Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1993.34.001 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Photo of 1959 Kenworth Chain drive logging truck at the BCFDC lower grounds. Once owned by M&B. |
Image File Name |
unk-1959 Kenworth-BCFDC-199134001-jpg72-001 |
Place |
Duncan |
Provenance |
Born in Yorkshire, England in 1900, Gerry Wellburn moved to Victoria and later to Duncan in the 30s. Since a kid, Wellburn had been an avid collector first finding interest in stamps. In 1963, the Cowichan Valley Forest Museum Society (CVFM) was formed, and Wellburn, with the help of friends like Hector Stone, moved his collection of forestry artifacts (and more) from his home in Deerholme to a 15-acre site in Duncan overlooking Somenos Lake. It took several years of organizing and planning before the first visitors were welcomed in 1965. The museum was officially opened the following year. The name was changed to the BC Forest Museum (BCFM) in 1973. Gerry visited the BCFM for the last time in 1991 stating that, "I think you're finally getting it right." In 1999, the name was changed again to the current BC Forest Discovery Centre. MacMillan Bloedel Limited was a Canadian forestry company with headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1951 Bloedel, Stewart and Welch merged with H.R. MacMillan to form MacMillan Bloedel Limited. Bloedel, Stewart and Welch held many timber resources and MacMillan was the first truly integrated forestry company in British Columbia. The two companies had timber holdings side-by-side and there was a natural synergy from this merger. In 1959 Macmillan Bloedel merged with a third company, Powell River Limited. MacBlo was purchased by Weyerhaeuser in 1999. |
Search Terms |
Kenworth Chain Drive Truck M&B Macmillan Bloedel BCFDC Grounds Collection Institutional Memory Duncan Somenos Lake Playground Display Sign Cowichan Valley Railway |
Collection |
BC Forest Museum Collection |
People |
Bell |
Subjects |
Hauling Documentary, Cowichan Valley Locomotives |