Photo Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2021.071.037a-b |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
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." |
Image File Name |
1966-67 - Bunkhouses in Snow - Camp B - 2021071037a-b - jpg72 - 001 |
Year Range from |
1966 |
Year Range to |
1967 |
Place |
Camp B |
Provenance |
Jim Shillito worked forty-six years in the forest industry in total. Thirty-eight of those years he worked for Bloedel, Stewart & Welch (MacMillan Bloedel). He started out as a "whistle punk" when he was thirteen. Jim Shillito and his wife, Karen, lived at Franklin River's Camp B from 1962-1971. In 1966/67 they experienced continuous snow fall that resulted in 10 ft of snow around the bunkhouses, with 27 ft total snowfall. Camp B was opened in 1936 by Bloedel, Stewart & Welch. It was originally built along Corrigan Creek and was moved twice. It was moved to Parsons Creek and the old Canadian National Railroad. In 1945, Camp B was moved from Parson’s Creek to Coleman Creek. It became a massive logging operation, housing 400 workers and 35 families. Married couples and single workers were housed in seperate bunkhouses. Logging camps in general would also be racially segregated. Camp B had a recreation hall, a school and even a swimming pool. By the 1980s the camp's accomodations closed down as the workers began to commute to work from Port Alberni. |
Search Terms |
Franklin River Camp B Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Coleman Creek Bunkhouses logging camp MacMillan Bloedel M&B Snow Bloedel, Stewart & Welch |
Collection |
Documentary, Vancouver Island |
People |
Shilito |
Subjects |
Camp Buildings & Structures |