Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2022.069.008 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
A view of the logging camp at Copper Canyon. |
Image File Name |
1946-47 - Camp - Copper Canyon - 2022069008 - jpg72 - 001 |
Year Range from |
1946 |
Year Range to |
1947 |
Place |
Copper Canyon |
Provenance |
The Copper Canyon Camp was built c. 1944 by the Victoria Lumber & Manufacturing Company. HR MacMillan Export Company purchased Victoria Lumber & Manufacturing Company in 1946. At its peak in the late 1940's, there would be around 200 men working in the camp. The Copper Canyon railway was abandoned in 1955. |
Search Terms |
Copper Canyon Logging Camp Chemainus Victoria Lumber & Manufacturing Company VL&M H.R. MacMillan Export |
Collection |
Documentary, Cowichan Valley |
People |
Greenwell |
Subjects |
Camp Buildings & Structures |