Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2020.013.006 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Five men, logging crew from Hillcrest, standing or sitting on some logs beside some railway tracks. Behind them is a steam donkey, a steam-powered winch. If you can identify any of these men, please contact the BC Forest Discovery Centre. |
Image File Name |
1934-43 - Hillcrest Crew - Sahtlam - 2020013006 - jpg72 - 001 |
Year Range from |
1934 |
Year Range to |
1943 |
Date (y/m/d) |
/ / |
Place |
Sahtlam? |
Provenance |
In 1917, Carlton Stone built a sawmill in Sahtlam, BC, five miles west of Duncan, BC on Vancouver Island. It was destined to become the largest independently owned family sawmill in British Columbia, employing some 300 employees in the sawmill / planer mill complex and another 50 in the logging division. The company operated in Sahtlam from 1917 to 1943 and when the timber was depleted, Stone moved the whole operation lock, stock and barrel by rail to Mesachie Lake, BC, 19 miles west of Duncan, BC past the town of Lake Cowichan (From: The Last Whistle - Hillcrest Lumber Company LTD by Cecil Ashley). Photograph is part of an album donated by Norman Stone, who was one of the Carlton's sons. |
Photographer |
Gold, Wilmer |
Search Terms |
Steam Donkey People Hillcrest Lumber Company Sahtlam Railwaytracks Crew Winch |
Collection |
Documentary, Cowichan Valley |
People |
Stone Gold |
Subjects |
Yarding & Loading People People associated with manual labor Heavy Equipment |