Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2020.002.035c |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
MacMillan Bloedel car and a logged area in Kennedy Lake |
Image File Name |
1984-88 - M&B Car - Kennedy Lake - 2020002035c - jpg72 - 001 |
Year Range from |
1984 |
Year Range to |
1988 |
Place |
Kennedy Lake |
Provenance |
Kennedy Lake is part of Clayoquot Sound. The Clayoquot Sound area was once the site of major industrial logging but a series of peaceful protests that culminated in a blockade in 1993 that had almost 1,000 people arrested resulted in MacMillan Bloedel leaving the area. In 1985, MacMillan Bloedel's crew boat, Kennedy Queen, headed towards Meares Island (it's important to note that Meares Island, Kennedy Lake and Rankin Cove are all part of Clayoquot Sound, which has had decades long protests regarding logging operations), a group called Friends of Clayoquot Sound (FOCS) and First Nations blocked MacMillan Bloedel from logging on the island. The company turned away. A court injunction was granted, which suspended logging on Meares. MacMillan Bloedel's camp at Kennedy Lake closed in 1988. 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 |
Kennedy Lake MacMillan Bloedel M&B Clayoquot Sound Line horse |
Collection |
Transportation |
Subjects |
Yarding & Loading Documentary, Vancouver Island |