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.
Log boom and launch 'Kalmor II' viewed from the landing on Surveyed Timber Limit 2001, looking towards Camp 2 across the southwest arm of Booker Lagoon, Broughton Island, B.C.
The dawn of heli-logging, and the much later invention of standing-stem logging, helped to revolutionize coastal logging into the industry it is today.
Crew includes mostly local men from the Campbell River area - Dick Atchison (3rd from left at rear), Barney Foley (4th from left at front), and Al Wilms (far left at rear).
Ernie Alexander competing in a loggers sports event
Logger sport competitor Ernie Alexander climbing a tree in Mohan Park, Vancouver. He was the Pacific Northwest tree climbing champion at this time, and would become the world champion later that same year.
Moving the steam donkey to a new setting at Lull Bay in Knight Inlet. Dot Logging Co. was owned by Clarence and Doug Boardman. This steam donkey (a 10 X12) was restored by the Museum at Campbell River and is now on display out front.
Area previously logged by P.B. Anderson ready for planting
A view looking north and east from the junction of Tucker Point and Blind Channel grades - the rocky areas in the immediate background were to be strip or plot planted.
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.