Related Records

1. 1988.007.009 - Print, Photographic

   Log cars with locomotive in the background

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 1997.40.001 - winch, yarding or loading

   Operated at the M&B (Shawnigan Div.) log dump at Cowichan Bay. Clyde 4-drum yarder, built in 1923 with an early Le Roy gas engine. Replaced with diesel.

   Record Type: Object

   
3. 2002.020.009 - Print, Photographic

   Booming grounds. "Timberland. Van Island. Duncan." written beneath the picture. Note the locomotive at the end of the bridge. Likely a Climax as Timberland owned five Climaxes.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. 2016.003.003 - Print, Photographic

   Logs being dumped into a body of water. Written on the back: "Dumping logs off trains into salt water. Elk River Timber Co. Vancouver Island."

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. 2019.012.011i - Print, Photographic

   "Nitinat Log Dump Cowichan Lake 1951" written on the back.

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. 2020.013.008 - Print, Photographic

   Four men at a log dump / brow log with a speeder in the background. If you can identify any of these men, please contact the BC Forest Discovery Centre.

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. 2020.016.001 - Print, Photographic

   Logging with horses, typical of the type of early logging carried out in the Cowichan Valley. Note the skid road; the remains of this type of road remain in the Cowichan Valley today.

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. 2021.002.014c - Print, Photographic

   Man, identified as John C. Walker, standing behind a logging truck and its load of three large logs. Written on the back: "John C. Walker Cowichan Bay Dump

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. 2021.071.022 - Print, Photographic

   Front shot of a logging truck with logs being loaded by an A-Frame on the back. Written on the back: "Dianne Shillito"

   Record Type: Photo