Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2013.006.007 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Three unidentified men standing on the platform of a steam donkey. 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 - Three unidentified men - Franklin River - 2013006007 - 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 |
M&B Franklin River MacMillan Bloedel People steam donkey Bloedel, Stewart and Welch BS&W |
Collection |
Documentary, Vancouver Island |
People |
Desfosses |
Subjects |
People People associated with manual labor Heavy Equipment Yarding & Loading |