Fallers atop a log near Woss Camp

Gordon Flowerdew is the man on the left.
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The 'Butler' logging truck at MacMillan Bloedel operations

This logging truck was a new design from Butler Brothers out of Victoria, and was tested at the Menzie's Bay operations.
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Merrill Ring Wilson Ltd. camp at Big Tree Creek

Married quarters, provided by the company, at the Big Tree Creek camp. This camp was located near where the Island Highway now crosses Amor de Cosmos Creek. According to Ken Drushka's book Working in the Woods 'this was one of the coast's major railway camps, using three Climax...
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Loggers at Elk River Timber Co. camp

Dick Atchison, Harry Pollack, and six unidentified men standing outside.
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Schunaminor Camp in Blind Channel

Steam donkey and cat at work.
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1925 Forest fire on Quadra Island

This photograph was taken by local author Francis Dickie likely to accompany an article that he wrote about the Quadra Fire.
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Bendickson Logging camp being moved on floats

The camp being moved by Cliff steam tug 'Queen' from Wellbore Channel to Port Neville.
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Quadra Island

Railroad tracks at a logging dump on Quadra Island. This photograph was likely taken in the Granite Bay area.
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Canadian Forest Products operations near Woss

Double ended lowbed moving equipment
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Beecher Lake Lumber sawmill operations

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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Elk River Timber Co. booming grounds

Working a log boom at ERT operations. May be at their booming grounds at the mouth of the Campbell River.
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Elk River Timber Co. Camp 8

Looking southwest from the centre of camp.
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Dot Logging Co. at Knight Inlet

Steve Nykolaichuk, Jack and Ken Clark (brothers) with a fourth unidentified man moving the donkey to a new setting at Lull Bay in Knight Inlet. Dot Logging Co. was operated by Clarence and Doug Boardman. This steam donkey (a 10 X12) was restored by the Museum at Campbell River and is now on...
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A forestry tree-planting crew at Quinsam Flats

This tree planting crew (pictured here in the Sayward Forest area) was one of the many B.C. Forest Service crews that worked in the Campbell River area after the Sayward Fire of 1938.
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Iron River Logging Co. office at Oyster Bay

Timkeeper, Ted Boggs,with a letter in hand speaking to the 1st Aid attendant outside the company office.
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Rigged spar tree and steam donkey operating

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Loggers and steam donkey near Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island

This picture was taken logging behind the Quadra Island cemetery near the old Yeatman House. Bill Fageruik on the left.
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Canadian Forest Products operations near Woss

Dump truck being transporting by skyline
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Bloedel, Stewart and Welch, Camp 5

Art Backlund, Camp 5 mechanic, Dick Burnett (manufacturer of Burnett Chainsaws), and camp foreman Martin Fossum with a new two-man Burnett chainsaw.
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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.
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P.B. Anderson's abandoned Knox Bay headquarters

P.B. Anderson's old logging camp at Knox Bay was later used by forestry crews working to plant trees in the area.
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Pioneer Timber Co. in Port McNeill

View of the workshop and booming grounds at Pioneer Timber Co. logging operations at Port McNeill. A portion of the wooden fore-an-aft road can be seen in the bottom left of the photograph, note the wire rip-rap on the road which was done to provide traction to the high tired logging trucks.
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Jack Parrish's sawmill at Stuart Island

Jack Parrish set up this sawmill when he first moved to Woodside Bay on Stuart Island, and then used some of the lumber to build his house and sold the rest.
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Martin Fossum and Jack Challenger in Vancouver

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Elk River Timber Co. Camp 9

View of ERT Camp 9 looking south. The large building centre-left is the cookhouse. The large building in the centre with the two peaked vents is the bath house. You can see the railroad wye curving off to the right in the distance.
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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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