Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2011.600.015 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
A tractor, possibly built by Caterpillar Inc., building a road. In the background are Canadian National Railway tracks and on the tracks are flatcars loaded with logs. |
Image File Name |
1950 - Tractor Pushing Dirt - Koksilah - 2011600015 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1950/ / |
Place |
Koksilah |
Provenance |
In 1950, MacMillan Bloedel's Shawnigan Division began building a logging truck road in Koksilah for their logging operations. The road was built adjacent to Canadian National Railway tracks. The Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company Limited paid members of the Cowichan Indian Reserve No. 1 as compensation for using their land. 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 |
Koksilah Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company Canadian national Railway Cowichan Indian Reserve No. 1 MacMillan Bloedel M&B Load CNR Tractor Flatcar |
Collection |
Documentary, Cowichan Valley |
People |
Kennah |
Subjects |
Railway Vehicles Heavy Equipment Road & Railway Construction |