Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2011.600.020 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Two young boys watching a shovel move dirt. Photograph captioned: "The "Fill" road to Cowichan Bay" |
Image File Name |
1950-52 - Shovel & Boys - Cowichan Bay - 2011600020 - jpg72 - 001 |
Year Range from |
1950 |
Year Range to |
1952 |
Date (y/m/d) |
/ / |
Place |
Cowichan Bay |
Provenance |
Part of a group of photographs depicting a logging road being constructed for the Shawnigan Lake Logging Company (MacMillan Bloedel Shawnigan Division). Breakdown of Bay Road costs amounted to $173,251.72 (~$1,816,702,89 in 2022). 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 |
Cowichan Bay Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company MacMillan Bloedel M&B Fill Road Bay Road Shovel |
Collection |
Documentary, Cowichan Valley |
People |
Kennah |
Subjects |
Heavy Equipment Road & Railway Construction People |