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Additional Images [9]
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2019.075.001a-o |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
A series of photographs depicting a Douglas-fir being felled and transported to Kew Gardens in England. .a): The Douglas-fir. .b): Another photograph of the Douglas-fir, but the photo is closer to the top and also depicts a man climbing it. .c): Two men at the base of the tree. The tree has been cut a fair amount and is being held vt a cable. .d): Tree being being lowered to the ground(?). Cables holding onto it can be seen. .e): Tree on the ground, stumps from other trees that have been felled to make way can be seem .f): Base of the log, "225" written on the base. .g): Log being yarded and loaded on to the back of two Hayes logging trucks. .h): Log being transported. .i): Log being transported on a bridge, the trucks turning. .j): Both trucks on a narrow one-way trestle. .k): Trucks and log on an embankment with a body of water in the foreground. .l): Photograph of the log, photographer is standing on the log. Four people on the ground can also be seen. .m): Log being loaded onto a ship. .n): Log being loaded onto a ship. Base more visible. .o): Ocean freighter Wavecrest, which transported the log to the Thames River. |
Image File Name |
1958 - Kew Gardens Douglas Fir - Copper Canyon - 2019075001a-o - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1958/ / |
Place |
Copper Canyon |
Provenance |
The Douglas-fir was chosen by John Ulinder, who was a Bullbucker at Copper Canyon. He supervised the falling and took most if not all of these photos. The Douglas-fir tree, felled by MacMillan Bloedel employees, was originally 265 feet, but was topped to 250 feet for the trip to Chemainus, where another 25 feet were removed prior to shipping. It was erected in 1959 as the world's tallest flagpole, was a gift from the Province of British Columbia and the BC Loggers Association to Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, celebrating both BC’s centenary (1958), as well as the bicentenary of Kew Gardens (1959). The flagpole was removed in 2007 due to rot (From: Chemainus Festival of Murals Society). 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. |
Photographer |
Ulinder, John |
Search Terms |
Kew Gardens Douglas-fir MacMillan Bloedel Chemainus Division Copper Canyon Faller Bucker Bullbucker People Off-highway |
Collection |
Documentary, Cowichan Valley |
People |
Ulinder, John |
Subjects |
People People associated with manual labor Hauling Yarding & Loading Falling & Bucking |