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High-lead logging: view of a spar tree in the middle of a logging clear-cut (ID)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.505
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195?]
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Giant first-growth fir logs being loaded onto a logging truck, Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of giant first-growth fir logs being loaded onto a logging truck in Knight Inlet.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1051
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of giant first-growth fir logs being loaded onto a logging truck in Knight Inlet.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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Two people and a large black dog standing in front of a log house (ID)

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2247
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1960
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Large fir tree trunk with thick bark

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of the trunk of a large diameter fir tree, showing the characteristic thick bark.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.0438
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. late 1960s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: colour; 12.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the trunk of a large diameter fir tree, showing the characteristic thick bark.
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Logger climbing a tall fir tree with an axe and a chainsaw (#1 of a series of 4 photographs)

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Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
On verso: "Local logging 1953 Whaletown". Duplicate: Item 2003.002.489
Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.023
Item Number
2019.023.017
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w ; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
On verso: "Local logging 1953 Whaletown". Duplicate: Item 2003.002.489
Storage Location
Photo Box 5
Name Access
Kerr, Janice Maclean
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Two men beside a large felled fir tree

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of two men (one identified on the back as Bert Middleton) standing next to a very large fir tree they have cut down.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.322
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 12 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two men (one identified on the back as Bert Middleton) standing next to a very large fir tree they have cut down.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Logging truck loaded with one huge fir log, Seaford

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Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1939
Scope and Content
Verso inscription: "Truck logging - Seaford 1939. Moved to Von Donop Oct 1st 1939". This is a reprint, not the original.
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Item Number
2020.003.006
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ; 16 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Verso inscription: "Truck logging - Seaford 1939. Moved to Von Donop Oct 1st 1939". This is a reprint, not the original.
Storage Location
Photo box 5
Subject Access
Logging
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Looking up the trunk of a large fir tree at Channel Rock

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2026
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Name Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Three loggers standing at the base of a huge first-growth cedar tree, Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot Logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing at the base of a giant first-growth cedar tree. Douglas has captioned it: "A giant red cedar of the Pacific Northwest which may have been a seedling when Columbus discovered America."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1046
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot Logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing at the base of a giant first-growth cedar tree. Douglas has captioned it: "A giant red cedar of the Pacific Northwest which may have been a seedling when Columbus discovered America."
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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Logger near the top of a tall fir tree which he has limbed on the way up (#2 of a series of 4 photographs)

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Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
Duplicate: Item 2003.002.490
Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.023
Item Number
2019.023.018
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w ; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Duplicate: Item 2003.002.490
Storage Location
Photo Box 5
Name Access
Kerr, Janice Maclean
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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Logger near the top of a tall fir tree which he has limbed on the way up (#2 of a series of 4 photographs)

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.018)
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.490
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1953
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
(Duplicate: Item 2019.023.018)
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Looking up at the wires attached to a spar tree for high-lead logging

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Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Part Of
Mary and Otto Weiler fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Weiler, Mary
Fonds Number
2003.002
Series Number
1
Item Number
2003.002.507
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1963
Physical Description
1 photograph: b&w; 9 x 9 cm
Storage Location
Photo Box 3
Name Access
Weiler, Mary
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Three loggers standing among the giant trees of a first-growth forest in Knight Inlet

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Scope and Content
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing among the giants of a first-growth forest in Knight Inlet. Another print of this photograph is labelled "Douglas Fir in the Klinaklini country.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.1048
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1950]
Physical Description
3 photograph prints: b&w ; 15 x 10 cm, 21.5 x 16.5 cm & 25 x 20 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three loggers from the Dot logging camp in Knight Inlet, standing among the giants of a first-growth forest in Knight Inlet. Another print of this photograph is labelled "Douglas Fir in the Klinaklini country.
One of a series of photographs taken at Clarence and Doug Boardman's Dot Logging Co. camp in Knight Inlet.
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Knight Inlet
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Woman standing on the bow of a boat, holding up a large fish (ID)

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Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[198?]
Scope and Content
(From a group of photographs labelled "Frank Tooker photos").
Part Of
Doreen Thompson fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2006.001
Series Number
4
Item Number
2006.001.031
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[198?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : col. ; 9 x 13 cm
Scope and Content
(From a group of photographs labelled "Frank Tooker photos").
Subject Access
Fishing
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Ervie McKay and Henry Tiber, standing by the rails of the logging railroad taking logs into Gunflint Lake

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2018.002
Date Range
[1929?]
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.566
Accession Number
2018.002
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[1929?]
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w; 9 x 11 cm 1 photograph print : b&w; 11 x 16.5 cm
Storage Location
Photo box 4
Subject Access
Logging
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Logging blockade: Lian Anson, Rosemary and Amy Bockner and Meesim Croda beside fir logs

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Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2019.001
Date Range
1990
Scope and Content
Photograph taken at a blockade to protest clear-cut logging by MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. near Squirrel Cove. People are identified on verso.
Part Of
CIMAS photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.003
Item Number
2019.003.197
Accession Number
2019.001
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1990
Physical Description
1 photograph print : colour ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph taken at a blockade to protest clear-cut logging by MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. near Squirrel Cove. People are identified on verso.
Storage Location
Photo box 3
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Squirrel Cove
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Scotty McKenzie and Clarence Byers beside a logging truck loaded with one huge fir log, Cortez Bay

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Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Accession Number
2020.003
Date Range
1939
Scope and Content
Verso: "Truck logging at Seaford, Cortez Isld. Scotty McKenzie with pike pole. Clarence Byers truck driver. Hayes Anderson truck. Moved to Von Donop Oct 1st, 1939. Five families: 1. Henry and Ruth Byers 2. Ervin and Florence McKay 3. Clarence and Etta Byers 4. Scotty and Amy McKenzie 5. Ken and Hazel Hansen Ervin and Florence were parents of Etta and Hazel. Henry and Ruth were parents of Amy and Clarence.
Part Of
Byers family fonds
Description Level
Item
Creator
Byers family
Fonds Number
2020.003
Item Number
2020.003.008
Accession Number
2020.003
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1939
Physical Description
1 photograph print : b&w ;
Scope and Content
Verso: "Truck logging at Seaford, Cortez Isld. Scotty McKenzie with pike pole. Clarence Byers truck driver. Hayes Anderson truck. Moved to Von Donop Oct 1st, 1939. Five families: 1. Henry and Ruth Byers 2. Ervin and Florence McKay 3. Clarence and Etta Byers 4. Scotty and Amy McKenzie 5. Ken and Hazel Hansen Ervin and Florence were parents of Etta and Hazel. Henry and Ruth were parents of Amy and Clarence.
Storage Location
Photo box 5
Subject Access
Logging
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Bob MacGregor standing beside the trunk of a big fir tree

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Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1962
Part Of
Gilean Douglas fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
1999.001
Series Number
18
Item Number
1999.001.2294
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
1962
Physical Description
1 colour slide, 5 x 5 cm
Storage Location
Slide box 1
Subject Access
Channel Rock
Geographic Access
Cortes Island
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Young woman standing in a large vegetable garden

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Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Scope and Content
Photograph of a young woman standing in a large vegetable garden, beside a log fence. Location is not Cortes Island; probably in the interior of BC. Photos 286, 287, 288 and 290 have the same backgrounds and people.
Part Of
May and Elmer Ellingsen fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2007.001
Series Number
13
Item Number
2007.001.265
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[ca. 1920s]
Physical Description
1 photograph print: b&w; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a young woman standing in a large vegetable garden, beside a log fence. Location is not Cortes Island; probably in the interior of BC. Photos 286, 287, 288 and 290 have the same backgrounds and people.
Storage Location
Photo box 4
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Heavily-loaded logging truck on the main road (ID)

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Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Scope and Content
(This series of photos also in the Mary and Otto Weiler fonds. Possible duplicate: 2003.002.503)
Part Of
Maclean family fonds
Description Level
Item
Fonds Number
2019.023
Item Number
2019.023.025
Material Type
graphic material
Date Range
[195-]
Physical Description
1 photograph postcard: b&w ; 15 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
(This series of photos also in the Mary and Otto Weiler fonds. Possible duplicate: 2003.002.503)
Storage Location
Photo Box 5
Name Access
Kerr, Janice Maclean
Subject Access
Logging
Geographic Access
Whaletown
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