Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2020.013.022 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Topping of a spar tree. Photograph possibly taken at either Sahtlam or Mesachie Lake. Undated. |
Image File Name |
unk - Topping of Spar Tree - unk - 2020013022 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
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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 |
Spar Tree People High Rigger Hillcrest Lumber Company Sahtlam Mesachie Lake |
Collection |
Logging T&E |
People |
Stone Gold |
Subjects |
Yarding & Loading People People associated with manual labor Documentary, Cowichan Valley |