Art Williams, Best All Round Logger and recipient of the Pierre Paris Trophy. He also received 1st place for Power Saw Bucking, 1st place for Log Birling, 2nd place for Eye Splicing, and 3rd place for Obstacle Pole Bucking.
Elk River Timber Co. locomotive near Campbell River
This photograph was taken on the rail lines below Camp 8 - note that it is still marked 'International Timber'. Andy Teck, engineer, among the men in photo.
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.