart & Welch, Camp 4

Englewood Safety Council - Woss Camp

Wood chip burner at Beecher Lake Lumber Co.

The wood chip burner at Beecher Lake Lumber Co., 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. Logging.

Students at Gildersleeve logging camp

G.H. 'Doc' Gildersleeve operated a small logging camp at various locations. According to Ken Drushka's book, Working in the Woods he established the first truck logging camps on the mid-coast. This photograph taken when the camp was located at King Island.

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 5

Helmer and Hulda Boy? and Gertie Kusha. Helmer was the grade foreman when railroad logging.

Aerial Panorama of Campbell River

A view of the Campbell River estuary area and the Elk River Timber Co. log dump and booming grounds.

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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