Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2013.006.002 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Logs being hauled away on railway tracks. Photo is taken behind the flatcars and the locomotive pulling them is not visible. There is dense forest in the background and a speeder and four men in the foreground. Written on the back: "A few carloads of logs, loaded by Johnson speeder in the foreground." 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 - Logs Being Hauled - Franklin River - 2013006002 - 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 Johnson speeder Flatcar logging Bloedel, Stewart and Welch BS&W M&B Railway tracks |
Collection |
Transportation |
People |
Desfosses |
Subjects |
Locomotives Hauling Railway Vehicles |