Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2020.002.036c |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Several men participating in a tug-o-war while a crowd of people watch them. |
Image File Name |
1932-71 - Logger Sports - Bralorne - 2020002036c - jpg72 - 001 |
Year Range from |
1932 |
Year Range to |
1971 |
Place |
Bralorne |
Provenance |
Bralorne is a historic gold mining community found in the Bridge River Country (between the Fraser Canyon and the valley of the Lillooet River). The community's golden years was when the Bralorne Mine operated from 1932 to 1971. At its peak, its population was in the thousands. From the Cowichan Exhibition - The Land of Legends - Logger Sports: In July, 1971, B.C. premier W.A.C. Bennett designated logger sports, including birling, axe-throwing and pole climbing, as the official industrial sport of the province. It was about then that the sport began a long decline, not coincidentally at a time when fewer workers earned their living as loggers. |
Search Terms |
Logger Sports Bralorne Tug-o-War People Games |
Collection |
Logger Sports |
Subjects |
People Logger Sports |