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Logging crew at Woss Camp

Gordon Flowerdew is the seventh man from the left.

Mel Parker taking a break

Merrill Ring Wilson Ltd. camp at Big Tree Creek

The machine shop at the Big Tree Creek camp showing a couple of locomotives in the yard and a skeleton car. This camp was located near where the Island Highway now crosses Amor de Cosmos Creek. According to Ken Drushka's book, Working in the Woods, 'this was one of the coast's major...

Sayward Logger Sports

George Strobl of Kelsey Bay demonstrates the axe throw at Sayward Loggers Sports.

Elk River Timber Co. logging camp

Bundling trees at the Campbell River Nursery

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

An abandoned logging camp

Abandoned camp of British Columbia Mills, Timber and Trading Co., form Launch 'Kalmor II', at anchor in west end of Nodales Channel, 130 miles northwest of Vancouver. A landing was made here to allow easy access to Surveyed Timber Limit 40772, owned by Clark and Lyford, Ltd.

Canadian Forest Products Locomotive 112 in the Nimpkish Valley

Steam donkey in use near Cape Mudge

The Union Steamship Chelosin

Powell River Logging Co. at Kelsey Bay

Rock Bay

Aerial view of Nimpkish Camp

Campbell River Timber Co. locomotive

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

Logger Sports Day in Campbell River

The tree climbing event.

Woss camp logger sports

Ron Hartell, winner of this event, competing in the Obstacle Power Saw Bucking Competition.

Schoolhouse 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 near King Island. John Vogt was hired as...

Merrill and Ring operations at Duncan Bay

Railroad trestle and log dump at Merrill and Ring operations at Duncan Bay.

Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Camp at Woss

Cat logging.

Burned out area at Quinsam Flats

This was one of the many areas that need to be reforested as a result of the Sayward Fire of 1938.

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.

Pioneer Timber Co. in Port McNeill

Pioneer Timber Co. camp buildings at Port McNeill. This was a truck logging operation and a wooden plank road can be seen in the running along the edge of the camp.

Elk River Timber co. trestle rail on Echo Lake

Note the spur for sandhouse on the left (where sand was cleaned and dried for locomotive brakes).

Joe Zanatta's sawmill at Campbell River

Loading lumber at the Joe Zanatta's sawmill which was located behind the Quinsam Hotel in Campbell River. Mill was operated by his company Quinsam Trucking and in this photo is one of his Hayes Diesel trucks.

Spar tree accident at Bendickson Logging

An accident with a spar tree - the top of this spar tree has been broken off, and the righ rigger has climbed up over the mess to put up a pass line to allow re-rigging of the spar.

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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