Subject: Lumbering
Logging Near Cranbrook
Logging near Cranbrook, B.C., with logs decked and ready to feed into water. No.3123., postcard front, linked to 0019.0052.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0051 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Logging Near Cranbrook
Logging near Cranbrook, B.C., with logs decked and ready to feed into water. No.3123., postcard front, linked to 0019.0052.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0052 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1925 |
Cranbrook Postcard Album
Cranbrook, Kootenay River and the Rockies from Wardner, B.C. (image 1 thru 12 from postcard folder), stapled postcard folder. 0019.0185-0019.0196 linked.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0185 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook Postcard Album
Cranbrook, Kootenay River and the Rockies from Wardner, B.C. (image 1 thru 12 from postcard folder), stapled postcard folder. 0019.0185-0019.0196 linked.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0186 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook Postcard Album
Cranbrook, Kootenay River and the Rockies from Wardner, B.C. (image 1 thru 12 from postcard folder), stapled postcard folder. 0019.0185-0019.0196 linked.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0187 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook Postcard Album
Cranbrook, Kootenay River and the Rockies from Wardner, B.C. (image 1 thru 12 from postcard folder), stapled postcard folder. 0019.0185-0019.0196 linked.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0188 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook Postcard Album
Cranbrook, Kootenay River and the Rockies from Wardner, B.C. (image 1 thru 12 from postcard folder), stapled postcard folder. 0019.0185-0019.0196 linked.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0189 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook Postcard Album
Cranbrook, Kootenay River and the Rockies from Wardner, B.C. (image 1 thru 12 from postcard folder), stapled postcard folder. 0019.0185-0019.0196 linked.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0190 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook Postcard Album
Cranbrook, Kootenay River and the Rockies from Wardner, B.C. (image 1 thru 12 from postcard folder), stapled postcard folder. 0019.0185-0019.0196 linked.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0191 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook Postcard Album
Cranbrook, Kootenay River and the Rockies from Wardner, B.C. (image 1 thru 12 from postcard folder), stapled postcard folder. 0019.0185-0019.0196 linked.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0192 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook Postcard Album
Cranbrook, Kootenay River and the Rockies from Wardner, B.C. (image 1 thru 12 from postcard folder), stapled postcard folder. 0019.0185-0019.0196 linked.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0193 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook Postcard Album
Cranbrook, Kootenay River and the Rockies from Wardner, B.C. (image 1 thru 12 from postcard folder), stapled postcard folder. 0019.0185-0019.0196 linked.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0194 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook Postcard Album
Cranbrook, Kootenay River and the Rockies from Wardner, B.C. (image 1 thru 12 from postcard folder), stapled postcard folder. 0019.0185-0019.0196 linked.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0195 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Cranbrook Postcard Album
Cranbrook, Kootenay River and the Rockies from Wardner, B.C. (image 1 thru 12 from postcard folder), stapled postcard folder. 0019.0185-0019.0196 linked.
| Internal ID: | 0019.0196 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1910 |
Logging Near Cranbrook, BC
Unused B&W real photo postcard of deck of cut logs near Cranbrook, BC. Split back white border postcard.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0107 |
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| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1915 |
Logging Near Cranbrook, BC
Unused B&W real photo postcard of deck of cut logs near Cranbrook, BC. Split back white border postcard.
| Internal ID: | 0039.0108 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Postcard |
| Date: | 1915 |
Quick History of the Lumber Industry
An article by Nancy Miles on the evolution of the lumber industry in East Kootenay up to 1955. Brief but fairly comprehensive.
| Internal ID: | 0042.0002 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 1st 1955 |
Clear Cut logging c.August 1959
Clear Cut logging c.August 1959
| Internal ID: | 0047.0271 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1959 |
Logged Hills
Hills showing evidence of extensive recent logging, 1962.
| Internal ID: | 0047.0432 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1962 |
Southeast Kootenay Report
Government Agent's report on southeast Kootenay. Report goes into number of men employed in mines and average pay.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0219 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 30th 1904 |
Lumber Protection
Article reporting on delegation from BC heading to Ottawa to ask for tariff protection against the United States.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0226 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | February 13th 1904 |
Lumber Industry
Logging operations were active during the past winter, with outlook to increase.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0227 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | March 5th 1904 |
Charles Wilson
Reporting on the move of local logging camp personnel to Quebec to start ranching.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0230 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | March 12th 1904 |
Lumbering
Article reporting what an important industry lumbering is in the Southeast Kootenay.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0231 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | March 19th 1904 |
Lumber Industry
Reporting on constantly increasing demand upon Kootenay mills due to rapid growth in home markets in Alberta and Northwest.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0236 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | March 26th 1904 |
Lumbering
Reporting the increase in the demand for lumber.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0250 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 30th 1904 |
Lumbering Basic Industry
Lumbering continues as main basic industry in East Kootenay. Detailing the industry from the beginning of Cranbrook, through the depression and wartime boom era.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0264 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 1st 1955 |
Nelson Discrimination
City of Nelson protesting Japanese and Chinese working at mill in Salmo.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0616 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | May 3rd 1905 |
Cranbrook Promotion
Showing Cranbrook as the natural commercial, mining, lumbering and railway center of Southeast Kootenay.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0672 |
|---|---|
| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | September 14th 1907 |
Skookumchuck Mill
Crow's Nest Pass Lumber Company building new mill in Skookumchuck.
| Internal ID: | 0051.0749 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | April 11th 1935 |
French Creek Sawmill
States that word has been sent that Mr. Romano has faith in the country's future prosperity and plans to erect a sawmill on French Creek.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0006 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 8th 1866 |
Mountain Lumbermen
Secretary of Mountain Lumber Manufacturers Association gives data on industry for 1920.
| Internal ID: | 0052.0264 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | January 6th 1921 |
Mining News
Promoting East kootenay.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0281 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 12th 1902 |
Timber Contract
Large cut of ties and bridge timbers underway.
| Internal ID: | 0054.0542 |
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| Medium: | Newspaper |
| Date: | July 29th 1898 |
Group at Camp, March 1935
Alice Clausen, Ole Mortensen, Ethel, Ole Zaccherson, Laura Farquharson ( Hollis ), Dave Henry, Carl Loseth, Carl Dahlberg at camp, March 1935. The first Sunday they went to camp and this was taken about 5:30 when it stopped snowing.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0058 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | March 1st 1935 |
Base Camp
One of the many remote cabins in the Valemount area.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0092 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Ronnie Hystad
Ronnie Hystad in planer yard at Valemount, with a 1940's International truck in background.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0156 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Planer yard 1955
Probably Hystad's planer yard 1955
| Internal ID: | 0070.0157 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Planer Yard - Hystad
Probably Hystad's planer yard at Valemount.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0158 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Planer yard - Hystad
Probably Hystad's planer yard at Valemount.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0159 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Planer Yard - Hystad
Two workers probably at Hystad's planer yard at Valemount, c. 1955.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0160 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Planer Yard - Hystad
Probably Hystad's planer yard at Valemount, c. 1955.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0161 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Beehive Burner
A sawmill beehive burner, probably Hystad's mill yard at Valemount.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0162 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Beehive Burner
Beehive burner, probably at Hystad's mill yard near Valemount.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0163 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Winter Lumber Operations
A chained up flatdeck truck hauling lumber in the Valemount area.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0168 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Winter Lumbering Operations
A chained up flatdeck truck hauling lumber, probably in the Valemount area.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0169 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Horse Sense
Harnessed horse eating from man's mouth in lumber yard.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0171 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Lumber Mill
A small lumber mill in the Valemount region.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0172 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1955 |
Tete Jaune Planer Mill
Carroll's planer mill at Tete Jaune.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0175 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Atkins Sawmill Beehive Burner
The beehive burner at the Atkins sawmill, July 1959. All beehive burners have since been outlawed.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0176 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 1st 1959 |
Log Deck
Men standing on log deck, 1919, possibly Kennedy and Moore mill.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0259 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1919 |
Jules Frye
Jules Frye, tie hack, with tools, sitting on a log after showing how to make ties.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0321 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Dave Henry
Dave Henry and unknown man. Anyone know more about this photo?
| Internal ID: | 0070.0323 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Cutting Railway Ties
Two men standing beside pile of ties, one man propped against a rifle.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0391 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Picaroon
Picaroon, an axe with a hook welded on it, used for moving logs.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0438 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Slash Burn
The column of smoke from a slash burn fire looks ominous against the sky, Valemount area.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0733 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Atkins Sawmill Beehive Burner
The beehive burner at the Atkins sawmill, July 1959. All beehive burners have since been outlawed.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0810 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 1st 1959 |
Atkins Sawmill Camp
The Atkins Sawmill camp buildings, July 1959.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0811 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 1st 1959 |
Atkins Sawmill
A river view beside the Atkins Sawmill camp, July 1959.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0812 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 1st 1959 |
Tote Road Inn
The Tote Road Inn, beside Atkins Sawmill, July 1959.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0813 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | July 1st 1959 |
Dovetail Joint
A construction timber with a dovetail cut on the end.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0875 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Bucking Wood
Two unidentified men with cross saw saw.
| Internal ID: | 0070.0876 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Dry Piling Lumber
Dry piling lumber, 1948. Bill Froescol, Nick Basaraba, Art Neuman.
| Internal ID: | 0090.0005 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1948 |
Carl Lofgren
Carl Lofgren handlogging with peavey and crosscut saw.
| Internal ID: | 0092.0009 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Maude Dowker
Maude Dowker posed on pile of ties by an unknown river.
| Internal ID: | 0102.0019 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1935 |
Valemount Sports Day Parade
Valemount Sports Day Parade - Logging Industry float in the forefront.
| Internal ID: | 0102.0156 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1996 |
Cutting Shakes
Man cutting cedar shakes, using fro and mallet.
| Internal ID: | 0107.0023 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 0000 |
Gordon Dowker
Gordon Dowker logging at Goldfields, Saskatchewan. Gordon owned property at McBride, B.C. and worked there as a farmhand. He is described as book-smart and knowing many things.
| Internal ID: | 0118.0001 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1939 |
Crosscut Saw
Bob Beeson showing how to sharpen a cross cut saw. Possibly in Valemount.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0138 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Crosscut Saw
Bob Beeson showing how to sharpen a cross cut saw. Possibly Valemount.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0139 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Crosscut saw
Bob Beeson showing how to sharpen a cross cut saw.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0140 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
Saw Sharpening Tools
Bob Beeson showing tools for sharpening a crosscut saw - file, swageing hammer, offset gauge. Possibly in Valemount.
| Internal ID: | 0119.0141 |
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| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1985 |
