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Pioneer Timber Co. in Port McNeill

Truck repair shop at Pioneer Timber Co. camp at Port McNeill. This was a truck logging operation and according to Ken Drushka this camp mainly used 1920 vintage White logging trucks.

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.

Byles and Groves Logging at Call Inlet

Float camp, log booms, and crew in Call Inlet.

Wood chip burner at Beecher Lake Lumber Co.

Constructing the wood chip burner at Beecher Lake Lumber Co., which was owned and operated by the Baikie family of Campbell River, and was located in the Campbell River estuary area. The Beecher Lake Lumber Co. milled the wood that was logged by Baikie Bros. Logging.

Ernie Alexander, champion tree climber

Hastings Co. in Salmon River area

The 5 spot locomotive, owned by Hastings Co. and built by Porter (#1547 - 1894), with crew on the Sayward Bridge.

Steam donkey at Elk Bay

Installing the head box at No. 2 paper machine, Elk Falls Mill

Logging at Heydon Lake

The boat on the right of the skid road was used to tow logs from various log dumps in the lake out to the road.

Raising a spar tree

Cat Tractors and Mill Boom on Bull Cars at Woss

Russell Mills (the General Manager at the Englewood division) invented these mill booms. Woss Camp and Camp A used them for years, first as log loaders and then as transfer or reload machines.

Powell River Co. in Kingcome Inlet

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

Loggers on holiday at Heriot Bay on Quadra Island

At the launch of the Bull family's new boat, the New Zealand, a tug-of-war between the miners and the loggers took place.

Campbell River Logger Sports

Log rolling event at logger sports, Campbell River. Event was held at Lane Field and sponsored by the Kinsman Club.

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

Mill carpenters replacing the roof of a paper barge at low tide.

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.

International Timber Co. Camp 2, Campbell River

Engineer Spoolie (John) Kusha (3rd from left) with others in front of International Timber co. locomotive at Camp 2.

The B.C. Forest Service launch 'BC Forester'

This launch was used for all transportation purposes on the Thurlow Island reforestation project.

View of logging camp at Elk Bay

Oyster River shingle mill

Heli-logging

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.

Hastings Mill crew at Camp 0

Hastings Mill Camp O was run by Saul Reamy. The first camp "O" was established in the mid 1880's on Thurlow Island, then moved from there in 1893.

Clark and Lyford hand fallers near Booker Lagoon

Close view of fallers at work on 6-foot cedar tree, showing undercut, and about 32 feet of the trunk of the tree. Location: Surveyed Timber Limit 8890, Broughton Island, B.C., at an elevation of 120 feet above Booker Lagoon.

Elk River Timber Co. log dump

Unloading logs at the ERT log dump in the Campbell River Estuary. The 'Humdirgen' (machine on left) was a steam-powered log unloader used to sweep logs off the flat car, and cheese blocks were used on the corners to hold the logs in place.

Wood chip burner at Beecher Lake Lumber Co.

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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Pioneer Timber Co. in Port McNeill

Beecher Lake Lumber Co. sawmill

Byles and Groves Logging at Call Inlet

Wood chip burner at Beecher Lake Lumber Co.

Ernie Alexander, champion tree climber

Hastings Co. in Salmon River area

Steam donkey at Elk Bay

Installing the head box at No. 2 paper machine, Elk Falls Mill

Logging at Heydon Lake

Raising a spar tree

Cat Tractors and Mill Boom on Bull Cars at Woss

Powell River Co. in Kingcome Inlet

Loggers on holiday at Heriot Bay on Quadra Island

Campbell River Logger Sports

Elk Falls Mill operations Campbell River

Bendickson Logging camp on Quadra Island

International Timber Co. Camp 2, Campbell River

The B.C. Forest Service launch 'BC Forester'

View of logging camp at Elk Bay

Oyster River shingle mill

Heli-logging

Hastings Mill crew at Camp 0

Clark and Lyford hand fallers near Booker Lagoon

Elk River Timber Co. log dump

Wood chip burner at Beecher Lake Lumber Co.

Logger Sports

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