Subject: Waldie's Sawmills

Tugboat Elco II on the Columbia River

A Waldie sawmill picnic using the tugboat Elco II as transportation. This is a group of Castlegar residents out on the Arrow Lakes c.1920, on an outing sponsored by the Waldie mill.

Internal ID:	0131.0001
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1920

Elco II tied up at Waldie Mill c.1915

Elco II tied up at Waldie Mill across the river from Castlegar c.1915

Internal ID:	0131.0210
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Castlegar, B.C.

Aerial view of Castlegar, B.C., with Waldie's Sawmill to the right and the CPR bridge across the Columbia River.

Internal ID:	0131.0337
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1950

Castlegar CPR Railway Bridge

A view of the Columbia River and the CPR railway bridge at Castlegar - c. 1940. Waldie's sawmill can be seen behind the bridge, with the Raspberry School building on the hillside above the mill.

Internal ID:	0131.0362
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Castlegar Parade

A float in a parade at Castlegar, B.C. Looks like May Day celebration. The truck is from the Waldie Sawmill.

Internal ID:	0131.0458
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	May 24th 1940

Waldie's Sawmill

The Wm. Waldie sawmill on the Columbia River with a large beehive burner in the foreground, the CPR railway bridge over the Columbia River in the background with Castlegar beyond that.

Internal ID:	0131.0459
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1915

Waldie's Sawmill

The Wm. Waldie sawmill on the Columbia River with a large beehive burner in the foreground, the CPR railway bridge over the Columbia River in the background with Castlegar beyond that.

Internal ID:	0131.0460
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1915

Waldie's Sawmill

Waldie's Sawmill on the Columbia River across from Castlegar, B.C.

Internal ID:	0131.0461
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Waldie's Island

Waldie's Island on the Columbia River, from the highway bridge, Castlegar, B.C. The Waldie log channel is in the center; Casrtlegar sewer lagoon to the left edge.

Internal ID:	0131.0462
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Waldie's Sawmill

Waldie's Sawmill operation on the Columbia River across from Castlegar, B.C.

Internal ID:	0131.0463
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Waldie's Sawmill

Waldie's Sawmill on the Columbia River across from Castlegar, B.C. Note new smoke stack.

Internal ID:	0131.0464
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1920

Waldie's Sawmill

A long view of Waldie's Sawmill on the Columbia River across from Castlegar, B.C.

Internal ID:	0131.0465
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1915

Waldie's Sawmill

A long view of Waldie's Sawmill on the Columbia River across from Castlegar, B.C.

Internal ID:	0131.0466
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1915

Waldie's Sawmill Castlegar, B.C.

Waldie's Sawmill Castlegar, B.C., with the log pond crew using pike poles to feed the logs up the jack ladder.

Internal ID:	0131.0467
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Waldie's Sawmill

Waldie's Sawmill, Castlegar, BC, showing Mr. H. Webber poling logs toward jackladder chain to sawmill from mill pond on the Columbia River.

Internal ID:	0131.0471
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Waldie's Sawmill

Waldie's Sawmill at Castlegar, B.C during the 1916 flood of the Columbia River.

Internal ID:	0131.0472
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1916

Waldie's Sawmill

Waldie's Sawmill at Castlegar, BC. The CPR bridge and the cable ferry on the Columbia River are visible in the background.

Internal ID:	0131.0473
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Sproat's Landing

Named after Gilbert Malcolm Sproat, a Kootenay gold commissioner in 1888. Judge Sproat originally came to British Columbia to acquire timber suitable for sailing ship masts. Located in the area that subsequently held Waldie's Sawmill on the Columbia River across from Castlegar, B.C. Sproat's Landing was port-of-call for paddlewheelers travelling between Trail and the Arrow Lakes.

Internal ID:	0131.0474
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1896

Waldie's Sawmill

Waldie's Sawmill across the Columbia River from Castlegar, B.C, showing the lumber drying yard.

Internal ID:	0131.0475
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Waldie's Sawmill

An excellent aerial view of Waldie's sawmill, across the Columbia River from Castlegar. The booming layout to the lof pond and the orientation to the CPR railway are very noticeable.

Internal ID:	0131.0479
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Waldie's Sawmill

1948 flood of the Columbia River at the Waldie's Sawmill site, across the river from Castlegar, B.C.

Internal ID:	0131.0482
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Waldie's Sawmill

1948 flood of the Columbia river at the Waldie's Sawmill site, across from Castlegar, B.C. Walter Peachy added: Sorry again, wrong mill. There was no second chain under the jackladder of the Castlegar Waldie Mill.

Internal ID:	0131.0483
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Waldie's Sawmill

Waldie's Sawmill across the Columbia River from Castlegar, B.C., during the 1948 flood. Walter Peachy added: sorry again - not recognizing this as the Waldie Mill.

Internal ID:	0131.0485
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Waldie's Sawmill

Waldie's Sawmill across the river from Castlegar, B.C., during the 1948 flood of the Columbia River system. Walter Peachy added: this and the following pics including the view from above are not the Waldie mill in Castlegar. Reference your aerial view earlier in the set that shows the CPR bridge in the foreground.

Internal ID:	0131.0488
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Waldie's Sawmill

Waldie's Sawmill across the Columbia River from Castlegar, B.C. during the 1948 flood.

Internal ID:	0131.0489
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Waldie's Sawmill

Waldie's Sawmill on the Columbia River across from Castlegar, B.C. during the 1948 flood. This gives some appreciation of the mess left by the flood.

Internal ID:	0131.0490
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Waldie's Sawmill

Aerial view of Waldie's Sawmill and log booms on the Columbia River, Castlegar, B.C. Walter Peqachy added: further thought to this is not Waldie mill. Could this be a mill at Slocan City? The terrain looks more to fit that.

Internal ID:	0131.0491
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1940

Waldie's Sawmill

TheWaldie Mill site on the Columbia River, across from Castlegar, B.C.

Internal ID:	0131.0559
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Waldie's Sawmill

Waldie's Sawmill at Castlegar, B.C., with a good view of the sawdust burner, which were outlawed in the 21st century.

Internal ID:	0131.0650
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Waldie's Sawmill

Castlegar, B.C. - Waldie's Sawmill jackladder and burner, a good view from the water.

Internal ID:	0131.0652
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Castlegar CPR Bridge

CPR bridge over the Columbia River at Castlegar, B.C., and Waldie Sawmill.

Internal ID:	0131.0653
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Waldie's Sawmill

Waldie's sawmill at Castlegar, B.C., with an incredible accumulation of waste wood in the foreground.

Internal ID:	0131.0658
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Waldie's Sawmill

Castlegar, B.C. - Waldie's Sawmill jackladder and burner.

Internal ID:	0131.0692
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Castlegar Parade

A float in a parade at Castlegar, B.C. Looks like May Day celebration, and truck is from the Waldie's Sawmill.

Internal ID:	0131.0718
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	May 24th 1940

Waldie's Sawmill

Waldie's Sawmill at Castlegar, B.C. This is a good overview, showing the sawmill's location and relationship to the Columbia River.

Internal ID:	0131.0783
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1915

Castlegar, B.C.

Aerial view of Castlegar, B.C., with Waldie's Sawmill to the right and the CPR bridge across the Columbia River.

Internal ID:	0131.0922
Medium:	Postcard
Date:	1950

Columbia River and Castlegar

Eremenko's comment on Castlegar, BC. "Columbia River and Castlegar, BC".

Internal ID:	0143.0104
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1920

"The Dam"

"The Dam" is the album caption. This is believed to be part of the logging operations on Whatchan Lake. Would this bew part of Waldie Sawmills?

Internal ID:	0526.0025
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

"The Beautiful Arrow Lakes"

"The Beautiful Arrow Lakes" is the album caption. In the foreground is the logging flume for the Waldie Sawmills.

Internal ID:	0526.0026
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

"The Flume"

"The Flume" is the album citation, between the dam and the upper bridge on the Whatshan River.

Internal ID:	0526.0030
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

"The Flume"

"The Flume" is the album citation, between the Bridge and the Crossing. Near Whatshan Lake and operated by the Waldie Sawmills.

Internal ID:	0526.0031
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

"The Flume"

"The Flume" is the album caption, with "Below the Steep Tressel" on the back of the photo.

Internal ID:	0526.0032
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

"The Flume"

"The Flume" is the album designation, with "The Steep Tressel at Badams Falls" on the back of the photo.

Internal ID:	0526.0033
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

"The Flume"

"The Flume" is the album commentary, with "Where the Flume crosses the creek" on the back of the photo. The creek is the Whatshan River.

Internal ID:	0526.0034
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

"Rollway"

"Rollway, Where they roll the logs onto the Flume". This is one of the loading platforms into the Whatshan flume.

Internal ID:	0526.0035
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

The Flume

The Whatshan flume supported on a trestle, with the caption "High Trestle 90ft".

Internal ID:	0526.0037
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

"The Office"

"The Office" is the album citation, with "Look! Listen! And Move On" on the back of the photo. It is presumed this is a structure associated with the flume and logging at Whatshan.

Internal ID:	0526.0038
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

The Flume

"In the Canyon, this is where the Flume broke last time", referring to the Whatshan flume.

Internal ID:	0526.0039
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Flume Camp

"Flume Camp" is the album title, with "Lumberjack Town" on the back of the photo. This is a work camp associatedwith the Whatshan flume operation.

Internal ID:	0526.0040
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Whatshan Lake

"Whatcan Lake is the album title with "Looking up river from camp" on the back of the photo. The lake is being utilized as a holding pond for the flume.

Internal ID:	0526.0041
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Whatshan River

The caption in the album says "Logging Road", but this is a reference to the Whatshan River. The logger is standing on a walkway over the gates controlling water into the flume.