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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2020.002.029a |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
MacMillan Bloedel boom boats at Kennedy Lake. These boats are also called sidwinders and dozer boats. "Kennedy Lake" is clearly visible on one of the boat's side. |
Image File Name |
1989-94 - M&B Boom Boats - Kennedy Lake - 2020002029a - jpg72 - 001 |
Year Range from |
1980 |
Year Range to |
1994 |
Place |
Kennedy Lake |
Provenance |
Depicts MacMillan Bloedel's logging operations at Clayoquot Sound. The area was once the site of major industrial logging but a series of peaceful protests that culminated in a blockade in 1993 that had almost 1,000 people arrested resulted in the company leaving the area. In 1998, MacMillan Bloedel's cutting rights were transferred to Iisaak Forest Resources, a 51% First Nations-owned logging company. In 1985, MacMillan Bloedel's crew boat, Kennedy Queen, headed towards Meares Island (it's important to note that Meares Island, Kennedy Lake and Rankin Cove are all part of Clayoquot Sound, which has had decades long protests regarding logging operations), a group called Friends of Clayoquot Sound (FOCS) and First Nations blocked MacMillan Bloedel from logging on the island. The company turned away. A court injunction was granted, which suspended logging on Meares. MacMillan Bloedel later built a logging camp at Rankin Cove with sorting and loading facilities. It was taken over by FOCS and Greenpeace in 1996, which led to First Nations-brokered truce between MacMillan Bloedel and environmentalists (From: wildernesscommittee.org). MacMillan Bloedel Limited was a Canadian forestry company with headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1951 Bloedel, Stewart and Welch merged with H.R. MacMillan to form MacMillan Bloedel Limited. Bloedel, Stewart and Welch held many timber resources and MacMillan was the first truly integrated forestry company in British Columbia. The two companies had timber holdings side-by-side and there was a natural synergy from this merger. In 1959 Macmillan Bloedel merged with a third company, Powell River Limited. MacBlo was purchased by Weyerhaeuser in 1999. |
Search Terms |
MacMillan Bloedel M&B Kennedy Lake Clayoquot Sound boom boat booming grounds log boom Dozer Tug Sidwinder |
Collection |
Transportation |
Subjects |
MacMillan Bloedel Limited was a Canadian forestry company with headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1951 Bloedel, Documentary, Vancouver Island Boom & Dryland Sorting People People associated with manual labor Transportation, Water |