Photograph of two men on floats made of logs chained together, with the buildings, tanks and other paraphernalia of a logging camp on the floats. Location is Seymour Inlet.
Photograph of two men on floats made of logs chained together, with the buildings, tanks and other paraphernalia of a logging camp on the floats. Location is Seymour Inlet.
Fonds consists of ten photographs (nine black and white; 1 coloured) depicting members of the extended Byers/ Manson families, logging at Seaford and Von Donop Inlet, and the Union Steamship Chelohsin.
Henry and Ruth Byers, Ervin and Florence (Manson) McKay, Clarence and Etta (McKay) Byers, Ken and Hazel (McKay) Hansen, Scotty and Amy (Byers) McKenzie moved to Von Donop Inlet in 1939, where they ran a logging operation.
Custodial History
Found in Information Files folder (Byers family), August 1, 2020 and transferred to Archives.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of ten photographs (nine black and white; 1 coloured) depicting members of the extended Byers/ Manson families, logging at Seaford and Von Donop Inlet, and the Union Steamship Chelohsin.
Photograph of a row of floathouses in a coastal floating logging camp, probably in or near Seymour Inlet. There is a boat tied to the walkway that fronts the buildings. There is a pile of large fir rounds for firewood in front of one house; the house on the end has a container garden with flowers on the float in front.
Photograph of a row of floathouses in a coastal floating logging camp, probably in or near Seymour Inlet. There is a boat tied to the walkway that fronts the buildings. There is a pile of large fir rounds for firewood in front of one house; the house on the end has a container garden with flowers on the float in front.
Photograph of two women and a man standing on the deck of a floathouse, part of a float logging camp in Seymour Inlet. A group of five children is standing on a small float in front of the bigger floats.
Photograph of two women and a man standing on the deck of a floathouse, part of a float logging camp in Seymour Inlet. A group of five children is standing on a small float in front of the bigger floats.