Wellburn | BC Forest Discovery Centre

1963.900.002 - Program

Two identical pamphlets for a program held at Wellburn's Deerholme, "National Forest Products Week -- Your visit to old-time logging exhibits at Wellburn's Deerholme". Words and illustrations are in purple ink.

Record Type: Archive

1964.1.5 - Bunkhouse

Note: file 1964.1.5 also contains iformation for the four (4) Copper Cnayon bunkhouses. Standard bunkhouse pattern, readily moveable on flat cars, built on 12 x 12 foundation skids with dimensions of 10' x 40'. Originally Copper Canyon No. 10 "Bull Cook" Contains "bunkhouse" exhibits.

Record Type: Object

1964.1.9 - Station, Railroad

From Gerry Wellburn's collection, Deerholme Station No. 2

Record Type: Object

1964.900.001 - Print, Photographic

Planted (Nova Scotia) Red Pine at Forest Museum, Sept 20, 1964. Gerry Wellburn, Councillor Elaine Dobbyn, Junior Forest Wardens (assisting)

Record Type: Photo

1965.540.001 - Transparency, Slide

1/4 slides taken at Forest Museum by Fred Cunnings. Possibly opening day.

Record Type: Photo

1976.100.001 - Print, Photographic

Gerry Wellburn operating a railroad switch to enable the locomotive behind him, Cowichan Valley Railway No. 24 ("Susie"), to be guided from one track to another. Susie is a 12 ton 0-4-0 tank narrow gauge locomotive built by Vulcan Iron Works of Pennsylvania. The photo is by Irving Strickland of the Victoria Times.

Record Type: Photo

1976.100.002 - Print, Photographic

Gerry Wellburn standing next to passengers who are about to ride Cowichan Valley Railway No. 24, also known as Susie. Susie is a 12 ton 0-4-0 tank narrow gauge locomotive built by Vulcan Iron Works of Pennsylvania. Attached to her is also the No. 10 Caboose which had a plywood body with metal ladder and plywood platform inside. In the background is a Shay locomotive with a No. 1 painted on its side. Unknown if it is Bloedel Stewart & Welch No....

Record Type: Photo

1976.100.003 - Print, Photographic

Cowichan Valley Railway No. 24, also known as Susie, going down a railroad track while carrying passengers. Susie is a 12 ton 0-4-0 tank narrow gauge locomotive built by Vulcan Iron Works of Pennsylvania. Attached to her is also the No. 10 Caboose which had a plywood body with metal ladder and plywood platform inside. A man with a camera takes a picture outside one of the caboose's window. A "W" inside a triangle is painted on the side of the cab...

Record Type: Photo

1976.100.004 - Print, Photographic

Gerry Wellburn cleaning the beam headlight of Cowichan Valley Railway Locomotive No. 25, also known as Samson. The locomotive is a 18 ton 0-4-0 saddle tank engine built by Vulcan Iron Works in Pennsylvania built in 1910. Photograph is undated. Printed by Flett Studios Limited.

Record Type: Photo

1976.100.005 - Print, Photographic

Cowichan Valley Railway Locomotive No. 25, "Samson", carrying passengers on the tracks of Glenora & Western Railway. G&WR was on Wellburn's property in Deerholme. The locomotive is a 18 ton 0-4-0 saddle tank engine built by Vulcan Iron Works in Pennsylvania built in 1910.

Record Type: Photo

1976.100.030 - Print, Photographic

Gerry Wellburn and his wife, Ethel May. They are standing in front of a log cabin at their property in Deerholme. The cabin has a Glenore & Western Railway sign on its wall The photo is by Irving Strickland of the Victoria Times. Most likely the "Lily of the Valley," a trapping and hunting cabin built by Tim Burde and Roy Elford.

Record Type: Photo

1976.100.032 - Print, Photographic

Gerry Wellburn and his wife, Ethel May sitting in a carriage with a group of men behind them. The photo is by Irving Strickland of the Victoria Times. Most likely the "President's Carriage," (a Landau) which was donated to the provence in 1992.

Record Type: Photo