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Cat Tractors and Mill Boom on Bull Cars at Woss

Russell Mills (the General Manager at the Englewood division) invented these mill booms. Woss Camp and Camp A used them for years, first as log loaders and then as transfer or reload machines.

Aerial Panorama of Campbell River

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

Ernie Alexander competing in a loggers sports event

Logger sport competitor Ernie Alexander climbing a tree in Mohan Park, Vancouver. He was the Pacific Northwest tree climbing champion at this time, and would become the world champion later that same year.

A stand of timber on Redonda Island

Stand of Fir and Hemlock timber on Surveyed Timber Limit 743, Redonda Island, 100 miles northwest of Vancouver, BC, about 10 chains south from northwest corner, at elevation of 250 feet. Medium sized timber standing on good logging ground. The timber on this limit is of medium size, 85.3% Fir, 13....

The first Bull of the Woods Day, Campbell River

The obstacle pole final.

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch locomotives at Myrtle Point

These locomotives were afterwards moved to the Bloedel, Stewart and Welch operation at Menzie's Bay.

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...

A fully rigged spar tree

High rigger Ed Coola poses on top of a newly rigged tree at a Bloedel logging operation.

Loaded logging truck near Woss camp

Canadian Forest Products truck with load of TV tower poles going to TV mountain.

Reforestation camp 31

A reforestation camp in the Salmon River area (across high level bridge)

Alberni Pacific's #2 - engine now preserved at Port Alberni

Elk River Timber faller near Campbell River

Willie Granlund beside a large cedar between the mine and the old Upper Quinsam Lake.

Bendickson Logging crew members

Ed Hill and John Nicholson at back, and Aaron Ericson and Stan Finny in front.

Wood and English Camp 9

Rail cars loaded down with timber; men are Sam and 'Jiggs'.

A speeder at Bear Lake

A speeder at the Bear Lake water tank, near Rock Bay.

Contructing a logging railroad trestle

Campbell River Logger Sports

The women's log rolling competition (Myrtle Baikie is one of the women).

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

Bendickson Logging crew and families at Jervis Inlet

Part of the camp crew at Bendickson Logging operations at Patrick Point, Jervis Inlet.

Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Camp at Woss

A cold deck pile.

Elk River Timber Co. steam donkey

Moving a steam donkey by rail car near ERT Camp 7.

Elk River Timber Co. booming grounds

Photograph appeared in the June 16, 1976 issue of the C.R. Upper Islander newspaper with following caption: Sluicing the logs involves grading them as well. Peeler logs for plywood one way, pulp logs the other.

'Jim' the pet deer at Clark and Lyford camp

Leonard Frolander, fox terrier and 'Jim' the pet deer in a motor boat, at Clark and Lyford, Ltd. Camp 2 Booker Lagoon, B.C.

The steam donkey crew at Menzie's Bay

Logging crew at "Daddy Lamb's" outfit (Lamb Lumber Co.) in Menzie's Bay - Ernie Truman on stump and Otto Peterson on right.

Spar tree and steam donkey, Nimpkish area

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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