Campbell River Logger Sports

Danny McKenzie, manager at the Elk River Timber company, participating in logger sports cable splicing competition held in Campbell River.
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Powell River Logging Co.

Camp 1, Kingcome Inlet.
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Bendickson Logging camp at Jervis Inlet

The cookhouse with woodshed, commissary, and offices of the Bendickson Logging camp at Jervis Inlet (Patrick Point). The sidewalks were made from split cedar. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Whittaker holding hands in front of one of the camp buildings.
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The first Bull of the Woods Day, Campbell River

Single hand bucker in the Men's Final.
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Logging crew with a steam donkey on Thurlow Island

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Logger Sports event at Port Alberni

Vice President of I.W.A. Local 185 Walter Yates (right) presents Laurence McIvor (left) with the Dayton Shoe challenge trophy in Port Alberni.
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Elk Falls Mill first aid team

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Logging locomotive on trestle

Climax locomotive on the trestle bridge on Valdez (Quadra) Island.
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Inside the cookhouse at Bendickson Logging camp

The carpenter (Gustavson?) and the cook, both worked for Bendickson Logging.
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Powell River Co. in Kingcome Inlet

View of the bunkhouse interior at Powell River Co., operations at Kingcome Inlet.
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Sawfiling

Fred Burman sawfiling at Malaspina Inlet.
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B.C. Forest Service Crew

B.C. Forest Service fire fighting crew preparing to fight the Sayward Fire. This photograph is likely taken at Forbes Landing.
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Raven Lumber operations

Seven feet through at the butt, this big fir log couldn't be lifted by Raven's log loader, and was finally pushed off the truck using multiple pieces of equipment.
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Hasting Co. crew at Rock Bay operations

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T.J. Brown Logging Co. near Campbell River

Hayrake and spar tree in operation. This was the first time T.J. Brown Co. used this set up and the operator had rigged the hayrake too high.
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Bloedel, Stewart and Welch Camp 5 at Brewster Lake

Setting up Camp 5. Russ Wilson's house is being unloaded on the Point and Bonar's house is on the car.
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May Day celebrations at Rock Bay

May Day event held by Hasting Co. employees a the Rock Bay. May Queen (centre) is Mary Cavanaugh, and the Queen's court is Vida Holroyd, Margaret ???, Ethel Holroyd, Margaret Cavanaugh, and Pearl Lappleton.
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Logging truck with a load of logs

Elk River Timber Co. truck hauling timber opposite the Strathcona Park Lodge on the Upper Campbell Lake.
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Beecher Lake Lumber Co. near Campbell River

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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Sayward Logger Sports

Ladies setting chokers at the Sayward Logger Sports - Susy McKenzie on far right.
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View of Elk Falls Mill at Duncan Bay

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Elk River Timber Co. crew members

Bob English and one unidentified man standing a hilltop likely near ERT's operations along the Campbell Lake area.
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Hasting co. camp near Rock Bay

View of tugboat 'Active' tied up at wharf at Rock Bay.
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Carvings made by saw filer Oscar Hillgren

Elk River Timber Co. sawfiler Oscar Hillgren was known for his unique carvings.
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Campbell River Logger Sports

Log rolling event at logger sports, Campbell River. Event was annually held on the Labour Day weekend and sponsored by the Kinsmen's Club.
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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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