Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2013.006.008 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
A view of the Franklin River Logging 1st Camp B is seen in this photo, the view is further back from 2013.006.004. The railroad tracks are more clearly visible. Various buildings, likely bunkhouses and offices, are clearly visible. A freshly logged area is situated directly beside the camp on a sloping bank. Dense forest in the background. Written on the back: "Camp B showing [?] bridge." "Bill Johnston" Bill Johnston is a relative of the donor. Donor indicated that this photo, as well as the rest donated with it, is dated from 1937 and is of Franklin River. Logging began at this area in 1934 by MacMillan Bloedel (then known as Bloedel, Stewart and Welch). |
Image File Name |
1937 - Camp B Another View - Franklin River - 2013006008 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1937/ / |
Place |
Franklin River |
Provenance |
There were two camps at the Franklin River logging area: Camp A and Camp B. Camp A was at the mouth of the Franklin River. Following the river for four miles, then turning along south along Corrigan Creek was Camp B (later moving south along the Alberni Inlet to Parsons Creek). Bloedel, Stewart & Welch (BS&W) was formed in 1911 by US lumberman Julius Bloedel and railway contractors John Stewart and Patrick Welch. BS&W's first logging operation was at Myrtle Point, near Powell River. By 1925, BS&W had purchased and was logging extensive holdings of prime timber in the Union Bay, Menzies Bay, and Alberni areas on Vancouver Island. In 1951 Bloedel, Stewart and Welch merged with H.R. MacMillan to form MacMillan Bloedel Limited. |
Search Terms |
Franklin River MacMillan Bloedel logging Camp B Logging camp bunkhouse Bloedel, Stewart and Welch BS&W M&B |
Collection |
Documentary, Vancouver Island |
People |
Desfosses |
Subjects |
Camp |