Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2022.015.022 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
A caterpillar D-6 with Tree Shears attached to it. Tree Shears are designed to clear wooded areas or harvest unwanted trees and brush. The Tree Shears, which is essentially a high-powered jaw, attachment can be seen at the base of a tree. Dated 1973. Northwest Bay division for MacMillan Bloedel. |
Image File Name |
1973 - CAT Tree Shears Jaws - Nanoose Bay - 2022015022 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1973/ / |
Place |
Nanoose Bay |
Provenance |
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 |
Caterpillar D6 Tree Shears People Forestry MacMillan Bloedel M&B Northwest Bay Nanoose Bay Thinning |
Collection |
Heavy Equipment |
People |
Island Timberlands |
Subjects |
Documentary, Vancouver Island People People associated with manual labor Heavy Equipment |