Photo Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2021.089.016 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Two trucks hauling logs over a bridge. Both trucks carry a very long log together (Douglas fir). Forest canopy is also visible. On a small slip of paper taped/glued on the image: "Taken out at Copper Canyon, Chemainus, B.C. Age 371 years. Standing tree 272 feet tall Finished flagpole 225 feet Butt Diameter 54 inches Top Diameter 13 inches Pole Volume 11000 feet board measure Sent to Kew Gardens, England for Flagpole Erected Nov. 5th 1959 by the 23rd squadron of the Royal Engineers. It weighed about 39 tons before shaping As finished flagpole 15 tons." Wwritten on the back: "Taken down @ Kew Gardens 2007 due to rot." |
Image File Name |
1958 - World's Tallest Flagpole - Copper Canyon - 2021089016 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1958/ / |
Place |
Copper Canyon |
Provenance |
The Douglas-fir tree, felled by MacMillan Bloedel employees, was originally 265 feet, but was topped to 250 feet for the trip to Chemainus, where another 25 feet were removed prior to shipping. It was erected in 1959 as the world's tallest flagpole, was a gift from the Province of British Columbia and the BC Loggers Association to Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, celebrating both BC’s centenary, as well as the bicentenary of Kew Gardens. The flagpole was removed in 2007 due to rot (From: Chemainus Festival of Murals Society). |
Search Terms |
Logging truck Douglas-fir Kew Gardens flagpole Copper Canyon Chemainus |
Collection |
Documentary, Cowichan Valley |
Subjects |
Hauling |