Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2019.070.009 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Five men in front of a large cedar. The man in the back is Doug Little. |
Image File Name |
1956 - Large Cedar - Lens Creek - 2019070009 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1956/ / |
Place |
Lens Creek |
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. British Columbia Forest Products Limited was born out of the Argus Corporation acquiring the private Vancouver Cedar & Spruce Company Limited. Founded by E. P. Taylor, BCFP was a forestry company that operated from 1946 to 1986. BCFP operations included timber production, pulp and paper, veneer, plywood and transportation. For many years, it was considered to be the second largest forest company operating in British Columbia. Fletcher Challenge Limited of New Zealand purchased BCFP in 1987 and merged it with Crown Forest Industries. (From First Growth) |
Search Terms |
People Cedar Forestry BCFP BC Forest Products Lens Creek |
Collection |
Documentary, Vancouver Island |
People |
Little, James Douglas |
Subjects |
People People associated with manual labor Yarding & Loading |