Martin Espaland (cook) with a small dog standing above on the springboard. Hans Bendickson second from right. Others believed to be (left to right) L. Dahl, ???, Nels Lovick, Moss Johnson, ???, Gus Gunderson, ???, ???.
Detail of Combination Yarder and Loader from side away from track, showing 'Tootsie' whistle signal manufactured by C. M. Lovsted and Co., Alaska building, Seattle. Willamette 11x14 High Speed Yarder and Loader. June 22, 1917, 5:50 p.m. Bloedel, Stewart and Welch B.C. Logging...
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.
A cold decker donkey engine with a brand new sled. It has just been loaded onto a bull car and is just about ready to be taken out into the woods, where it will pull itself through the felled and bucked trees to the spar tree for use. This was used at Merrill Ring Wilson Ltd. operations near their...
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.
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.
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.
In the early years a camp was more than just a place for the men to work and sleep, but also a home for their children and families. Larger camps had family housing, schools for the children, and other such amenities.
Logging in the area has not only included Vancouver Island itself, but also some of the smaller islands adjacent to it; including Cortes Island, Read Island, Sonora Island, West Redonda Island (Teakerne Arm), and others.
A variety of companies have logged in the Menzie's Bay area (just north of the city of Campbell River) over the years, including Lamb Lumber Co., Bloedel Stewart & Welch, MacMillan Bloedel, and Campbell River Timber Co.
Dozens of pictures were taken for the 'Lumber World Review' magazine during a June, 1917 timber cruise along coastal BC by Clark and Lyford Ltd., the first forest engineering firm in British Columbia.