Labour Day Logger Sports at Campbell River

Ladies' log bucking competition.
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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.
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Woss Lake Loggers' Day

John Kasnik with his many trophies.
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Nimpkish Timber Co. locomotive at Camp 9

Nimpkish Timber Co., 5 spot locomotive on the tracks at camp 9, Nimpkish Lake area.
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Forestry Camp at Thurston Bay

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Elk River Timber Co. Camp 8 at Echo Lake

View of camp looking northeast towards Campbell River from Camp 8 at Echo Lake. The offices are on the left, a railroad crummie in the centre, the first aid shack, the cookhouse, the dining room, the filing shed, and the bunkhouses also pictured. This camp housed 365 men at a time.
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View of the Bloedel Stewart and Welch camp at Menzie's Bay

Store and office at the Menzies Bay beach camp of Bloedel, Stewart and Welch.
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Pioneer Timber Co. logging truck

Leon Proteau in the truck at their logging operations at Port McNeill.
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Nimpkish Timber Co. operations at Camp 0

Loading rail cars at Wood and English's Camp 0.
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Elk River Timber Co. crew and steam donkey

ERT crew members posed beside one of their steam donkey's. Note the stacks of firewood used to fuel the donkey.
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Percy Belson's float camp near Dent Island

Percy Belson's logging operations near Dent Island. Float camp with a view of a A-frame in the background which was presumably used in his logging operations.
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Elk River Timber Co. Camp 8 on Echo Lake

View of the married quarters at ERT Camp 8 (this was located where cross roads were later built).
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Elk River Timber Co. Camp 10

Looking east from the parking area; showing the office, dining room, and kitchen.
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Early loggers on holiday at Heriot Bay, Quadra Island

Loggers: David Vanstone (rear, 2nd from right), Frank Gagne (holding a dog), and Arthur Joyce (rear, 3rd from left).
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Abbott Timber Co.logging operations

A load of logs on a railcar at Haskin's Place, Quadra Island.
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Spar tree and steam donkey, Nimpkish area

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High rigger at Bendickson Logging operation

Aaron Erickson (high rigger) ready to go up a spar tree.
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Aftermath of 1925 Quadra Island forest fire

View of burned out area that had previously be logged.
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Woss Lake Loggers' Day

Steve Bozman, the winner of the Under 18 Tree Climbing event.
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Installing the head box at No. 2 paper machine, Elk Falls Mill

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Steam donkey in use near Cape Mudge

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International Timber Co. blacksmith shop

Gus Miller, on left with goggles, was a blacksmith around Campbell River and worked for International Timber Co. - he is believed to be responsible for introducing welding to the area.
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Heriot Bay on Quadra Island

The seaplane landing in this photograph was engaged in fighting forest fires in BC, and was being brought in with pumps and chemicals for fighting the Quadra Fire.
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Wood and English Camp 9

Rail cars loaded down with timber; men are Sam and 'Jiggs'.
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Bendickson Logging camp on Quadra Island

Bendickson Logging camp at Open Bay, Quadra Island. Camp buildings include from left: the Bendickson house, the cookhouse, and bunkhouse.
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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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Camp Life

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.
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Discovery Islands

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.
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Menzies Bay

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.
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Lumber World Review

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.
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