Home | Campbell River Museum

Aerial view of Woss Camp

Loggers at Port Neville

Jerry Bristoe, Otto Petersen, and Bill Crabbe (child).

Elk River Timber Co. crew members

Gordon Woods (and an unidentified person) in front of an ERT locomotive at one of their camps.

Aftermath of the Sayward Fire

Burned out bunks from a logging camp (or Forbes Landing?) likely T.J. Brown Co. who were logging the Quinsam Lake area.

Fighting the Sayward Forest Fire

Bendickson Logging camp at Jervis Inlet

The cookhouse with woodshed, commissary, and offices of the Bendickson Logging camp at Jervis Inlet (Patrick Point). The sidewalks were made from split cedar. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Whittaker holding hands in front of one of the camp buildings.

Heriot Bay on Quadra Island

The seaplane landing in this photograph was engaged in fighting forest fires in BC, and was being brought in with pumps and chemicals for fighting the Quadra Fire.

Loading logs at Campbell River

Steam donkey and crew likely at International Timber co. operations near Campbell River.

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

Wood & English locomotive off of the tracks at Camp 8

Doc Murray near a logging camp at Port Neville

Doc Murray was the timekeeper as well a the first aid attendant for the camp

Campbell River's first sawmill

The office of Frank Wilfert's sawmill on the slough in Campbellton.

Log dump at Beaver Creek, Loughbourogh Inlet

Bundling trees at the Campbell River Nursery

The Campbell River Nursery, which later became known as the Quinsam Nursery was established in 1939.

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.

Woss Lake Loggers' Day

Grant Smith, winner of the Novice Tree Climbing event.

M and M Logging Co.

Wharf and log booming area at M and M Camp at Forward Bay on Cracroft Island.

Wilson and Brady Co. steam donkey at Drew Harbour, Quadra Island

Logging camp houses at Zeballos

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.

Canadian Forest Products Locomotive Engine #302

Building Canadian Forest Products trestle

Bendickson Logging crew members

Fritchof Luke and Bill Edman (fallers) and Gus Pederson (bucker) beside a big cedar - 15 foot diametre at the butt. This one was too big to haul over the skid road and is still there.

Log dump Coal Creek Logging Ltd., 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.

Unloading transplants in Knox Bay

Transplants being lowered from the Union Steamship Chelosin to a barge behind the B.C. Forester launch at the mouth of Knox Bay.

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.

View Gallery »

Web Design Vancouver Island
Chameleon Creative Graphic & Web Design Inc.