Related Records

1. 1983.002.007a - Print, Photographic

   Logging crew debarking Douglas-fir log. Pictured is an African American man, c.1870. If you have any more information regarding this image, please contact the BC Forest Discovery Centre.

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 1987.003.004 - Print, Photographic

   Person standing next to a tractor, on a gravel road with some logs.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. 1987.003.005 - Print, Photographic

   Flatcars loaded with logs on railway tracks. Steam donkey on the right side. "Nanaimo" can be read on the side of the railcar.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. 1991.007.006 - Print, Photographic

   Man standing in front of a large log. Written on the back: "Vernon. Nov. --1958. Blondie Clark. Logger of the 30's." Vernon likely refers to Vernon Lake. Canadian Forest Products had a logging camp there. It is located in the top end of the Nimpkish watershed.

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. 1991.007.014 - Print, Photographic

   A 16 year old Tom Gray standing on a load of logs loaded on a flatcar Written on the back: "Load of nice wood from Skidder #3 / I was chasing(?) on Skidder 16 yrs old. / Camp B. Franklin / Joined R.C.N.V.R. [Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve] some yrs. enlisted early 1942."

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. 1993.025.002 - Print, Photographic

   Two spar trees with cables attaching both of them together. On the lower right a steam donkey is partially visible. The tree on the left is about to cut and lowered, as photographs 1993.025.003 + 004 will show.

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. 1993.025.003 - Print, Photographic

   Two spar trees rigged together. The trees on the left is being lowered to the ground. Also see 1993.025.002 & .004.

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. 1993.025.005 - Print, Photographic

   21 men on the platform of a Willamete (Or Lidgerwood?) Skidder that is on some railroad tracks. "VL & M" and "3" are clearly visible on the side. It is a massive steam-powered machine with two boilers harnessed to sophisticated overhead cable logging systems. "Nicholas Morant Photograph from office of Director of Public Information Ottawa" stamped on the back.

   Record Type: Photo

   
9. 1993.025.006 - Print, Photographic

   A spar tree with multiple cables is the main focus, and at the lower right is a massive steam-powered machine with two boilers that is harnessed to the overhead cable systems. It is the same skidder from 1993.025.005. "Nicholas Morant Photograph from office of Director of Public Information Ottawa" stamped on the back.

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. 1993.025.007 - Print, Photographic

    Logs being collected by a series of overhead cables. On the right is a modified crane (cherry picker) mounted on a flatcar. The cherry picker would reel the logs into place and special tongs were used to place the logs on a flatcar. A "V" with a diamond shaped background is visible on the machine's side, indicating it belonged to Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company.

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. 1993.025.012 - Print, Photographic

    Man walking on the jib of a makeshit crane(?), possibly a cherry picker. Another man stands on a log and a series of cables can also be seen. "Nicholas Morant Photograph from office of Director of Public Information Ottawa" stamped on the back.

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. 1994.001.001 - Stacker, Log

    LeTourneau Log Stacker Series FT-20. A three wheeler diesel-electric fork lift designed for fast handling of log loads weighing up to 20 tons. It has eight-foot forks. Has a mast, tusk drive beam, tusks, forks, forklift winch, mast tilt motor, accessory and drive generators, 210 horsepower diesel engine and steering motor.

    Record Type: Object

    
13. 1994.001.002 - Stacker, Log

    LeTourneau Log Stacker Series F-25. Has a tusks, forks, tusk and fork drive motors, mast tilt motor, steering motor, all wheel drive motor, diesel engine and generator. Could lift up to 25-60 tons, which is the equivalent of about 8 elephants. Used to drop logs into chippers and feed logs into mills. Like all LeTourneaus, operations are run from the switchboard in the cab-- every part is run electrically, by generators powered by diesel motor...

    Record Type: Object

    
14. 1994.233.002 - Print, Photographic

    Black and white photograph of a spar tree and a clearcut forest in the background. A logging truck is being loaded near the base of the spar tree. Written on the back: "GrossLeg's Logging Lake Cowichan Below block 106-BCFP Taken 1965 Summer Photo from Bruce Devitt"

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. 1994.233.003 - Print, Photographic

    Black and white photograph of Bruce Devitt in front of clearcutting. Written on the back: "WJ Bruce Devitt 16 Creek Robertson River Valley 1957" Robertson River Valley is a trail in the Cowichan Valley southwest of Nanaimo.

    Record Type: Photo

    
16. 1997.570.001 - Print, Photographic

    Two fallers performing a backcut.

    Record Type: Photo

    
17. 2002.020.003 - Print, Photographic

    Two hand fallers, Bill Evereth and Arthur Crawford, posing with their axes and saws and a tree they're currently cutting. Fallers are simply logging workers who cut down trees. They prepare trees for felling by removing major branches and tree tops, and trimming branches.

    Record Type: Photo

    
18. 2002.020.006 - Print, Photographic

    Two men standing next to a locomotive (and two men inside it) hauling logs. "Timberland Camp. Van. Island" written beneath the picture. The locomotive is one of the five Climax locomotives Timberland purchased for logging on the Island.

    Record Type: Photo

    
19. 2002.020.007 - Print, Photographic

    Locomotive going over a bridge while hauling logs. "Van. Island - Timberland" written beneath the picture. The locomotive is one of the five Climax locomotives Timberland purchased for logging on the Island.

    Record Type: Photo

    
20. 2002.020.008 - Print, Photographic

    Steam donkey and spar tree. "Van. Island Timberland" written on the top left corner.

    Record Type: Photo