Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2022.015.029 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Thinning operation at MacMillan Bloedel's Northwest Bay division. This is when weaker trees are periodically weeded out to boost the growth of stronger trees. |
Image File Name |
unk - Thinning - Nanoose Bay - 2022015029 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
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Place |
Nanoose Bay |
Provenance |
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 |
Forestry MacMillan Bloedel M&B Northwest Bay Nanoose Bay Thinning Tractor |
Collection |
Heavy Equipment |
People |
Island Timberlands |
Subjects |
Heavy Equipment Documentary, Vancouver Island |