International Timber Co. locomotive near Campbell River. Guy Elgood looking out of cab door with a cap on (after working at I.T he served in World War 1 and died in England of the flu in 1918).
The rigging crew relaxing on a pile of cedar logs. Top row, left to right: Carl Carlson, Carl Aurdahl, Oscar Lind, Julius Sampson; middle row: Harry Brett, Gotfred Sundberg, and Aaron Ericson (high rigger and foreman) at bottom.
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.
Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 5 at Brewster Lake
View of the Point and the houses on the hill at Camp 5. The bunkhouses for the single men are in the foreground and the married living quarters are across the lake.
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.
Crew standing on the steam donkey skids. Notice the barrels which would be used for holding water. Only identified crew member is Arnold Scott "Big feet," a chokerman who is the first on the left.
Very large cedar tree, with undercut, probably made by a hand logger, who later discovered it was not on land upon which he was licensed to operate. Diameter 129 inches.
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 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.