Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1964.902.002 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Twelve unidentified men sitting and standing on a wooden and metal locomotive. Partly logged forest can be seen in the background. This locomotive pictured was nicknamed Old Betsy. Betsy was a Climax locomotive, serial 335. "G.E. Wellburn. Shawnigan Lake Lumber Co. LTD, Duncan BC" written on the back. |
Image File Name |
unk - Shawnigan Lake Lumber Crew - Duncan - 1964902002 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1902/ / |
Place |
Duncan |
Provenance |
The Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company was established at the current Old Mill Park site in 1890. Shawnigan Lake Lumber operated a sawmill on the E&N Railway at Shawnigan Lake, between 1889 and 1943, when the company was acquired by H.R. MacMillan Export. There were 3 major fires at the mill. After the last fire in 1945 the mill was not replaced. The class A Climax, Old Betsy (also spelled Betsey), was one of the earliest steam locomotives for logging on Vancouver Island. The boiler and engine were imported from the United States, mounted on a platform with a water tank and equipped with steel concave driving wheels. She was purchased by Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company in 1902 from the Climax Manufacturing Co. |
Search Terms |
Shawnigan Lake Lumber Company People Locomotive Climax Old Betsy Duncan Class A |
Collection |
Locomotives |
People |
Climax Manufacturing Company |
Subjects |
People People associated with manual labor Locomotives |