Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2022.015.025 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Breakage from Tree Shear. Tree Shears are designed to clear wooded areas or harvest unwanted trees and brush. This process is called 'thinning' and is when weaker trees are periodically weeded out to boost the growth of stronger trees. Dated 1973. Northwest Bay division for MacMillan Bloedel. |
Image File Name |
1973 - Tree Shear Breakage - Nanoose Bay - 2022015025 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1973/ / |
Place |
Nanoose Bay |
Provenance |
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 |
Caterpillar D6 Tree Shears People Forestry MacMillan Bloedel M&B Tractor Northwest Bay Nanoose Bay Thinning |
Collection |
Natural History |
People |
Island Timberlands |
Subjects |
Heavy Equipment Falling & Bucking Documentary, Vancouver Island |