Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1990.040.001 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Booming grounds at Salmon River. Many floating logs can be seen.The river enters the Johnstone Strait and the Pacific Ocean near the town of Kelsey Bay. "Salmon River, Kelsey Bay, B.C. E.E. Robinson - Honeymoon Bay B.C. July 26/89" written on the back. |
Image File Name |
1989 - Log Boom - Salmon River - 1990040001 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1989/07/26 |
Place |
Salmon River |
Provenance |
In 1937 Timberland Lumber Company entered into an association with P.B. Anderson in the formation of the Salmon River Logging Company, with J.G. Robson as president. Salmon River Logging Company had a camp between Kelsey Bay and the river mouth which included homes for its employees. MacMillan Bloedel eventually acquired the camp and it became known as the Kelsey Bay Division (From: From the New Westminster Archives). The donor, E.E. Robinson, worked as a Log Scaler from 1943-45 at Salmon River. A Scaler measures the cut trees to determine the scale and quality of the wood. 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. |
Search Terms |
Booming grounds log boom Kelsey Bay Salmon River MacMillan Bloedel Salmon River Logging Company Timberland Lumber Company M&B |
Collection |
Documentary, Vancouver Island |
People |
Robinson Anderson Robson |
Subjects |
Boom & Dryland Sort |