Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2019.070.007 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Doug Little standing in front of a large Douglas-fir. "Timber Cruiser Van Island" written on the back. |
Image File Name |
1953 - Doug & Douglas fir - Vancouver Is. - 2019070007 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1953/ / |
Place |
Vancouver Island |
Provenance |
In 1952, Doug Little helped build a cabin to be an office for timber survey crews (see 2019.070.001). Timber Cruising is the process of measuring the volume and quality of standing and down timber before it has been harvested. At this point Doug had worked as an Assistant Forest Ranger. He also worked as a chain and radman for the highway survey crews in the Rock Creek district and in the Greenwood area. After another stint with the Forest Serivce and unsuccessful attempt to get into Ranger School, on the advice of a "Mounted Policeman", Doug decided to go to UBC to earn a Forestry Degree. After graduating from UBC in 1953, Doug Little began employment with BC Forest Products as an assistant logging engineer. After about a year he left to become a chokerman, and over the course of the next couple years he worked a variety of jobs as he worked his way up to become a high rigger-- probably the best paying job in the woods at the time and the most hazardous. |
Search Terms |
Douglas-fir timber cruising BC Forest Service BCFS people Rangers |
Collection |
BC Forest Service |
People |
Little, James Douglas |
Subjects |
BC Forest Service Forestry/ Engineering/ Inventory People Documentary, Vancouver Island |