Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2022.069.004 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Frank Peter Yankoski (1921 - 1995) standing in front of a tree and holding two branches. |
Image File Name |
1945-50 - Frank in Front of Tree - Copper Canyon - 2022069004 - jpg72 - 001 |
Year Range from |
1945 |
Year Range to |
1950 |
Place |
Copper Canyon |
Provenance |
Frank Peter Yankoski was a logger who worked at Copper Canyon after World War II. The Copper Canyon Camp was built c. 1944. At its peak in the late 1940's, there would be around 200 men working in the camp. The Copper Canyon railway was abandoned in 1955. From Frank's obituary, published in the Times Colonist, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 4 March, 1995: Frank was raised in Russell, Manitoba and resided there there until he volunteered for service in the Second World War. He served overseas, mostly in Northern Italy with the 13th Field Ambulance Service Corps. After being discharged in 1945, he moved to Vancouver Island where he worked as a logger at Copper Canyon. Returning to Russell, he worked as a mechanic at CN Rail. In 1950, he moved to Winnipeg and in 1960 joined the City of Winnipeg as a transit driver. He retired from that position in 1985. |
Search Terms |
People Copper Canyon Chemainus Yankoski Victoria Lumber & Manufacturing Company VL&M H.R. MacMillan Export Fallers |
Collection |
Documentary, Cowichan Valley |
People |
Yankoski, Frank Peter Greenwell |
Subjects |
People People associated with manual labor |