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1991.007.002 - Print, Photographic
Nimpkish Valley. Dense forestry and a mountain range can be seen. Canadian Forest Products logging camp Woss is also visible in the distance.
Record Type: Photo
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1991.007.003 - Print, Photographic
Nimpkish River, forest at the sides of the river being logged. Camp Woss can be seen in the distance. Written on the back: "Timber fell along right of way(?), virgin valley. Lots of trees". The word virgin is used to refer to new land or other wood land that has never been industrially cultivated before.
Record Type: Photo
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1991.007.010 - Print, Photographic
Caterpillar tractor with bunkhouses behind it. Written on the back: "Building Camp Woss. Finishing(?) roof. Army D8 (8R) 1946 Prefab bunkhouses from Hula(?) N. Van."
Record Type: Photo
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1993.025.001 - Print, Photographic
Floating camp at Chamiss Bay. Written on the back: "Tahsis camp at Chamiss Bay. V.I. B.C." Photograph developed on June 4, 1955 but it may have been taken earlier than that.
Record Type: Photo
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2002.020.004 - Print, Photographic
Photograph of a logging camp. "No. 1 Timberland at Duncan, Van. Island" written beneath the picture.
Record Type: Photo
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2002.020.010 - Print, Photographic
Logging camp. Various bunkhouses and some parked cars (possibly 1920 Nash Tourings but unsure).
Record Type: Photo
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2020.067.008a-b - Print, Photographic
Two photographs of the Copper Canyon Camp 1 in Chemainus. Depicts various bunkhouses. This is likely a logging camp for Victoria Lumber Company Limited shortly before its closure.
Record Type: Photo
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2021.071.037a-b - Print, Photographic
Bunkhouses in the snow. .a): Bunkhouse with a fence around it and a car at the lower left corner. Large amounts of snow on the roof and surrounding areas. .b): Bunkhouses buried in significantly more snow than .a). Snow covered mountain range also visible in the background. Written on the back: "Karen/Jim Shillito - Pavin House, Franklin River 1966/67. 27' total snow fall."
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2021.071.039 - Print, Photographic
Man, identified as Jack Watt, sleeping in a bunk bed.
Record Type: Photo
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2021.071.045 - Print, Photographic
Alberni Pacific Lumber (APL) baseball team. Fifteen of the seventeen men are wearing sweaters with the APL diamond logo. Written on the back: "APL Camp. I. Beaver CK RD. / 1930's - 40s"
Record Type: Photo
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2022.004.011 - Print, Photographic
Logging camp. Bunkhouses, railway tracks and other buildings can be seen. Written on the back: "Main Camp Brown Bros Logging Cowichan Lake Vancouver Island 1928 Later Rounds Camp - W.F.P. [Western Forest Products]" If you know more about Brown Bros Logging, please contact the BC Forest Discovery Centre.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.044.001 - Print, Photographic
Bloedel, Stewart & Welch's logging camp at Corrigan Creek. This is known as Franklin River Camp B.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.044.005 - Print, Photographic
Photograph depicts three sets of railroad tracks, with a speeder and two locomotives. Behind one locomotive is a steam donkey. One the right side of the tracks are bunkhouses. Mountain range visible in the background. Image is captioned: "Camp-Front B" Locomotive on the right looks like it might have the number "17" on the front. There was a Pacific Coast Shay type locomotive No.17 that worked at the Franklin River Area.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.059.002 - Print, Photographic
Five men walking on railway tracks. Wooden buildings, possibly bunkhouses, can be seen on the left. Written on the back: "1932 Wellburn - Cameron Tie Mill Mile 61.4 C.N.R."
Record Type: Photo
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2022.059.012 - Print, Photographic
Photograph depicts a floating logging camp. Written on the back: "Caycuse Camp 6 / Cowichan Lake / 1920?"
Record Type: Photo
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2022.061.003 - Print, Photographic
Dense forest with tents and laundry lines visible in between the trees. Photo is captioned with "Camp, June 1935" in the photo album. This is at the Young Men's Forestry Training Program camp at Cowichan Lake.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.061.004 - Print, Photographic
A camp in a forest, this time with a more clear pathway as opposed to 2022.061.003. Photo is captioned with "Same camp in September. Army bell tents, floors, bed springs, two men per tent." This is at the Young Men's Forestry Training Program camp at Cowichan Lake.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.061.007 - Print, Photographic
A wooden building, photograph is captioned with "Meat house" in the photo album. Meat, other foods high in protein, and fats were served in abundance as woodsmen would typically burn 6,000 calories in a day in the field. This is at the Young Men's Forestry Training Program camp at Cowichan Lake.
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