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Pioneer Timber Co. camp

Panorama view of the camp at Port McNeill.

Falling a snag with a two-man chainsaw

After the Sayward Fire, crews worked to cut down the snags and clear the area in preparation for tree planting.

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

Loading rolls of paper manufactured at the Elk Falls Mill at Duncan Bay onto a freighter.

Elk Falls Mill paper machine #2

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 4 crew

Yarding crew on a log being choked before yarding.

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

Mill worker getting ready to stack sheet on the calendar stack on the dry end of a paper machine.

May Day celebrations at Rock Bay

May Day celebrations at the Hasting Co. logging camp at Rock 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...

Beecher Lake Lumber Co. 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.

Merrill, Ring and Wilson operations at Duncan Bay

A steam powered wood splitter.

Hasting Co. operations Rock Bay

Cold deck pile of logs piled at base of spar tree near Camp C, Rock Bay.

Elk River Timber Co. Camp 8 at Echo Lake

Building the locomotive round house during the construction of E.R.T. Camp 8. Mitch Hiriart is working with a drag saw to cut firewood.

Labour Day Logger Sports event at Campbell River

The 2-man power saw.

Elk River Timber Co. steam donkey

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

Coal Creek Logging Ltd. camp, 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.

Woodsman's cabin at Rock Bay

Stand of timber on Thurlow Island

At elevation 400 feet. Four Firs and one Cedar tree. Firs 4 to 6 feet in diameter; Cedar 4 feet at "breast high". Located near southeast corner of Surveyed Timber Limit 40772.

Campbell River Logger Sports

Bill Baikie (left) competes in the log rolling competition at Logger Sports in front of the Tyee Plaza.

Elk Falls Mill Paper Makers Local 630 executive

Members of the Elk Falls Paper Makers Local 630 executive. Back row from left: Neil Campbell, ?, Fred Schumland, Garry Heslop, ? Front row from left: ?, Doug McDonald, Jack Torrance, ?

Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Camp at Woss

Railroad construction.

Elk Falls Mill first aid team

Canadian Forest Products Locomotive 113

Locomotive 113 on display at the Woss Lake Loggers Sports Day.

International Timber Co. Camp 4

International Timber Co. Camp 4 - note from back of original photograph: "Notice the Blacksmith's shop, the car repair shed, the place where rails were stored and straightened, and the spar trees."

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

Stella Lake Logging Co. operations

Steam donkey at Elk Bay, Stella Lake Logging Co.

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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Pioneer Timber Co. camp

Falling a snag with a two-man chainsaw

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

Elk Falls Mill paper machine #2

Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 4 crew

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

May Day celebrations at Rock Bay

Fire at Beecher Lake Lumber Co. sawmill

Beecher Lake Lumber Co. Campbell River

Merrill, Ring and Wilson operations at Duncan Bay

Hasting Co. operations Rock Bay

Elk River Timber Co. Camp 8 at Echo Lake

Labour Day Logger Sports event at Campbell River

Elk River Timber Co. steam donkey

Coal Creek Logging Ltd. camp, Granite Bay

Woodsman's cabin at Rock Bay

Stand of timber on Thurlow Island

Campbell River Logger Sports

Elk Falls Mill Paper Makers Local 630 executive

Canadian Forest Products Ltd. Camp at Woss

Elk Falls Mill first aid team

Canadian Forest Products Locomotive 113

International Timber Co. Camp 4

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

Stella Lake Logging Co. operations

Logger Sports

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